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Vermont Works for Women: Women in Non-Traditional Careers 06/17/2019

Vermont Works for Women (VWW) helps women and girls recognize their potential and explore, pursue, and excel in work that leads to economic independence. In this segment, VWW will highlight its efforts to expand women and girls’ participation in non-traditional careers through programs like Rosie’s Girls summer camps for middle-school girls, Women Can Do career exploration conference for high-school girls, and Trailblazers: Women in the Construction Trades.

Host: Alison Lamagna, Education Program Manager, Vermont Works for Women
Guests: Laura Yayac, Rosie’s Girls Instructor | Jane Larsen, Trailblazers Graduate

Get more information at www.vtworksforwomen.org

On the Waterfront: Change The Story Vermont 05/15/2019

Host Melinda Moulton is joined by Tiffany Bluemle from Change the Story VT, Cary Brown, Executive Director of the Vermont Commission on Women, and Jen Oldham, Executive Director of Vermont Works for Women.

For more information: changethestoryvt.org | women.vermont.gov | www.vtworksforwomen.org

Medea Benjamin at the Peace and Justice Center 09/26/2018

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink visits the Burlington and the Peace and Justice Center as part of her book tour for the release of "Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The book is described on her site as "part of a campaign to prevent a war with Iran and instead promote normal trade and diplomatic relations."

Medea Benjamin Visits Channel 17 09/26/2018

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink visits the Channel 17 studio as part of her book tour for the release of "Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The book is described on her site as "part of a campaign to prevent a war with Iran and instead promote normal trade and diplomatic relations."

Female Forward: Lucy Leriche of Planned Parenthood 06/14/2018

Female Forward series host Mathilde Meyer talks with Planned Parenthood Northeast Director Lucy Lariche about issues facing the Planned Parenthood community. Title X payments for medical services are threatened by the Trump administration. This impacts a high percentage of Vermonters who need access to wellness care, birth control, pregnancy testing, pre-natal and post-natal care and abortion access. Vermont state medicaid payments are also in jeopardy and this interview provides insights into the vital role played by Planned Parenthood in Vermont. The Female Forward series is produced by video journalist Margaret Harrington working with summer intern Mathilde Meyer and focuses on empowering women.

International Day of the Girl with Selamawit Adugna Bekele 10/11/2017

The local chapter of RESULTS welcomes Selamawit Adugna Bekele, an international activist and expert from Ethiopia, to Vermont! Selamawit discusses the education crisis worldwide, how it affects the US, and what you can do to help!

Selamawit Adugna Bekele is a passionate education, youth, and gender activist from Ethiopia. She started her career as a teacher in Addis Ababa, working directly to address the challenges students face in accessing a quality education in her country. She has spent her career supporting girls who are marginalized by problems of early marriage, risky migration, domestic labor, and street-involvement.

Selamawit is a UN Representative for Moremi Initiative, a Ghana-based Pan-African organization promoting young women's leadership and social justice in Africa. She also serves as a Vital Voices Fellow, as well as a Global Youth Ambassador for A World at School, a diverse movement of youth, business leaders, influential individuals, NGOs, faith groups, and media. Thanks to the dedication of advocates like Selamawit, Ethiopia has seen great strides in its education system, including increasing the number of children enrolled in primary school from 23 percent in 1999 to 86 percent in 2014.

RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed, everyday people. Together they use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty.

For more information:

RESULTS - The power to end poverty: results.org | facebook.com/RESULTSBurlington

Moremi Initiative - Women's leadership in Africa: moremiinitiative.org

Feminist Media Review: Women and the Media 09/11/2017

Host Peggy Luhrs discusses the role of women in media, the relation of women and nature, and how the media talks about natural disasters.

On the Waterfront: Mercy Connections 03/22/2017

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Ashley Michelle Fowler, Communications and Development Associate and Instructor in the Women’s Small Business Program at Mercy Connections.

For more info visit: http://mercyconnections.org/

On the Waterfront: "No Makeup" Podcast 12/21/2016

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Tiff Bluemle and Marissa Parisi about their lives, their work in their related fields, and their collaboration around the "No Makeup" Podcast on VPR.

For more information visit: http://www.nomakeuppodcast.com/

Vermont Women’s Fund - Celebrating Women 05/10/2012

Vermont Women’s Fund celebrates its grantees and the accomplishment of Vermont’s women at their annual fundraising event held at the Sunset Ballroom in South Burlington.

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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!