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Stop Cop City Teach-In and Solidarity Event 02/11/2023

From the organizer:

The Atlanta Police Foundation, corporations, and local officials are trying to destroy hundreds of acres of the Weelaunee Forest to build a massive police training compound. The compound would train cops from around the world in militarized police tactics.

On January 18th, police murdered forest defender Tortuguita who had been organizing tirelessly to #StopCopCity. Cop City must be stopped. Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran (1997-2023). Murdered by Atlanta police for defending the forest.

Speakers include Kamau Franklin (Community Movement Builders), Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson), Kahlia Linvingston (FreeHerVT), Michelle Eddleman (Cooperation VT), Food Not Cops.

https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/

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

Vermont Reforms Professional Licensing with Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters 12/08/2021

Town Meeting TV talks with Vermont's Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters about recent strides by Vermont’s Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) to reduce barriers to entry for licensed professionals in 50 professions and occupations, without sacrificing public protection.

Working with 12 other states, the Vermont SOS office has implemented: fast track licensing, credit for military experience, apprentice pathways, credential verification for new Americans, second-chance determinations for those with criminal convictions, the addition of compact licensing with 38 other states for nursing and digitization of the entire licensing process. The focus remains on public protection, understanding that licensing and enforcement of licensing standards benefits both the profession regulated and the consumers they serve.

For more information: sos.vermont.gov/opr

Governor Peter Shumlin: Education Bill Act 46 11/10/2015

Six months after signing the historic education reform law known as Act 46, Gov. Peter Shumlin highlights its early success in sparking local conversations statewide about how to enhance educational quality for Vermont’s kids. The Governor makes the announcement at Essex High School a week after voters from the towns of Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford voted to streamline their governance structure, forming one unified district to serve 10 schools in the three communities. The unification was the first under Act 46 and reduces the number of schoolboards from five to one and superintendents from two to one.

The Governor is joined for the announcement by House Speaker Shap Smith, Chairman of the House Education Committee Dave Sharpe, Essex Rep. Tim Jerman, Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe, local schoolboard chair Kim Gleason, Superintendents Mark Andrews and Judith DeNova, students, and others.