Social Justice

Vermont Interfaith Action: Parents and Youth for Change 03/15/2016

Meg Cline, Community Organizer with Parents for Change (www.voicesforkids.org), is joined by Madhu Neupane, Parent and Community Leader, to share insights into the upcoming Public Action on Behavioral Expectations and Discipline Policies of the Burlington School District.

Monday, March 28
7 to 8:30 pm
St. Joseph's School
20 Allen Street, Burlington

More information at: (802) 651-8889 | office@viavt.org | www.viavt.org

Fracked Gas Pipeline - Community Forum 03/12/2016

Rising Tide Vermont - Community Forum on the Fracked Gas Pipeline - March 12, 2016.

Institute For Civic Engagement: Burlington International Women's Day Celebration 2016 03/12/2016

A citywide celebration to honor and insure the rights of all women and girls to lead secure, creative, healthy, and free lives. Recorded by community volunteer Paul Bakeman and sponsored by Burlington College 'Institute for Civic Engagement.'

Art & Activism - The Poetry Show 03/10/2016

Ibnar Avilix, a Socio-economic Activist/Artist, and Emerald Avilix, Painter and Poet, host.

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

Reality Bites Back 03/09/2016

Four short skits that address current struggles of working class Americans, followed by a discussion segment which explores those concepts further. Topics include insurance coverage, corporate exploitation, neoliberalism, and unemployment.

Veritas: Victims of Industrial Wind 03/04/2016

Host Brett Gaskill speaks with Steven and Luann Therrien on their experience with an industrial wind project in Sheffield, VT. The Sheffield project consists of 16 turbines. The nearest turbine to the Therrien's home was less than 3/4 of a mile away. 5 were within 1 mile, and all 16 within 2 miles. The Therriens moved from Sheffield after 18 years due to the health problems they faced.

Veritas is sponsored by greenmountainpatriots.org

What's Going On? 03/04/2016

Concerned citizens Sandy Baird, Peter Garritano, Kurt Mehta, and Jared Carter continue their discussion and perspectives of current affairs.

The Law and Society: Dismas of Vermont, Inc. 03/03/2016

Host Ted Kenney speaks with Richard Gagne, Co-Director of Burlington Dismas House. Dismas of Vermont has a mission of reconciling prisoners with society and society with prisoners.

For more information or to get involved:

www.dismasofvermont.org | (802) 658-0381 | info@dismasofvermont.org

Like on FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burlington-Dismas-House/119437884862175

Implications of the Changing Demographics in Vermont 03/03/2016

Linda Deliduka, Director of Chittenden K.I.N. (Kinship Information Network), is joined by Tony Redington, Policy Developer, to discuss the implications of 3000 to 4000 Vermonters turning 65 each year.

For more information and to reach Linda: (802) 864-5114 | deliduka.l@gmail.com

Lake Champlain Chamber: Dan Smith, President of Vermont Technical College 03/02/2016

LCRCC President and CEO Tom Torti hosts Dan Smith, President of Vermont Technical College (VTC).

More information about VTC at: www.vtc.edu

More information about the LCRCC at: http://www.vermont.org/chamber

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!