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Panel: Not the Enemy Within 12/04/2024

From the organizers:

From racial equality to trans rights, climate justice to Palestine solidarity, we are seeing alarming attacks on our constitutionally protected rights to free speech, assembly, and protest. Now the incoming Trump regime promises to intensify these attacks by targeting “the enemy within,” including using military force against protestors. How do we defend our rights? How do we come together to ensure justice for all? Come to this teach-in and hear from students, faculty, staff, union and community members about organizing for our collective liberation. Panelists will include members of Graduate Students United, Queer Student Union, Students for Justice in Palestine, United Academics, FreeHer, and more. The panel will be accompanied with discussion and brainstorming for building community and learning together in the year ahead.

Sponsored by: Department of Sociology, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program, United Academics, Staff United, Graduate Students United Palestine Solidarity Caucus, Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series, Department of Community Development & Applied Economics, UVM United Academics Palestine Solidarity Caucus, UVM Staff United Palestine Solidarity Caucus, Queer Student Union

Governor Phil Scott: Press Conference - Rays of Kindness 12/04/2024

From the Office of Governor Scott:

Governor Phil Scott and Administration officials hold their regular weekly press conference on Wednesday.

All Things LGBTQ - Interview Show: Amy Hoffman 12/03/2024

Provided by ORCA Media:

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Questioning Community presents local and national news.

All Brains Belong VT - Brain Club: Shifting Your Narrative: Unlearning Internalized Ableism 12/03/2024

All Brains Belong VT

Governor Phil Scott: Whitcomb Family Tree Farm Visit 12/02/2024

From the Office of Governor Scott:

Governor Phil Scott, Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets Anson Tebbetts and others will celebrate the Christmas season with the help of Vermont’s farmers at Whitcomb Family Tree Farm in Essex Junction. This will be the Whitcomb family’s inaugural season with 4 acres of Christmas trees planted on the farm. The farm will offer several varieties of trees this winter, such as Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser Firs. Trees can be cut yourself, and some pre-cut trees are also available for purchase.

Who: Governor Phil Scott, members of the Executive Cabinet.

Artful Word: Tree Lighting Ceremony: A Traditional Seasonal Postcard 11/29/2024

Submitted by James Gero

Burlington Church Street Tree Lighting 2024 11/29/2024

From the Church Street Marketplace:

Kick off the holiday season at the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Church Street Marketplace! Enjoy live performances starting at 5:15pm followed by the grand lighting at 6pm. Don’t miss this festive tradition!

For more information visit: www.churchstmarketplace.com

METE NUI - I Am Able: Breaking from the Fear of the Unknown 11/27/2024

Host Salome Oforiwaa discusses with guest Professor Sefakor G.M.A. Komabu-Pomeyie, International Disability Rights Advocate and Policy Analyst. Sefakor is also the Director for Diversity Equity and Inclusion of the College Of Nursing And Health Sciences at the University Of Vermont. They discuss how to break from the fear of the unknown around disabilities.

From Salome Oforiwaa:

Professor Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie an international disability rights advocate will be the resource person for the show. Sefakor carries not only acquired knowledge but comes on with rich experiential knowledge serving as hope and a reference point to the Youth of Burlington with disability as they transition into adulthood.

This is a new TV series intended to changing the negative narratives about Disability and debunking the myths surrounding it. Infants with disabilities might not suffer much emotional trauma due to the ‘over protective measures’ parents or guardians put in for their support. However, their stories in transitioning from childhood into adulthood becomes difficult and sometimes unbearable as their developmental challenges outgrow them. A youth with disability’s psychological frame of mind is so critical for their self definition and needs serious attention by input of requisite knowledge that inwardly resonates ‘I AM ABLE’. This can be done through education, imparting knowledge to boost the self confidence of a youth with disability. This is important for their individual achievements. Parents, guardians, and the community as a whole must be correctly informed to be able to serve as a support base in shaping the future of the youth with disability in Burlington Vermont showing on the CCTV/Town Meeting TV network.