Syria

The United States and a Region in Conflict: on Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the Kurds 04/13/2017

The Vermont Council on World Affairs presents a panel discussion featuring Robert Ford, former U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States, and Abdulhamit Billici, Turkish journalist and media executive in exile. They will discuss the current relationship between the United States and Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the Kurds. This discussion is moderated by former Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle.

Veritas: Syrian Refugees: Is it Worth the Risk? 12/04/2015

Brett Gaskill hosts this timely conversation. Sponsored by greenmountainpatriots.org

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.

The Flowers of Rojava: A Feminist Revolution in Northern Syria 11/19/2015

Janet Biehl, author of a newly published book about Vermont social ecologist Murray Bookchin (Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin), speaks about her recent visit to Rojava, Kurdistan where Kurdish men and women have organized themselves into a democratic autonomous region based in part on principles advanced by Bookchin.

Syria, The Far Close Country 11/02/2015

The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program hosts a fundraiser for newly arriving refugees, focusing on an educational panel discussion on Syria, a country in the midst of a civil war.