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Feminist Media Review: A Women's Movement Focused on Women 03/12/2018

After local headlines, Peggy talks about different types of feminism and the need for a women's movement focused on women.

Feminist Media Review: Poetry Readings and Current Events 01/08/2018

Peggy Luhrs reads the poetry of Grace Paley and June Jordan and discusses their and her own views on power relations, gender, and current events.

Panel Discussion on Preventing Gun Violence 03/20/2016

Ohavi Zedek Social Action Committee brings together a panel of perspectives on 'Gun Violence' in our society.

A Moral Call - People of Faith Confronting the Tragedy of Gun Violence 12/13/2015

Chittenden County faith communities join together in prayer, remembrance, contemplation, and action with a moral call to people of all faiths to work together to address this prominent and deadly symptom of our country's culture of violence.  This event coincides with a National Faiths United To Prevent Gun Violence Sabbath Weekend.

More information at faithsagainstgunviolence.org

For more information on this specific event contact Vermont Representative to the Northeast Justice Council of the Sisters of Mercy, Jean Markey-Duncan: jmarkeyduncan@gmail.com

Every year an average of 31,537 Americans are killed by guns, which includes murders (11,583),
suicides (18,783), accidents (584), police action (334), and those whose cause is indeterminate (252).

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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!

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