Social Justice

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

Service Rendered: Straight Talk Vermont 02/29/2016

Executive Director Bruce Wilson, Service Rendered, speaks with interns Lindsay Buckle and Jessica Kearns. Straight Talk Vermont assists incarcerated individuals at Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility and Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility with conflict resolution and provide referrals to ensure a positive community re-entry.

More information at: www.servicerendered.us

Cleophace Mukeba Updates his 2015 Trip to South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 02/29/2016

Cleophace Mukeba, Founder and Director of the Vermont IBUTWA Project, speaks with Meghan O'Rourke about his August 2015 trip to South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the positive impacts Vermont IBUTWA has made, and the challenges that lay ahead.

More information: https://www.facebook.com/ibutwa

Gospel Fest 2016 02/27/2016

Gospel Fest 2016 features: Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Gospel Choir, Burlington Ecumenical Gospel Choir, Montpelier Community Gospel Choir, and The New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church Children's Choir.

Gospel Fest is an annual Christian music ministry hosted by the New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church. Gospel Fest's anchor choir, the Burlington Ecumenical Gospel Choir (BEC), is now in its 23rd year. BEC is made up of performers from different religious denominations and walks of life; their mission is the educate the community about Black History Month through music.

RAD-TV Presents: Jobs, Justice and Climate 02/26/2016

Rights and Democracy members Traven Leyshon and Matthew Burke are joined via skype by Aly Johnson Kurts in a discussion on the issues of Jobs, Justice & Climate.

Rights and Democracy shares perspectives leading to a vision for a state in which every Vermonter earns a livable wage and has access to affordable health care, and where a progressive and equitable tax system supports an economy that protects the environment and human rights. We believe Vermont can lead our country in a new direction towards happy, healthy, and just communities for everyone.

For more info visit: http://www.radvt.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!