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Preservation Burlington: Upcoming Events 01/25/2024

From Preservation Burlington:

Co-hosts Ron Wanamaker and Liisa Reimann talk about the upcoming years events and have two breakout chats, one about a local building that people should know about and appreciate, and one about some of our preferred “preservation” books. A must have recommendation from the experts!

More information: preservationburlington.org

Town Meeting Day Election Forums: VNAAC: A Community Forum on New Voting Procedures in the City Of Burlington - Ranked Choice Voting and Non-Citizen Voting 01/24/2024

This forum is presented in partnership with the Vermont New American Advisory Council (VNAAC).

Guests: Gene Bergeman, Burlington Ward 2 City Councilor; Sarah Montgomery, Burlington Assistant City Clerk

Moderator: Ali Dieng - Secretary, Vermont New American Advisory Council

For more information about upcoming Town Meeting Day 2024 coverage visit bit.ly/TownMeeting2024

To learn more about Vermont New American Advisory Council (VNAAC) visit: www.vnaac.org

For more information about Ranked Choice Voting visit: www.burlingtonvt.gov/ct/elections/legalresidentvoting

For more information about All Legal Resident Voting (also known as Non-Citizen Voting) visit: www.burlingtonvt.gov/ct/elections/legalresidentvoting

Vermont Interfaith Action: Legislative Priorities 01/18/2024

Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, chats with Rev. Elissa Johnk, VIA Board Member, about legislative priorities in the ongoing legislative session.

Decriminalize Vermont: decrimvermont.org
Drug Policy Alliance: drugpolicy.org

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

Town Meeting Day Election Forums: Burlington Unified PTO - Burlington Mayoral Candidate Forum 01/17/2024

This forum is presented in partership with the Burlington Unified PTO.

Candidates: Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (P), Joan Shannon (D)

Moderators: Buddy Singh and Erin Malone

For more information about upcoming Town Meeting Day 2024 coverage visit bit.ly/TownMeeting2024

To learn more about Burlington Unified PTO visit: https://burlingtonpto.com/

What's Up Williston: January 2024 Updates - Recreation & Parks 01/17/2024

From Erik Wells:

Recreation and Parks Director Todd Goodwin joins host Erik Wells to share the programs being offered through the Department, and highlight the Town’s indoor recreation space - The R.E.C. Zone. Later, Erik shares a summary of things going on around Town in Community Notebook.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: BSD Budget Process For Fiscal Year 2025 01/15/2024

From Burlington School Commissioners' Corner:

Board Chair Clare Wool and VT Senator and School Commissioner Martine Gulick discuss this year's budget factors involved in determining BSD's School Budget for FY25.

For more information visit: www.bsdvt.org

The Juxtaposition: Demographics 01/10/2024

From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses Demographics.

Demographics is defined as “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it" (Oxford Dictionary). Systemic racism is a political and economic divide along racial lines. Mitigating systemic racism requires us to measure various outcomes by race population demographics. When the governor opened his State-of-the-State with the word “demographics”, you can imagine our excitement! After all, racism is a public health emergency, right? But wait...

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org | vtjp.org