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Preservation Burlington: Old East End Neighborhood Coalition's Winterlude Festival 01/26/2023

Ron Wanamaker interviews David Cawley from the Old East End Neighborhood Coalition about the Winterlude Festival.

More information: preservationburlington.org | oldeastendbtv.com

Burlington Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee 01/24/2023

The Burlington Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee studies and makes recommendations to the Burlington City Council on issues concerning all modes of transportation and interrelated development issues; energy plans, rates and other issues; and utility matters regarding, but not limited to, water, sewer, and telecommunications.

For more information on the Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/TEUC.

Fund Services, Not Police and Prisons! 01/24/2023

From the organizer:

We are in the midst of multiple crises in our city, state, and country. The answer from both corporate parties seems to be more policing and more prisons instead of funding social services, education, jobs, and programs to overcome racial injustice.

Here in Burlington, Mayor Weinberger clamors to hire more police. And the state government is in the process of building 4 new prisons at the cost of $230 million. Such measures only enforce racial and class inequalities not redress them.

Come hear local activists speak out against this expansion of the carceral state, and lay out concrete alternatives for funding services - not police and prisons!

Speakers:
Jayna Asaf, Free Her Vermont
Jessica Laporte, People for Police Accountability
Paul Fleckenstein, Tempest Collective
Katie Harris, AFSCME 1674

Sponsored by: Tempest Collective, Free Her Vermont, & People for Police Accountability, AFSCME 1674.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Next Steps for Advancing Burlington Public Safety Priorities 01/12/2023

From the City of Burlington:

Mayor Miro Weinberger, Chief Murad, and other local leaders announce the next steps for advancing public safety priorities in Burlington.

Burlington Wards 2 and 3 NPA Meeting 01/12/2023

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.

VICII: Public Safety in Burlington: Chief Jon Murad Dialogues with the Community 01/11/2023

From VICII:

The Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement opens the New Year with a presentation and discussion of Policing the City by the Acting Chief of Burlington Police Jon Murad. The presentation takes place in a hybrid in-person/Zoom format gathering at the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV) 20 Allen Street in Burlington's Old North End. The Acting Chief discusses public safety in Burlington—most importantly, he talks with the community and asks for ideas of what we can all do to prevent law-breaking in the New Year.

Moderated by Sandy Baird, Citizen Journalist; and Jacob Bogre, Director of AALV

For more information: vicii.org

Burlington Democrats: Burlington Politics and Beyond 01/10/2023

Andrew Champagne talks Burlington and national politics.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Board Student Representative Isaac Doggett 01/09/2023

Host Lucia Campriello discusses with Board student representative Isaac Doggett about the student rep role on the board. Lucia will discuss relevant district announcements for the weeks ahead.

For more information visit: bsdvt.org

Burlington Mayor's Show: Major Infrastructure Projects of 2022 12/20/2022

Mayor Weinberger is joined by Burlington Communications Director Samantha Sheehan to discuss major infrastructure projects in 2023.

For more information, see: burlingtonvt.gov

Burlington Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee 12/19/2022

For more information on the Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/TEUC.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!