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Housing and Communities Show: Host Mike McNamara with Sarah Carpenter and Rob Leuchs- Non-Profit Housing Opportunities 06/02/2010

Host Mike McNamara speaks with Sarah Carpenter, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency and
Rob Leuchs, Shared Equity Manager, Champlain Housing Trust on housing opportunities.

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: International Panel 06/01/2010

What are progress indicators and how are they being used around the world to enhance well-being. Panelists Susan Andrews, Future Vision Institute, Ron Coleman, GPI Atlantic, Robert Costanza, Gund Institute for Ecological Economies and Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan's Gross national Happiness Commission. Moderated by Dot Maver, National Peace Academy.

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Keynote Speaker Karma Tshiteem 06/01/2010

Keynote address by Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Commission.

Artful Word: Arizona Immigration Law 05/29/2010

Community producer James Gero's video on Arizona Immigration Law rally in Burlington.

Sam & Roz Show : Burlington Proposed Pedestrian Right of Way 05/20/2010

Hosts Sam Mayfield and Roz Payne speak with Burlington residents Tim Nitz and Greg Nixon on the proposed Burlington Ordinance for a Pedestrian Right of Way.

Todos Somos Arizona! (We Are All Arizona!) Immigrant Rights Panel Discussion. 05/19/2010

Lawmakers in Arizona recently passed one of the harshest anti-immigrant laws in U.S. history. SB 1070 grants police the authority to demand documentation of anyone who looks like an immigrant, effectively legalizing the racial profiling of Latinos and other people of color. A discussion on why the bill in Arizona passed, and what we can do to defeat the politics of fear. Speakers: Dave VanDeusen, Vice President, Vermont AFL-CIO
Scott Novotny, Spring Alternative Program participant; Tom Macias* Arizona native and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, UVM; Tristin Adie, International Socialist Organization.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization
For more information: vermontiso@gmail.com
To learn more about SB 1070 and subsequent protests, check out Socialist Worker's coverage:
Countering Anti-immigrant Lies
http://socialistworker.org/2010/05/12/countering-anti-immigrant-lies

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Gross National Happiness Conference Preview 05/18/2010

Gross National Happiness USA envisions a sustainable future, based on the use of a comprehensive set of social progress indicators that reflects our American values and truly supports life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Public Service Announcements: Gross National Happiness PSA 05/18/2010

Author and Peak Oil Activist Michael Ruppert 05/13/2010

This video is available at blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/3653298

It can also be watched on our site here .

Los Angeles based Michael Ruppert, author of Confronting Collapse, speaks on the tangible steps that must be taken to confront the grave global reality of our oil dependence. Sponsored by Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont Commons, The Candidates for Vermont Independence and Free Vermont Radio, along with local sponsors. If you like this video, donate to CCTV and support more free speech programs!

Progressives Today: Host Abby Russell and Ted Wimpey, CVOEO, Talk About Fair Housing 05/11/2010

Abby Russell, local Progressive Party member, speaks with Ted Wimpey from CVOEO about Fair Housing, Phoenix House etc.

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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!

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