Politics & Government

The 1991 Takeover, along with its 1988 predecessor, were instrumental in forming the University of Vermont's policies and initiatives regarding diversity, multiculturalism and inclusion. Changes that have occurred since the takeovers include, among other things, five Presidential Commissions, the appointment of a Chief Diversity Officer, a six-credit diversity requirement and a student body that is comprised of 10% ALANA students.This panel discussion and other speakers will consider the historical context for the 1991 Waterman Takeover, and examine the changes that have come about at UVM in the past twenty years. Introductory Remarks - Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant '87 G'03, Chief Diversity Officer, University of Vermont  Panel: Afi Ahmadi '93, Attorney, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C.; member, UVM Alumni Association Board of Directors - Pat Brown G'92, Director of Student Life, University of Vermont - Laura Fishman, retired UVM Sociology professor - Phillip Gonzalez '91, Director of Grant Making, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation; member, UVM Boston Regional Alumni Board - Karl Jagbandhansingh '05, Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator, National Radio Project - Roddy O'Neill Cleary, retired UVM Women's Studies professor and retired minister - T.J. Whittaker '91, Teacher, South Orange/Maplewood School District, New Jersey

House Speaker Shap Smith, Rep. Johanna Donovan and Rep. Peter Peltz discuss education in Vermont.

15th Week of the 2011 legislature. Interviews with Rep. Ann Pugh, Rep. Charles Bohl, Sen. Peg Flory, Rep. Rebecca Ellis, Rep. Vicki Strong, Sen. Alice Nitka, Sen. Ginny Lyons, Sen. Vince Illuzzi. The Statehouse info segment features the Admiral George Dewey painting.

Heather Rogers is a journalist and author. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones,and The Nation. Her first book, Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage, traces the history and politics of household rubbish in the United States. The book received the Editor’s Choice distinction from the New York Times Book Review, and Non-Fiction Choice from theGuardian (UK). Her documentary film, also titled Gone Tomorrow, screened in festivals around the globe. Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution, her latest book, takes a critical, on-the-ground look at popular market-based solutions to ecological destruction. Rogers has spoken internationally on the environmental effects of mass consumption and is a senior fellow at the progressive US think tank Demos. 

 Part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. http://www.willmiller.org

The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture series brings speakers to the UVM campus and the Burlington community to provide a continuing program of radical analyses of social, ecological and political concerns. The series is dedicated to Will Miller, Vermont’s activist philosopher and UVM Philosophy Professor for 35 years.