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350 Global Climate Work Party Rally 10/10/2010

Climate action. On 10/10/10 350.org asked people all over the world to take action and show leaders that citizens are determined to bring th elevel of CO2 in our atmosphere back to tolerable levels. This is one of those actions. Speakers: Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, Michael Wood-Lewis, Front Porch Forum, Governor Candidate Peter Shumlin, Senator, Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Peter Welch, and Jos Solomon, 350.org coordinator. For more information visit: www.350.org

350 is the most important number in the world—it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Three years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million. Everyone from Al Gore to the U.N.’s top climate scientist has now embraced this goal as necessary for stabilizing the planet and preventing complete disaster. Now the trick is getting our leaders to pay attention and craft policies that will put the world on track to get to 350.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Preserving Social Security 09/30/2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz) discuss their efforts to protect Social Security against harmful benefit cuts. They will be joined by national leaders from organized labor, senior advocacy groups and women's organizations. This is a Press conference Call.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting on Broadband 09/25/2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a forum September 25, 2010 in Randolph Center, Vermont on the $116 million in federal stimulus grants and loans awarded to Vermont Telephone Co. to extend broadband to Vermont's under-served communities. Sen. Sanders and members of the audience questioned VTel President Michael Guite and USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein on a variety of issues related to the stimulus funding of VTel.

National Health Care Reform Education Action 09/21/2010

Vermont Interfaith Action's holds this meeting to explain the benefits of the national health reform and exploring how this affects families. Representatives from Sen. Bernie Sanders office and the Director of the Vermont Commission on Health Care Reform will provide insights.

Senator Bernie Sanders: New Burlington Schools Summer Program 08/02/2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Burlington School District Superintendent Jeanne Collins; Jim Down and Bobby Riley, co-principals of the summer school, report on Burlington’s new summer program which received federal funding secured by Sanders, a member of the Senate education committee. The Summer Opportunities Academics and enRichment (S.O.A.R.) program is attended by roughly 300 children from across Burlington five days a week, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., for five weeks a year.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting in Putney on Health Care and Jobs 07/31/2010

Bernie Sanders continues his tour through Vermont Town Meeting Style, this time in Windham County's own Putney, Vermont. For more information: 1-800-339-9834, Http://sanders.senate.gov

Senator Bernie Sanders: Vermont Senators Leahy and Sanders Announce Dairy Price Stabilization 07/12/2010

U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) detail legislation to stabilize dairy prices and save family farms. Vermont Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee and Vermont dairy farmers Amanda St. Pierre, Travis Forgues, Beth Kennett, and Mark Magnan. will join the senators at The Ethan Allen Farm in South Burlington.

Senator Patrick Leahy: National Telecommunications Information Administration Awards $47 Million for Building Broadband Infrastructure in Vermont 07/02/2010

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke with Senator Leahy, Senator Sanders, Representative Welch and Governor Douglas on the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) awarding of a $33.4 million grant to the Vermont Telecommunications Authority (VTA) and a $13.7 million grant to the Vermont Telephone Company (VTEL) through NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The two grants are part of a $7.2 billion broadband investment program that Congress and President Obama crafted as part of last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Senator Patrick Leahy: Leahy and Sanders Discuss One of First Benefits Under New Health Insurance Reform Law 06/07/2010

Senators Sanders and Leahy, Vermont AARP Director Gary Marchildon, and a representative of Congressman Peter Welch, discuss rebates under the newly enacted health insurance reform law, to help seniors fill the Medicare prescription drug program’s longstanding so-called “donut hole.”

Senator Bernie Sanders: Announcement of Funds for 40 School Gardens 06/04/2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announces at Burlington's Champlain Elementary Scool, funding for community gardens at 40 Vermont schools. Champlain School has just established a school community garden. The garden is fully prepared, the beds all dug and ready, and the students will be planting in the next few days. Jim Flint, director of Friends of Burlington Gardens, will participate in the event along with teachers, parents and students.

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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!