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Take Control Of Your Future: Opportunities For Young People at the Community College of Vermont 11/21/2019

Students from the Community College of Vermont (CCV) explain the free opportunities available to middle school and high school students across Vermont at any of the 12 CCV centers and online. These students have benefited from these FREE opportunities and are now way ahead on their paths toward college and a chosen career!

Featuring:

Lesley Grimes, Host and Coordinator of Student Advising at CCV
Dana, CCV Student
Jonathan Knakal, CCV Early College Student
Sydney Taft Cole, CCV Early College Student

Vermont Works for Women: Women in Non-Traditional Careers 06/17/2019

Vermont Works for Women (VWW) helps women and girls recognize their potential and explore, pursue, and excel in work that leads to economic independence. In this segment, VWW will highlight its efforts to expand women and girls’ participation in non-traditional careers through programs like Rosie’s Girls summer camps for middle-school girls, Women Can Do career exploration conference for high-school girls, and Trailblazers: Women in the Construction Trades.

Host: Alison Lamagna, Education Program Manager, Vermont Works for Women
Guests: Laura Yayac, Rosie’s Girls Instructor | Jane Larsen, Trailblazers Graduate

Get more information at www.vtworksforwomen.org

Greater Burlington Women's Forum: Women Preventing Gun-Related Domestic Violence - FIVE AWAKE Film Screening & Panel 01/09/2019

The Greater Burlington Women’s Forum, in conjunction with GunSense Vermont and Steps to End Domestic Violence, is hosting an evening documentary screening of "Five Awake" and a panel discussion featuring Donna Dees, the documentary filmmaker; Clai Lasher-Sommers, Executive Director of GunSense Vermont; and Kelly Dougherty, Executive Director of Steps to End Domestic Violence Vermont.

For more details: http://bit.ly/FiveAwake

Greater Burlington Women's Forum: Women In Tech - Where Have all The Women Gone? 11/15/2018

In 1985, 37% of computer science bachelor degree recipients in the U.S. were women. By 2016, that number had dropped to 19%.* In Vermont, it’s even lower: a scant 14% of computer science program graduates from UVM and Vermont state colleges identify as female.**

Those declining numbers play out in the workforce: in 2017, only 26% of all professional computing occupations were held by women. And the percentage of women in leadership positions in technology is small, and it isn’t growing very quickly. What’s going on here? Listen to a panel of professional women in technology careers tell their stories. Find out how they got where they are today, what some of the obstacles were along the way, and how they overcame those obstacles.

Panelists include:

  • Sam Roach-Gerber of Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)
  • Lisa Dion, Professor in the University of Vermont Computer Science department
  • C.D. Mattison, Principal UX Architect & Designer at Social Sentinel, Inc.
  • Meghan Purvis, Scrum Master at Dealer.com/Cox Automotive, Inc.

Greater Burlington Women's Forum: Trailblazing - Women in Police, Fire, & Corrections 10/03/2018

Women in law enforcement, fire fighting, and corrections spend their days doing their best to keep our community safe. In this forum, women in these challenging careers will share their stories.

We'll hear about what drew them to choose their path, what it took to get there, and the effort and the rewards found in working in these strongly male-dominated fields. We'll learn about the compensation for doing this critical and often dangerous work, and the training and experience required.

With panelists Ingrid Jonas, a division commander (Major) in charge of the Support Services Division of the Vermont State Police; Raysa E Ortega, a former shift supervisor for the VT Department of Corrections; and Kathleen Lanphear, a firefighter with the Burlington Fire Department for 8 years.

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Applications Now Open for the Spring 2025 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program

Town Meeting TV is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring 2025 cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship program. Join up to 8 other youth to engage in interesting media making projects! This paid media internship opportunity is designed for youth aged 16-20 who are eager to gain professional experience in the audio-visual field and develop a deeper understanding of their local community. The group will meet under the leadership of Town Meeting TV's Travis Washington from the end of January 2025 to the beginning of June 2025, on a schedule agreed upon by the whole cohort. Click here to apply!

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