Social Justice

Miracle Messages 10/19/2015

Kevin F. Adler talks about Miracle Messages, the TV series he created that helps homeless individuals reunite with their loved ones, using the power of social media and local communities.

For more information: www.miraclemessages.org

VT Interfaith Power and Light Conference 10/17/2015

Faith Community Action on Global Warming.

Economic and Political Crisis in China - Dongping Han 10/15/2015

Dongping Han, Professor at Warren Wilson College and author of 'The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village' presents "Economic and Political Crisis in China - From the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution to the Present'. Part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series.

The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture series brings 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.

Feminist Media Review: Host Peggy Luhrs 10/12/2015

Host Peggy Luhrs speaks about Black Lives Matter, the Trans-Pacific Partnership corporate takeover, and the women's movement.

Senator Patrick Leahy: Vermont Funding Increase for Crime Victims 10/09/2015

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and representatives of Vermont organizations that advocate for crime victims announce major grants for Vermont Crime Victim Services and Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs. Leahy, a former prosecutor, has long led in support for crime victims. His bill to strengthen and renew the Violence Against Women Act was signed into law in 2013. He is the top Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the most senior member of the Appropriations Committee, which funds justice programs.

Vermont will recieve more than $8.7 million from the U.S. Department for Justice to support victims of crime and enhance programs that serve survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Through the Hogan Lens: Data Matters 10/08/2015

Con served as a consultant and trainer both nationally and internationally with governments, public agencies, and communities. He assembled a powerful collection of data slides with more than a decade of population-level trend lines depicting the well-being of Vermont children, families, and communities dating from 1985 to 2003. We are in the process of working with staff and contractors from Vermont Insights-Building Bright Futures, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, Child Trends, and the Agency of Human Services to examine the data and, wherever possible, extend the original Hogan trend line data to 2015.

More information at: Con Hogan Award

Art & Activism 10/08/2015

Ibnar Avilix, a socio-economic activist and artist, and Blixtar Alizarin Avilix, a painter and poet, speak on topical issues.

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

Con Hogan Award for Creative Leadership 10/08/2015

Ellen Kahler is selected as the first recipient of the Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial, and Community Leadership. The award celebrates mid-career community leaders who share Con's vision of a better Vermont—one that places the highest value on the public good—and who seize the responsibility for making that vision real. Coordinated through The Vermont Community Fund.

More information at: Con Hogan Award

1st Wednesdays - Legacy of Cesar Chavez 10/07/2015

Amherst College Professor, Illan Stavans, discusses "arguably, the most important Latin leader in the United States," to quote Brattleboro's 1st Wednesdays program.

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: VHFA Down Payment Assistance Program 10/07/2015

Host Erhard Mahnke speaks with Executive Director of Vermont Housing Finance Agency, Sarah Carpenter, on VHFA's new Down Payment Assistance Program for first time homebuyers.

More information at: www.vhfa.org

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