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A Message from Bethlehem, Burlington's Sister City 08/05/2009

Former CCTV Staffer Sam Mayfield interviews Mayor Victor Bartarseh to get a perspective on what life is like for the citizens of this West Bank city.

Bethlehem has the highest rate of unemployment in the West Bank and is entirely surrounded by the separation wall. Mayor Bartarseh speaks candidly about the physical and psychological impact of living with the wall.

Since 1991 Burlington, Vermont and Bethlehem, Palestine have shared in a sister city relationship. The relationship includes Arad, Israel creating the first ever sister city pact among American, Palestinian, and Israeli communities. The relationship seeks to strengthen ties between the three cities through cultural, professional and educational exchanges.

Mayor Bartarseh talks about his hope for the sister city relationship in the future and explains that we can break down psychological barriers with cultural exchanges between the cities.

The Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference 2009: Navigating the Turbulent Economy 08/03/2009

Part of The Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference 2009. Welcom by Mayor Bob Kiss followed by keynote by Global Economist David Hale and dialogue, moderated by Mark Johnson, between Governor Jim Douglas, Premier Darrell Dexter and David Hale.

Cooking for Life - Bhutanese Refugees 08/03/2009

New England Culinary Institute collaborates with the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger’s Cooking for Life program to provide cooking and nutrition classes to low-income Vermonters. Hal Colston of NeighborKeepers joined the effort by recruiting 13 Bhutanese refugees to participate in the classes. Cooking for Life is a collaboration of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger and the EFNEP program (UVM Extension's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program)- their expertise is vital to the program.

Law Delegation from Karelia, Russia 07/30/2009

Law Delegation from Karelia, Russia on their Vermont trip and legal system in Russia. The delegation was sponsored by: Vermont Karelia Rule of Law Project and Open World Program. For more information click there.

ACLU: Thought and Expression in a Changing World: Border Searches of Laptops, Episode 7 of 7 07/29/2009

*Dan Barrett, staff attorney, ACLU-VT
Is any digital information safe from search and seizure when traveling, especially across
an international border?

Seven part series - American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, conference, Burlington, Vermont, 2009

ACLU: Thought and Expression in a Changing World: Burlington Telecom & Al Jazeera, Episode 2 of 7 07/29/2009

Speech and other forms of expression are vibrant and dynamic in Vermont, thanks in part to technology as well as “edgy” youth culture. Could Burlington Telcom have censored
the Al Jazeera-English channel by deleting it from cable offerings, as some demanded?
*Justin McCabe, attorney with Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, will present the Al Jazeera-English case.

Seven part series - American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, conference, Burlington, Vermont, 2009

Near & Far: Grassroots Education and Social Action 07/15/2009

Richard Kemp talks with Ellen David Friedman and Stuart Friedman about their work in China.

If you have questions or comments about this program, please contact Richard Kemp at rtkemp@aol.com.

Samuel de Champlain Quadricentennial Symposium: Keynote: Raymonde Litalien: “Historical Antecedents of Lake Champlain’s Exploration” 07/04/2009

Raymonde Litalien, Honorary Conservator of the National Archives of Canada, obtained her degree in Literature from the University of Montréal and a PhD in History from the Sorbonne. From 1977 to 2005, she directed a team that identified and microfilmed more than a million and a half Canada-related document pages to enrich Canadian collections. She coordinated a joint France-Canada project in digitizing and posting on the Internet all known documentation on New France (www.archivescanadafrance.org). She has published numerous articles and three books, The Explorers of North America (1993): The Measure of a Continent: A Historical Atlas of North America 1492-1795, and Quebec, Capital of New France and co-edited Champlain: The Birth of French America with Denis Vaugeois (2004).

Samuel de Champlain Quadricentennial Symposium: Keynote: Eric Thierry "Champlain and the Iroquois" 07/03/2009

Eric Thierry, a fellow of the University of Paris – Sorbonne`s Center for Research of the Literature of Voyage (CRLV) obtained his doctorate at the Sorbonne. He was awarded a silver medal in Renaissance history by the Académie Française for Marc Lescarbot (Paris 2001). Dr. Thierry is also author of The France of Henri IV on North America (Paris 2008). His most recent publication is an annotated modern French edition of Champlain`s Voyages of 1619 (2008). A new edition of Champlain`s Voyages of 1632 is forthcoming this year.

Samuel de Champlain Quadricentennial Symposium: Keynote: David Hackett Fischer "Champlain and Humanism" 07/02/2009

David Hackett Fischer is the Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. Author of eleven books, he won the Pulitzer Prize in History (2005) for Washington`s Crossing. Paul Revere`s Ride (1994) and Champlain`s Dream (2008) were named Notable Books by the New York Times. Albion`s Seed (1989), required reading for all Champlain College students, is now in its twenty-third printing. He has co-edited the fifteen volume series Pivotal Moments in American History with James McPherson of Princeton University. He is currently at work on a book on the middle years of the American Revolution.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!