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Vermont Interfaith Action: Community Engagement with our Police 01/17/2023

Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA chats with Rev. Bill Neil, Leader at VIA about community engagement with our police.

More information at: (802) 651-8889 | office@viavt.org | www.viavt.org

Burlington Democrats: Criminal Justice Reform 08/14/2019

Sarah George, Chittenden County State's Attorney, and Skyler Nash, UVM Student Activist, talk with Andrew Champagne, member of the State Democratic Committee, about local, state and national politics and their specific work on criminal justice reform.

Leaders for Change Nominee Herb Sinkinson 11/30/2017

Herb Sinkinson invites viewers to cast their votes for the Leaders for Change Award presented by California's Catalyst for Change Organization. 

Herb's work with the Burlington, Vermont Probation and Parole Board of the Department of Corrections has been nominated for this award due to their work in Community-Based Restorative Justice. 

Channel 17's viewer support will help Herb and his team get national recognition for their important work.

Senator Patrick Leahy: U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Cory Booker on Criminal Justice Reform 05/02/2016

U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will lead an hour-long panel discussion -- A Conversation on Criminal Justice Reform: New Approaches for Vermont and the Nation. Leahy and Booker are both at the core of a bipartisan movement on Capitol Hill to forge and enact long-overdue criminal justice reforms. Leahy is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over justice reform legislation.

Joining Senators Leahy and Booker will be these panelists:

            -- U.S. Attorney Eric Miller
            -- Governor Peter Shumlin
            -- Mayor Miro Weinberger
            -- Christine Longmore, Burlington Community Center and Burlington
                Police Commissioner
            -- Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan
            -- Emmet Helrich, Rapid Intervention Community Court
            -- Kyle Dodson, Burlington YMCA
            -- Vicky Smith, King Street Center

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