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FOCUS: Using Technology to Support Trafficking Survivors 03/11/2019

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.

FOCUS: Human Trafficking - Its Context and Its Effect in Vermont Part 2 01/24/2019

Host Margaret Harrington talks with Deputy Compact Administrator Trissie Casanova (Department for Children and Families), Detective Corporal Donald Demar (Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations), and Peer Advocate Counselor Kimberly Colville (VT Center for Independent Living) on the multi-layered problem of human trafficking.

For more information, please visit: cusi-vt.org/contact-us/

FOCUS: Human Trafficking - Its Context and Its Effect in Vermont Part 1 01/14/2019

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.

Congressman Peter Welch: Immigration Roundtable in Burlington 07/06/2018

Representative Peter Welch hosts a roundtable discussion with Migrant Justice, Rights & Democracy, American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont and other organizations regarding President Trump's extreme immigration and border enforcement policies and their impact on Vermont.

Ethan Allen Day Naturalization Ceremony 06/22/2018

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.

Chittenden Democrats: Vermont House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski 10/02/2017

Vermont House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski sits down with Bob Hooper and Mike Yantachka of the Chittenden Democrats.

Ethan Allen Day Naturalization Ceremony 06/23/2017

Ethan Allen Homestead hosts a citizenship naturalization on Friday June 23rd, 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.

Governor Peter Shumlin: Governor Addresses Refugee English Class 11/24/2015

Governor Peter Shumlin addresses an English class of refugees form around the world, recently arrived in Vermont. The Governor supports the U.S. admitting Syrian refugees as part of world humanitarian efforts.

Senator Patrick Leahy: 2014 Congressional Priorities 01/03/2014

Senator Patrick Leahy discusses his congressional priorities for early 2014.

Immigrant Rights and Faith 07/11/2012

Richard Witt from New York's Rural & Migrant Ministry shares his experience working for imiigrant rights from a faith perspective over past 20 years. For more info, visit Migrant Justice website.

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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!