Social Justice

Legal Services Law Line of Vermont: Housing Discrimination and Fair Housing 04/19/2016

Tom Garrett, Executive Director of Legal Services Law Line of Vermont., Inc., speaks with Rachel Batterson, Esq. Director, Housing Discrimination Law Project with Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., and Karen Richards, Executive Director of Vermont Human Rights Commission, on Vermont Housing Discrimination and Fair Housing Issues. April is Fair Housing Month.

For more information visit: www.vtlegalaid.org

Under the Dome: Justice, Corrections and Institutions 04/18/2016

Host Diane Meyerhoff speaks with Chittenden County House Representatives Joan Lenes (D-Chitt 5-2), Terry Macaig (D-Chitt 2), and Martin LaLonde (D-Chitt 7-1) to discuss Justice, Corrections, and Institutions.

Stay up-to-date with the Vermont Legislative Session or Watch More Under the Dome every Monday LIVE at 11am until the end of the Legislative Session.

Call (802) 862-3966 or Tweet in questions every Monday.

What's Going On? 04/15/2016

Concerned citizens Sandy Baird and Peter Garritano continue their discussion and perspectives of current affairs.

True North Reports TV: Prospects for Liberty in the Midst of a Cultural Shift 04/15/2016

Host Robert Maynard, Editor of True North Reports, speaks with State Representative Paul Dame (R-Essex Jct.) on what it will take for the trend towards public revolt and the crisis of authority and the prospects for these phenomena to result in the rise of liberty. The basis for the conversation is from a book written by former CIA Agent Martin Gurri. A brief summary of his book, The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium, can be found here.

For more info visit: www.truenorthreports.com

Art & Activism - The Poetry Show 04/14/2016

Ibnar Avilix, a socio-economic activist/artist, hosts.

More information at www.avilix.org and sossblogdotcom.wordpress.com

Feminist Media Review: Host Peggy Luhrs 04/11/2016

Host Peggy Luhrs speaks with Racial Justice Organizers Senowa Mize-Fox and Alyssa Chen as they prepare to launch their new organization Unify Vermont.

Burlington Education 04/07/2016

Linda Deliduka speaks with Lynda Siegel and Fran Brock, teachers in the Burlington School District on the changes within the education system ranging from pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade.

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: April is Fair Housing Month 04/06/2016

Host Erhard Mahnke speaks with Rachel Batterson, Esq., Director of Housing Discrimination Law Project with Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., on Fair Housing Issues in Vermont.

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org | http://vtlegalaid.org/publications | http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047 | http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing: CVOEO Fair Housing Project | https://www.cvoeo.org | 802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission: http://hrc.vermont.gov | 1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Mercy Connections 04/05/2016

Mercy Connections, a Chittenden County (Vermont) nonprofit offers a safe and welcoming place where all are invited to learn, grow, and make positive changes. Mercy Connections’ classes and programs help people identify and achieve their own goals within a community support.

The Vermont Community Leadership Training builds the skills, knowledge, and confidence that enables participants to become effective advocates/agents of positive change. Through their participation in the eleven week program, individuals gain confidence and find their voice to engage in community issues affecting themselves and their families.

In this program leadership training participants share the work they have done in this group: Crystal Berenberg, Marie Rosine Poaty, Stephen Marshall, Mark Karas, and Lauren Charette.

Partnership for Change: Restorative Justice in the Burlington School District 04/05/2016

Partnership for Change Executive Director Hal Colston hosts Henri Sparks, Burlington School District Director of Equity, and Anneke Hohl, Executive Director of the Burlington Community Justice Center, on the process for developing restorative justice and practices in the district.

For more information: www.partnershipvt.org

Featured Story

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!