Social Justice

Chittenden Democratic Senatorial Social Justice Review 08/03/2016

Justice For All and Black Lives Matter VT hold a Senatorial Candidate Panel for Chittenden County. Candidates discuss Social Justice Issues and Policies in Vermont. Candidates include: Michael Sirotkin, Debbie Ingram, Dawn Ellis, Virginia Lyons, Faisal Gill, Phil Baruth, David Scherr, and Nick Cook. There are two moderators who ask them a series of questions focused on Police Stop Data released in VT, as well as subjects of mass incarceration and racial disparities in schools and law enforcement.

Vermont Interfaith Action: Parents and Youth for Change Meeting 03/28/2016

Parents for Change (www.voicesforkids.org) Public Action meeting on the discipline system in the Burlington School District.

Community leaders and public share insight into the upcoming Public Action on Behavioral Expectations and Discipline Policies of the Burlington School District.

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

Vermont Interfaith Action: Parents and Youth for Change 03/15/2016

Meg Cline, Community Organizer with Parents for Change (www.voicesforkids.org), is joined by Madhu Neupane, Parent and Community Leader, to share insights into the upcoming Public Action on Behavioral Expectations and Discipline Policies of the Burlington School District.

Monday, March 28
7 to 8:30 pm
St. Joseph's School
20 Allen Street, Burlington

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

From Vermont to Venezuela 02/21/2016

From VT to VZ - building a global movement for social and environmental justice. A talk at the Norman Williams Public Library in Woodstock, Vermont. Featuring Quincy Saul of Ecosocialist Horizons and Kate Kanelstein of the Vermont Workers' Center.

Vermont Interfaith Action: Social Justice Messages of Pope Francis 01/19/2016

Reverend Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA), is joined by Melissa Battah, VIA Staff Organizer, in a discussion on the 'Social Justice Messages of Pope Francis'.

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

Vermont Interfaith Action: More on the Moral Economy and a Look at Gleaning 11/17/2015

Reverend Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) is joined by Reverend Earl Kooperkamp, Pastor at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Barre, and Mary Beth Barritt, Leader, Christ Church, Presbyterian in Burlington in a conversation on the 'Moral Economy' movement and the timely subject of 'gleaning'. More information at: 802.651-8889 office@viavt.org www.viavt.org

Vermont Interfaith Action: Building a Moral Economy 09/15/2015

Reverend Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA), and Reverend Ken White, Pastor of College Street Congregational Church, UCC share information on upcoming events and ways to get involved. More information at: www.viavt.org

"Movement Toward a Moral Economy "
www.viavt.org/resources
Also:
Saturday, September 26, Summit on a Moral Economy
3:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Holy Family Catholic Church, Essex Jct
RSVP: debbie@viavt.org or 802-651-8889

Saturday, September 26, Interfaith Worship Service
7:30 pm, St Stephen's Catholic Church,
Winooski

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.

Beyond War - A New Economy is Possible 04/08/2009

Jen Berger of the Peace and Justice Center travelled down to New york City to film and interview participants in the Demonstration march on Wall St. to protest Economic Values of the U.S. and the wars on Afghanistan / Iraq.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 01/15/2009

A lecture and discussion with Burlington lawyer Robert Rachlin. Part of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UDHR is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10,1948 in Paris, France.

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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!