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Gospel Fest 2020 03/07/2020

Featuring the New Alpha Gospel Choir and the Burlington Ecumenical Gospel Choir and with special guest gospel recording artists Adrian B. King, Floyd Wilkerson, Pastor Greg Hunter, Jeffery Williams, and Richard Gibbs (former organist for Aretha Franklin).

Stump the Chumps: With Long-Time Burlington Resident Jerry Snyder 01/27/2020

Hosts Bill Keogh and Joey Donovan are joined by long-time Burlington resident Jerry Snyder.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Panel Discussion - What Will the Fight for Civil Rights Look Like in the 2020s? 01/20/2020

National attention on civil rights peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. But the fight for equal protection and opportunity continues. Join a group of expert panelists as they weigh in on the future of civil rights in our community and nation.

Facilitator: Patrick Brown

Panelists:
Kerin Stackpole, Employment and Labor Law Attorney at Paul Frank & Collins
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont Professor of Economics
Reverend Arnold Thomas, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Daimeyon Williams, Spectrum Youth and Family Services
Ryan Hargraves, University of Vermont Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Panel Discussion - Career Navigation and Higher Education Attainment for Young Professionals of Color 01/20/2020

Young professionals share their experiences, challenges, and opinions of best practices for education and career success for their age group. Panelists present ways to improve pathways for youth and young professionals of color and the challenges different industries face in recruitment, support, and retention.

Panelists:
Crystol Dejohnette, Masters of Social Work at University of Vermont and Spectrum Multicultural Youth Program Intern
Yusuf Abdi, University of Vermont Undergraduate Student
Mohamed Jafar, Community Justice Center
Sarah Childs, Assistant Director of University of Vermont Mosaic Center
Tino Rutanhira, Product Manager at Dealer
Dorcas Loheese, University of Vermont Undergraduate Student
Marylyn Segura, Spectrum Multicultural Youth Program AmeriCorps

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Ceremony 2020 01/19/2020

This is an event created by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his effect in our country. This year's keynote speaker is Mayor Steven Reed, the First African American mayor to be elected in Montgomery, Alabama. The event also features the local Congolese Choir, New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church Choir, and the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards.

Stump the Chumps: Burlington Trivia with Jane Merola McKenzie 12/19/2019

Hosts Bill Keough and Joey Donovan are joined by guest Jane Merola McKenzie to discuss Burlington trivia.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Revolutionary War Chaplains and Church Planters 11/17/2019

Join us as Historical Interpreter for the Vermont State Historic Sites, Michael Blakeslee, introduces us to the parsons who went to war in the 1770s and later started churches in Vermont. History is full of surprises and our image of the past isn’t always what we have been taught.

Stump the Chumps: With Bob Blanchard 10/29/2019

Host Bill Keogh is joined by Bob Blanchard, founder of the website Burlington Area History. Bob is SO good. He cannot be stumped.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Bennington Storehouse 10/20/2019

The Battle of Bennington actually took place near Hoosic, New York. So why was it called the Battle of Bennington? Bob Hoar, historian and docent at the Bennington Battlefield State Historic Park, will speak about the storehouses that were the target of the British forces at the Battle of Bennington.

Labor, Social Justice, and the Return of the Strike 10/17/2019

Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers University, Deepa Kumar is the recipient of the Dallas Smythe award for her engaged scholarship and the Georgina Smith award for her work on gender and race equity. She is recognized as a leading scholar on islamophobia and empire both nationally and internationally, and her book Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire has been translated into several languages.

As an activist and then president of Rutgers’ faculty union, Deepa Kumar played a leading role in a contract campaign that led to a ground-breaking settlement, winning not only on bread and butter issues and job security for vulnerable faculty, but also around gender and race equity. She will discuss this experience of ‘bargaining for the common good’ in the context of recent strike victories in education and other sectors of the US workforce.

In such times the Lecture Series remains committed to providing a space for critical discussion and political organizing.

Many thanks from the board of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. We could not do this work without your support. Please support our mission to bring diverse and powerful social justice thinkers and activists to Vermont.

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Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open

Town Meeting TV is hiring two paid interns to join our production team for the summer! The program will run from Monday, June 24th until Friday, August 16th (8 weeks). $17 an hour, approximately 8 hours per week. We are looking for folks who have basic or intermediate experience with video recording and editing on Adobe Premiere. Interns will work with the Town Meeting TV Co-Directors to pick stories or events that they would like to cover in our community, practice outreach skills, then shoot and edit video that will be broadcasted on Town Meeting TV's YouTube and cable channels. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter (including why they are interested in this position and any relevant experience) to Jordan at jmitchell@cctv.org. Applications close Friday, May 24th at 5:00PM. For more information, please contact outreach@cctv.org or call 802-862-3966.