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Addiction Recovery Channel: Harm Reduction - What is it? How is it done? What are the benefits? 05/13/2019

Host and producer Ed Baker is joined by his distinguished guests Grace Keller, Executive Director of Safe Recovery Vermont, and Kimberly Blake, MD, to discuss what’s known as “Harm Reduction” as it applies to people who inject drugs. This is an in-depth discussion with actual demonstrations of some of the life-saving techniques employed and taught at Safe Recovery.

Dan Higgins Winooski Peace Initiative Show 04/25/2019

Dan Higgins on his new photo show at the Winooski Obrien Center April 25- May 15, 2019 with an opening reception on May 4th from 3-5 p.m.

Mercy Connections Leadership Training Program 04/17/2019

Mercy Connections, a Chittenden County (Vermont) nonprofit, offers a safe and welcoming place where all are invited to learn, grow, and make positive changes. Mercy Connections’ classes and programs help people identify and achieve their own goals within community support.

The Vermont Community Leadership Training builds the skills, knowledge, and confidence that enables participants to become effective advocates/agents of positive change. Through their participation in the eleven-week program, individuals gain confidence and find their voice to engage in community issues affecting themselves and their families.

In this program, leadership training participants share their work.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Challenges, Accomplishments, and Harm Reduction in Vermont 04/04/2019

Join Host/Producer Ed Baker and his guest this month, Mark Levine M.D., Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health.

Dr. Levine frankly discusses the realities of what we face in Vermont today regarding substance use and Opioid Use Disorder and our challenges and accomplishments. Along with innovative and effective treatment initiatives, Dr. Levine explains the life-saving “Harm Reduction” measures employed here in Vermont.

Addiction Recovery Channel: ARC April Promo 03/20/2019

Ed Baker promotes his April episode for the Addiction Recovery Channel.

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/opioid-overdose-fatalities-reduced-50-chittenden-county-vermont

Addiction Recovery Channel: Opioid Overdose Fatalities Reduced by 50% in Chittenden County, Vermont 03/20/2019

Join Host/Producer Ed Baker and his accomplished guests Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Chief of Police Brandon del Pozo as they examine the policies and protocols they and their partners have initiated to both stem and reverse the tide of opioid related overdose deaths in Chittenden County. Join them as they discuss partnerships, policies and innovations that work.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Treatment 02/19/2019

We in Vermont face an unprecedented public health crisis today: The Opioid Epidemic. Join host/producer Ed Baker and his three distinguished guests, leaders in the field of Addiction Treatment, as they fully explain the treatments for Opioid Use Disorder that are saving many lives in our state.

Guests:

John Brooklyn, M.D., Medical Director, Howard Center Chittenden Clinic and Baymark, St. Albans Hubs, and Architect of the Hub and Spoke System.
Christopher Lukonis, M.D., Medical Director, Gifford Addiction Center Hub.
Deborah Hopkins, Chief Operations Officer, Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services.

Rally for the LGBTQIA & Jewish Communities 02/08/2019

Earlier this week the Ohavi Zedek Synagogue and the Pride Center of Vermont were targeted by Patriot Front—a white supremacist group which placed stickers and posters at these places.

See community members stand in solidarity with others affected by these acts of hatred at the rally that took place February 8, 2019. Members of the community met at the top of Church St. at 12pm and made their way down to City Hall Park for a rally and speak out session.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Emergency Department Peer Recovery Coaching Program 02/07/2019

This show highlights a truly innovative partnership between the University of Vermont Medical Center Emergency Department and the Recovery Coach Program at the Turning Point Center of Chittenden County. Guests Maureen Leahy and Cam Lauf join host/producer Ed Baker and explain how this partnership is designed to engage people with Substance Use Disorder at a “crisis moment”—the Emergency Room encounter.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Touring the Turning Point Center 01/10/2019

Join ARC Host/Producer Ed Baker and his guests from the Turning Point Center of Chittenden County (TPCCC) Gary De Carolis, Executive Director, and Craig Weatherly, Board President. This show zeroes-in on recovery from substance use disorder and the importance of recovery supports and programs. Ed and his guests explain recovery and recovery supports in detail and take the viewing audience on a tour of the TPCCC's new location in Burlington, VT, a beautiful building actually purchased by TPCCC, made possible by a successful fund-raising campaign and the generous support of a compassionate community!

Contact Information:

Turning Point Center of Chittenden County

179 South Winooski Avenue, Suite 301

Burlington, VT 05401

802-861-3150 | www.turningpointcentervt.org

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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!