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Local Matters: Outright Vermont - Queer News Update 10/31/2008

Christopher Neff, Executive Director, Toby MacNutt and Spencer. For more information click here.

 

 

Women's Rape Crisis Center: Stop Rape Vermont 10/29/2008

Kristine Bickford, Development Director, Women’s Rape Crisis Center and Yves Bradley, Board Member, Women’s Rape Crisis Center.

 

"The Financial Crisis of Capitalism" - Will Miller Social Action Series Lecture 10/28/2008

The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture series will bring 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. 'The Financial Crisis of Capitalism -- Background to the Meltdown:The Crisis and its Consequences' with Bill Tabb and Fred Magdoff. Part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. http://www.willmiller.org

Governor Debate Sponsored by the Vermont Interfaith Alliance 10/27/2008

Vermont Workers' Center: Human Rights Conference 10/24/2008

Host Dawn Stanger talks with David Shiman and Maddy Murphy Hall, VWC.

 

Vermont Workers' Center: Human Rights Hearing on Healthcare 10/23/2008

Community faith leaders and healthcare professionals and other community leaders will serve on a Community Listening Panel to hear testimony from residents. Speakers will address the failure of the state's healthcare system, the plight of those who try to navigate through it, and effective ways to bring about change. The event will give members of the Burlington community a chance to share stories highlighting how our flawed system has caused them suffering and
hardship. For more information visit Vermont Workers' Center website.

Sandy Baird Commentary: American Feminist Movement 10/22/2008

Sandy Baird traces the history of the American Feminist Movement.

Integrated Solutions to Global Environmental Problems 10/15/2008

UVM's Aiken Lecture Series featuring keynote address by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, and former Director-General of the World Health Organization.  Dr. Burndtland speaks on 'Integrating Technological Approaches with Political, Social and Economic Realities'.


 

 

Love & Forgiveness Series 10/13/2008

Brownell Library Program Director Martha Penzer talks about the events and public opportunities available with the Library's series 'Let's Talk About It: Love & Forgiveness' www.brownelllibrary.org - www.loveandforgive.org  "Let's Talk About It:  Love & Forgiveness," is funded by the American Library Association & the Fetzer Institute.

Reality of the American Economy 10/02/2008

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author David Cay Johnston reads from his most recent book, 'Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and stick you with the bill)', taking questions from the audience on the recent economic crisis.

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