Advocacy

From the organizer:

Join us for Intersex: Invisible No More, a powerful event kicking off Pride Week with a screening of Common As Red Hair, an award-winning short film highlighting the experiences of intersex children, their families, and the controversial "corrective surgeries" aimed at normalizing physical sex characteristics. Written and directed by Robbie Robertson, the film offers an intimate look at the personal and systemic challenges faced by intersex individuals and their families.

After the screening, we’ll have a talk-back session with Kimberly Zieselman, the film’s Executive Producer and a renowned international intersex advocate from Vermont. Kimberly will share insights from her advocacy work and dive deeper into intersex lived experiences, human rights, and the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy.

This free event is proudly sponsored by the UVM Health Network (UVM Medical Center DEI Team and Home Health & Hospice) and Main Street Landing.

Watch the film trailer online here: www.commonasredhair.com

Former Senator Patrick Leahy visits CCTV to record an acceptance speech for an award he received. 

Archive of raw recording.

From the organizer:

Richard Reeves is President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, an organization with a mission to raise awareness of the problems of boys and men and advocate for effective solutions. His 2022 book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, was described as a "landmark" in The New York Times and named a book of the year by both The Economist and The New Yorker. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, where he previously directed the Future of the Middle-Class Initiative and the Center on Children and Families.

This event is the result of shared leadership, commitment, and funding from a broad range of partners in Vermont’s philanthropic and post-secondary education communities. Our partners have worked together over the past year to make this evening possible and to support important conversations about the experiences of boys and young men in our state. 

Other speakers include Dan Smith, Joyce Judy, and Suresh Garimella.

This event was presented by the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation, and The Vermont Community Foundation, more information is available at www.reevesvt24.org.

Emily Anderson, Bridging Coordinator, Champlain Community Services (CCS), introduces students from the CCS Bridging Program. In this episode, we meet Meayva Fitzpatrick (Peer Mentor) and the Five Awesome Heroes: Kaydance Messier, Autumn Ritter, Grey Stirling, Carlton Pham, and Krithika Baskar.