immigration

This month is a follow up on the June edition of Operation City On A Hill, continuing the discussion on what American conservatism is supposed to be conserving. This episode argues that historical American conservatism has been hijacked by an immigration policy of restrictionism, which it once opposed.

Champlain College Professor Duane Dunston is developing a mobile app, YHAV (You Have a Voice), to help bridge the communication barrier with identifying trafficking victims and survivors.

In Part 3 of our series, Dunston talks about his experience of learning about slavery for sex and labor when he was a young teacher in Thailand. He learned how impoverished men, women, and children were forced into slavery and then he decided to do something about it which has resulted in his YHAV app which offers access in over 30 languages.

Edith Klimoski, Vermont director of Give Way to Freedom, and Sister Pat McKittrick, RN, SP, director of the University of Vermont Community Outreach program, talk with host Margaret Harrington about the complex issue of human trafficking. In this first show of a series, they give a multi-national cultural context. They describe the human suffering caused by drugs, prostitution, poverty and gangs and how this impacts all sections of the Vermont community. They chart practical ways to confront the issue and lead the way to recovery.

The Ethan Allen Homestead hosts a citizenship naturalization on June 22nd, which is also Ethan Allen Day! Twenty people become American citizens at the home of Vermont's Founding Father! Senator Patrick Leahy joins the ceremony as well. The ceremony takes place at the Ethan Allen Homestead's visitor center.