Social Justice

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 02/07/2013

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Livable Wage Forum 01/31/2013

The Peace & Justice Center led the campaign for a Livable Wage for all Vermonters from 1997 till 2010. The PJC helped fund and publish ten phases of the Vermont Job Gap Study and partnered with VBSR to create the Livable Jobs Toolkit during that time. These resources became valuable tools used by employers in figuring out how to provide livable wage jobs. In light of the "Skinny Pancake's airport exemption", the PJC is convening a forum for an opportunity to ask questions and get the facts straight. One of the six panelists will be Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who ran the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign when she was a staff member of the Peace & Justice Center, and then was a member of the City Council and its Ordinance Committee, which reviewed the Livable Wage Ordinance.

St. Michael's College: Bill McKibben - Fossil Fuel Divestment and the Future 01/30/2013

Environmentalist, Bill McKibben, at Saint Michael's College gives a talk, “After America’s Hottest Year, It’s Time to Act: FOSSIL FUEL, DIVESTMENT, AND THE FUTURE”.
McKibben’s 1988 book The End of Nature was the first book for a general audience about global warming. He is co-founder and Chair of 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. Bill McKibben is also the 2012 Burlington Free Press Vermonter of the Year.
The talk is sponsored by the SMC Lecture Series, Marketing Department, Green Up Club, Office of Sustainability, Environmental Studies Program and Environmental Council.
Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu

Burlington CEDO Show: Saving Energy in Your Home and A Waterfront Update from CEDO 01/28/2013

Burlington CEDO Office's monthly show. Diana Colangelo hosts Jennifer Ely, an interested citizen, Jeremy King of Vermont Gas and Paul Markowitz from Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, to discuss the Home Energy Challenge.

Vermont Workers' Center: Put People First Address 01/25/2013

Host Traven Leyshon.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 01/23/2013

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Panel - The Disproportionate Number of Minorities Incarcerated in Vermont 01/21/2013

A panel discussion on “The Disproportionate Number of Minorities Incarcerated in Vermont.” Introduction by Patrick Brown. Moderator/opening comments by Ame Lambert, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Champlain College. Panelists include:

Robert Appel, former Executive Director of the Vermont Human Rights Commissin; Eileen Blackwood, Burlington City Attorney, Jacob Bogre, Executive Director of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, T.J. Donovan, Chittenden County State's Attorney; Cindy Maguire, Assitant Attorney Genera; Rashad Shabazz, Professor of Geography, Black Cultural Studies and Gender Studeis at UVM; Wanda Hines, Director of Social Equity Investment, City of Burlington.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Tavis Smiley, Keynote Burlington's Martin Luther King Jr. Rememberance Celebration 01/20/2013

Annual Celebration features keynote speaker Tavis Smiley, nationally acclaimed host of the late-night television talk show Tavis Smiley on PBS and The Tavis Smiley Show and Smiley & West from Public Radio International (PRI). From his celebrated conversations with world figures to his work to inspire the next generation of leaders, Smiley has emerged as an outstanding voice for change in his roles as broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate, and philanthropist. Sponsors for the celebration include: City of Burlington; Church Street Marketplace; United Way of Chittenden County; KeyBank; NBT Bank; Vermont Department of Labor; People's United Bank and Spruce Mortgage.

Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 01/17/2013

Hunger Free Vermont: Applying for 3SquaresVT - Nutrition Education 01/15/2013

Nutrition Education Manager, Laura Fillbach, and 3SquaresVT Advocate, Faye Conte, share information on nutrition education and applying for 3SquaresVT for senior citizens. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

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Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open

Town Meeting TV is hiring two paid interns to join our production team for the summer! The program will run from Monday, June 24th until Friday, August 16th (8 weeks). $17 an hour, approximately 8 hours per week. We are looking for folks who have basic or intermediate experience with video recording and editing on Adobe Premiere. Interns will work with the Town Meeting TV Co-Directors to pick stories or events that they would like to cover in our community, practice outreach skills, then shoot and edit video that will be broadcasted on Town Meeting TV's YouTube and cable channels. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter (including why they are interested in this position and any relevant experience) to Jordan at jmitchell@cctv.org. Applications close Friday, May 24th at 5:00PM. For more information, please contact outreach@cctv.org or call 802-862-3966.