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Moments with Melinda: Interview with Tom Verner 02/23/2024

From Melinda Moulton:

Tom Verner is a practicing psychotherapist and professional magician, and was a professor of psychology at Burlington College for 35 years. He and his wife, Janet Fredericks, are the founders of Magicians Without Borders.

For more information visit: https://www.magicianswithoutborders.com/

Moments with Melinda: Interview with Ellen Kahler 01/25/2024

From Melinda Moulton:

Recipient of the Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial and Community Leadership from the Vermont Community Foundation; The Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership for the Vermont Natural Resources Council; and the Jan Eastman Excellence in Leadership Award from the Snelling Center for Government.

For more information visit: http://VSJF.org

Moments with Melinda: Interview with Shirley Jefferson 07/13/2023

From Melinda Moulton:

Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) named longtime professor and administrator Shirley Jefferson JD’86 Vice President for Community Engagement and Government Affairs. Jefferson is the school’s first ever vice president of color.

In the newly created position, Jefferson reports directly to the VLGS president while providing strategic insight and advice to the school’s senior leadership regarding local, state, and federal government matters, community issues, and efforts for the enrichment of society and intercultural understanding.

“One of the first things I learned at VLGS was that Shirley Jefferson is the school’s heart and soul,” said VLGS President Smolla. “Building strong relationships with the community will be more important than ever and nobody is better suited to being the ‘ambassador’ of Vermont Law and Graduate School than Shirley Jefferson. Her passion for educating students who want to be catalysts for change is unmatched and infectious."

A nationally sought after speaker and adviser on matters relating to race and the law and equitable access to legal education, Jefferson is a member of the Vermont State College Board of Trustees and Vermont State Policy Advisory Commission. She is a multiple-time winner of the Women’s Law Group Phenomenal Woman Award, recipient of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Edge Diversity Award, and National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair Legal Education Access & Diversity Champion award winner, among many other honors.

All Things LGBTQ - Interview Show: Sawyer Totten & Anne Ward 07/04/2023

Provided by ORCA Media:

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Questioning Community presents local and national news. Recorded on July 4, 2023.

Support For The People of Tigray 04/29/2023

From the organizers:

There has been no justice for the people of Tigray. The deadliest war this century, and the world is silent. The perpetrators of the genocide of the Tigray people need to be held accountable and brought to justice. We walk down Church Street in protest to a rally outside City Hall.

Stop Cop City Rally & Press Conference 03/09/2023

From the organizer:

FreeHer VT | Cooperation Vermont | Peoples Network for Land and Liberation | Food Not Cops | People’s Kitchen

In response to the National Call to Action from the Stop Cop City Coalition in Atlanta, GA, activists in Vermont rally and hold a press conference in solidarity, directed at Cox Enterprises to immediately divest from Cop City and cease their fundraising activities.

The City of Atlanta has leased 381 acres of Weelaunee Forest (the last substantial green space in the Atlanta area) to the Atlanta Police Foundation for a militarized police training facility funded by corporations. At the price of 90 million dollars, it includes a mock city to practice urban warfare, tear gas and explosives testing, dozens of shooting ranges, and a Black Hawk helicopter landing pad. Supported by the Atlanta Committee for Progress, which is composed of over 40 corporate elites including the CEOs of Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Cox, its aim is to further the surveillance of the population, stifling decent, and gentrification of the city.

Jim (Fergie) Cox Chambers, Jr. speaks out on March 9th in Burlington against his family company’s (Cox Enterprises) direct involvement in the private fundraising efforts for Cop City.

Cox Enterprises owns Dealer.Com in Burlington

https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/

VT Anti War Coalition - Rage Against War Machine Activist Comments 02/19/2023

From the organizer:

Featuring projected footage of The Washington DC Rally for RageAgainstWarMachine, shot live in DC by KRTDMedia.
Interviews by Jerome Lipani conducted with Vermont Peace Activist Coordinators Duncan Nichols, Robin Lloyd, Olga Maria, Christopher Helali, longtime Burlington antiF-35 activist Jimmy Leas, writer Charlotte Dennet, author of Follow the Pipelines, Spencer Sherman, vice-chair of the VT Libertarian Party and ending with a Final TV clip from DC with Anya Parampil of GrayZone Magazine.

Stop Cop City Teach-In and Solidarity Event 02/11/2023

From the organizer:

The Atlanta Police Foundation, corporations, and local officials are trying to destroy hundreds of acres of the Weelaunee Forest to build a massive police training compound. The compound would train cops from around the world in militarized police tactics.

On January 18th, police murdered forest defender Tortuguita who had been organizing tirelessly to #StopCopCity. Cop City must be stopped. Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran (1997-2023). Murdered by Atlanta police for defending the forest. 

Speakers include Kamau Franklin (Community Movement Builders), Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson), Kahlia Linvingston (FreeHerVT), Michelle Eddleman (Cooperation VT), Food Not Cops.

https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/

Moments with Melinda: Interview with Howard Dean 03/28/2022

Melinda Moulton interviews Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Moments with Melinda: Juniper Creative Arts 03/18/2022

Melinda Moulton interviews Will Kasso Condry, Jennifer Herrera Condry, and Alexa Herrera Condry, principals of Juniper Creative Arts. They are a family of visual artists and muralists. Will describes their work as "using mural arts as a vehicle for community building, activism, beautification, and healing."

Instagram: Juniper Creative LLC
Web Site: Junipercreativearts.com
email: Info@Junipercreativearts.com

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