Politics & Government

Under the Dome: The Capitol Beat - Senate Finance Committee: Janet Newton, EMR Policy Institute; Loredo Sola, ECFiber 03/10/2011

The Senate Finance Committee hears testimony on S.78, an act relating to the advancement of cellular, broadband, smart grid and other technology infrastructure in Vermont. Testifying is Janet Newton, President of the EMR Policy Institute about the potential environmental effect of radio-waves produced by the technology; and Loredo Sola, Chair of the ECFiber Governing Board. Recorded 3/10/11.

Under the Dome: The Capitol Beat - Senate Finance Committee: Karen Marshall, Connect VT 03/10/2011

Under the Dome: The Capitol Beat - Senate Finance Committee: Beth Fastiggi, Fairpoint 03/10/2011

Beth Fastiggi, VP of Government Relations for Fairpoint Commuications, gives testimony to the Senate Finance Committee regarding S.78, an act relating to the advancement of cellular, broadband, smart grid and other technology infrastructure in Vermont. Recorded 3/10/11.

Inside Your Statehouse: Vermont House Speaker Shap Smith with Rep. Lucy Leriche and Rep. William Jewett 03/10/2011

House Speaker Shap Smith, Rep. Lucy Leriche and Rep. William Jewett review the first half of the Vermont legislative session and discuss the work ahead for the second half.

Under the Dome: Under the Golden Dome: Week 9 03/10/2011

Rick McMahan interviews Curator David Schutz about the House Chamber Chandelier, then interviews Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, Sen. Time Ashe, Sen. Rich Westman, Rep. Diane Lanpher, Rep. Oliver Olsen, Rep. Margaret Cheney, Rep. Linda Waite-Simpson, Sen. Dick McCormack and Sen. Jeanette White.

Burlington Wards 2 & 3 NPA Meeting 03/10/2011

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 2 & 3 meet the second Thursday of the month. Meeting place: McClure Multi-Generational Center 241 North Winooski Avenue, Next to QTees.

2011 Village of Essex Junction Budget and Ballot Presentation 03/10/2011

Village Manager David Crawford and Trustees present the budget and articles to be voted on by Village residents during the 2011 Annual Meeting.

The Beginning of the End of Neoliberalism? Labor Resistance in China and the U.S. - Ellen David Friedman 03/09/2011

Ellen David Friedman was a union organizer in Vermont for 25 years, a founder of the Vermont Progressive Party and the Vermont Workers Center, and a “union democracy” activist before she “redeployed” to China. For the last five years she has been teaching labor studies as a Visiting Lecturer at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, and involved in the Chinese labor movement at various levels. In this talk she will give first-hand accounts of the historical strike wave that hit the Chinese auto industry last summer and compare it to the insurgency underway now in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio. Sponsored by St Michael's Student Labor Action Movement (SLAP).

Burlington Democrats: City Issues 03/09/2011

Democratic City Councilors share their views and take your calls.

St. Michael's College: The Lilly Ledbetter Story: Ensuring that Women are Paid Fairly 03/09/2011

After a prolonged fight against gender pay discrimination at her job at Goodyear Tire & Rubber in Gadsden, Alabama, Lilly Ledbetter succeeded in getting the Supreme Court ruling against her overturned. The effect of the Court’s holding was reversed by the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009. President Obama signed the Act into law on January 29, 2009. In May 2010 Ms.Ledbetter was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the City University of New York. Sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender. Presented by St. Michael's College. Co-sponsors: Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, History Department, Career Development Services, Multicultural Student Affairs Office, Vermont Commission on Women.

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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!