CEDO

Just Action: An Evening with Richard Rothstein & Leah Rothstein 04/01/2024

From CVOEO:

Join the Vermont Human Rights Commission and Fair Housing Project of CVOEO for a special conversation with Richard Rothstein & Leah Rothstein, authors of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law is the groundbreaking new book that moves beyond the historical analysis of segregation as presented in Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, published in 2018. While The Color of Law showed how federal, state, and local governments created and reinforced neighborhood segregation, Just Action takes a bold step forward - offering practical strategies to tear down these systemic barriers.

For more information visit: https://fairhousingmonthvt.org/

State of Affairs in the Community and Resources Through CEDO/BPD 11/03/2023

Host Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, is joined by Sarah Russell, CEDO Special Assistant to End Homelessness, Scott Pavek, CEDO Substance Use Policy Analyst, Rachel Jolly, CEDO Assistant Director, CJC, as well as Lacey-Ann Smith, BPD Community Support Supervisor at BPD, to share information about the City's work.

Sarah shares information about the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance and Coordinated Entry as well as the data around homelessness. Lacey shared information about Crisis, Advocacy and Intervention Programs (CAIP) and what’s happened since 2020. Scott shares information about Overdose Prevention sites and drug checking. Rachel shares information about Pretrial Services and Tamarack programs, the data/anecdotes we’ve observed over the last few years, and the gaps in treatment.

For more infromation visit: www.burlingtonvt.gov/cedo | www.burlingtonvt.gov/police/CAIP | www.burlingtoncjc.org/cedo

Vocabulary of Home: A Conversation on How We Talk About Housing 04/26/2023

From CEDO:

Artist & CVOEO’s Corrine Yonce shares her insights about our housing vocabulary - featuring images from her recent public art installation at King St Laundry, lessons from HeART & Home Fair Housing Month responses, and anecdotes from the field.

Red Cross Adult Disaster and Emergency Training Event 03/30/2023

From CEDO:

Red Cross Adult Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Training. This training focuses on home fire safety for Burlington's immigrant and refugee communities. Interpreter services available if requested in advance. Additionally, a speaker from the Burlington Fire Department to add local perspective on fire safety.

Learn how your family can prevent home fires, escape from a home fire in 2 minutes, and recover after a home fire. Every year thousands of people lose their homes and in some cases their lives due preventable accidents. This training is a positive step to rectify this issue in our community by completing your fire safety plan and becoming "Red Cross Ready".

The event is FREE, children are welcome.

Trinity Campus Re-Zoning Meeting 06/23/2022

CEDO and UVM host a virtual community meeting to discuss new, on-campus student housing opportunities through zoning changes for UVM's Trinity Campus.

More info: burlingtonvt.gov/plan/trinitycampus

My Brother's Keeper: My Brother's Keeper Students 08/16/2021

Phet Keomanyvanh of the Burlington Community and Economic Development office interviews students from the My Brother's Keeper program, Boniface Ndikumwenayo, Olivier Abedi, and Germain Nobleabout, about their videography internship at Town Meeting TV.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Mayor Weinberger Announces New Workforce Training Program 07/09/2021

Mayor Weinberger, Director Brian Pine, and partners announce the first-ever Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO)-Licensed Nursing Assistant Workforce Training program 'Moving On, Moving Up.'

Mayor Miro Weinberger

Sarah Hoffman, Interim Director of Nursing Education and Professional Development, UVMMC

Mohamed Basha, CEO & Founder, TLC HomeCare

Kathryn Titus, Director of Operations, Cathedral Square

Mary Mouey, Administrator, Ethan Allen Residence

Saneya Stewart, LNA Student

Brian Pine, Director of Community & Economic Development Office

My Brother's Keeper: My Brother's Keeper Students Interview on the Street about Juneteenth 06/19/2021

My Brother's Keeper student, Boniface Ndikumwenayo, Olivier Abedi, and Germain Noble interact with people on the street about the new declaration of Juneteenth as a national holiday.

The Caremongers - Dispatches from the Frontline: Rachel Jolly on the Burlington Resource & Recovery Center 04/08/2020

Town Meeting TV interviews Rachel Jolly, Operations Manager for the Burlington Resource & Recovery Center (RCC), about common questions, the work ahead, and celebrating spring. For more information: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/resources or call 802.755.7239

My Brother's Keeper: On the Street in Burlington with BHS Students 11/27/2019

Burlington's CEDO (Community Economic Development Office) administers the Obama-era program My Brother's Keeper to expand the engagement of youth of color in civic and community life. This group of Burlington High School students takes to the streets in the city to learn about life, holidays and people.

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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!