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Rokeby Museum Promo - Rokeby Museum for Vermont Tours 12/12/2022

Short video highlighting the Rokeby Museum -- a nationally significant Underground Railroad Historic site tucked inside a quintessential Vermont experience.

The museum focuses on fugitives from slavery who found shelter here in the 1830s, introduces the abolitionist Robinson family who called Rokeby home, and explores the turbulent decades leading up to the Civil War. The historic house — fully furnished with 200 years of domestic belongings — provides an intimate glimpse into the family’s life through four generations. Once a thriving Merino sheep farm, Rokeby retains nine historic farm buildings filled with agricultural artifacts. Acres of pastoral landscape dotted with old wells, stone walls, and historic orchards invite a leisurely stroll or a hike up the trail. Picnic tables accommodate lunch outdoors.

For more information about the museum visit rokeby.org

Interview with Dan Higgins on Video Media and Community Media (Podcast Episode 2) 12/02/2022

UVM CDAE student Harrison Goldstein interviews Dan Higgins about video media and community media.

Listen to Part 1: cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/interview-lauren-glenn-davitian-cctv-and-public-access-podcast-episode-1

2022 Vermont Community Health Worker (CHW) Conference 12/01/2022

CCTV Productions CCTV22-53 VCHW Annual Meeting

From the organizer:

This dynamic Conference, The Power and Promise of Community Health Workers in Vermont: Paving a Path to Equity, is designed with and for Community Health Workers, allies, partners and organizations that are supporting or who are interested in strengthening the CHW capacity and professional workforce in our state. It includes:

  • a special event keynote session with Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN and founding Executive Director of the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)
  • workshops with CHWs, allies and regional/national experts on CHW networks, education, policy and more!
  • two special sessions on CHW sustainable funding and competency-based training
  • a roundtable with representatives from CHW employer organizations across Vermont

The Conference is an in-person event with livestream and limited virtual options. Other featured presenters/experts who will participate include:

Shreya Kangovi, MD - Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Founding Executive Director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers

Ashlee Harris, BS, CCHW - Senior Community Health Worker, Penn Center for Community Health Workers

Carl Rush, Policy Advisor and Consultant - National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)

Amber Culver - Community Health Worker and CHW Program Manager and Ways2Wellness CONNECT North Country Health Consortium, Littleton, NH

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Feeding the Homestead: Fanny's Garden by Tom Sharpley 11/20/2022

From the Ethan Allen Homestead:

The Ethan Allen Homestead’s head gardener, Tom Sharpley, discusses the accomplishments of Ethan’s wife, Frances (Fanny), Vermont’s first known native botanist and her collection of flowers at UVM’s Pringle Herbarium. The presentation will explore what 18th-century gardeners were growing and how they used their gardens to provide more than just food for their communities.

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

Veterans Day Commemoration 2022 11/11/2022

From The Mayor's office:

The timing of the event originates in the end of World War I, when the armistice between the Allies and Germany began at 11:00 am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year.

This annual event is hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wares (VFW) Howard Plant Post 782 and is always moving and inspirational. It has been a great privilege to attend this event as Mayor, and I invite you to join me and many others at Battery Park tomorrow to honor those in our community, including many City employees, who have served our country in the armed forces.

The Juxtaposition: Slavery Is Abolished - No Time for Victory Laps 11/09/2022

From the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance:

Throughout this journey of PR. 2 (the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery) we have been confronted with confusion, denial, ridicule, rejection, exploitation, attacks, and lies. We never considered that the system that we were addressing would be our biggest impediment and a source of disinformation, misinformation and contention. We have fought this fight through both chambers of the General Assembly twice and yesterday the people spoke on the matter.

They voted YES.

Our intent has ALWAYS been clear - that this constitutional amendment shake Vermont into the awareness of the legacy of the institution of slavery - systemic racism AND that they would do the work of addressing it.

We'll discuss this and the rest of the states with slavery abolishment on the ballot with our guest Max Parthas from the Abolish Slavery National Network.   

Education and Enrichment for Everyone: The Roots of Latin Jazz 11/04/2022

A presentation from Ray Vega, UVM Senior Lecturer.

VICII: Anti-Semitism at UVM? A Constitutional Analysis of Louis Brandeis Center Complaint Against the University of Vermont 10/25/2022

From VICII:

In October 2021, the Louis Brandeis Center at the University of Vermont made a complaint against the University alleging that the University was not protecting Jewish students against anti-Semitic discrimination, harassment, and assaults. After an investigation conducted by the University and President Suresh Garimella, the President defended the University against the allegations of anti-Semitism.

These allegations of anti-Semitism did not die. With the Complaint, demands have been made, among others, that “UVM must adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Anti-Semitism.” The Louis Brandeis Center also asked The University of Vermont to issue a statement denouncing anti-Semitism in all its forms and recognizing that Zionism is a key component of Jewish identity for many students at UVM.”

For more information: vicii.org

Interview with Lauren-Glenn Davitian on CCTV and Public Access (Podcast Episode 1) 10/21/2022

UVM CDAE student Harrison Goldstein with Professor Myles Jewell interviews Lauren-Glenn Davitian about the history of CCTV and public access media.

Listen to Part 2: www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/interview-dan-higgins-podcast-episode-2

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: History May Be Over, but It Is Not Complete 10/16/2022

From the Ethan Allen Homestead:

“Who determines ‘true’ history?” Former EAHM executive director Dan O’Neil explores how history is written and why some narratives are told while others are silenced.

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

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