Channel 17 and Channel 317 Video Streams:

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Burlington Board of Finance, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/BOF/Schedule.

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the South Burlington City Council, please visit www.southburlingtonvt.gov/calendar.php.

For more information on the Essex Selectboard and their current procedures and meeting dates, please reference the agendas at essexvt.org/AgendaCenter/Essex-Selectboard-9.

Host Ali Dieng talks with Wendy Rice, President of Vermont Connector, and Michelle Trayah, NCSS Parent Child Center Family Access Coordinator. They discuss different resources for access to basic needs in the community.

For more information visit: www.vermontconnector.org | www.ncssinc.org | www.hungerfreevt.org

For more information on the Essex Planning Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit essex.org/425/Planning-Commission.

For more information on the Burlington Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPA) and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Neighborhood-Services/Neighborhood-Planning-Assemblies.

For more information on the Essex Junction City Council and their current procedures and meeting dates, please reference the meeting agendas at essexjunction.org/boards/city-council.

For more information on the Burlington Electric Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonelectric.com/about-us/who-we-are/board-electric-commissioners.

Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.

From Mark Hughes:

Rev Mark Hughes and guest Kenroy Walker discuss our current state, the dominant narrative and how we got here. Then we'll talk about where we're going and how to get there.

For more information about Vermont Racial Justice Alliance visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org

For more information on the Burlington City Council and current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/City-Council-Meeting-Schedule.

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Burlington Board of Finance, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/BOF/Schedule.

For more information on the Winooski City Council and current procedures and meeting dates, please visit: winooskivt.gov/210/Mayor-and-City-Council.

From Rev. Arnold Thomas:

In our first program of 2025, we will meet Black, Latina, Bi-Racial, and Transgender students at Randolph Union High School who will share their daily experiences in and out the classroom as an example of what students like them encounter across the and country. The Randolf Union High School students are Savior Bass, Connor Deyette, Marissa Therrien, and Kenneth Brons Jr. 

When African Americans mention “The Talk,” they refer to important conversations their parents or elders had with them concerning how to survive in a racist, hostile, environment, specifically when confronted by the police. I imagine similar conversations occur between parents and children among all People of Color and marginalized communities. However, in a nation that will soon be dominated by people of color, it is crucial that such conversations occur among White families as well concerning how to live peacefully and productively in a multiracial and multicultural country where all prosper. The Talk, Vermont is about the concerns and interests of Black Vermonters, Vermonters of Color, and other marginalized communities that can be shared with all Vermonters and those who wish to live in one of the whitest state in the nation, in the hope that we can truly learn and grow from our interactions with one other, and make Vermont a truly hospitable state in which all may learn and grow.

This program was produced in part with facilities provided by Onion River Community Access Media (ORCA Media) in Montpelier, Vermont. www.orcamedia.net. This program was pre-recorded on December 9, 2024, to premier on January 7, 2025.

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Williston Selectboard, please reference the agendas at town.williston.vt.us/index.asp?Type=B_DIR&SEC={70C5470F-A23D-438B-BE53-58C272DBEDFE}.

Celebration of life for Barbara Nolfi held at Main Street Landing in Burlington, VT. She was a founder of Earthworks Commune in Franklin, Vermont, as well as the Onion River Food Co-op, the People's Free Clinic (now the Community Health Centers), the Burlington Women's Health Center and Burlington Cohousing East Village, as well as the Charlotte Family Health Center. She was a Burlington City Councilor for eight years.