History

Helen Benedict, both a novelist and professor of journalism At Columbia University, specializes in the Iraq war, women's issues, race and literature. She is the recipient of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2008. Women soliders are participating in combat more than ever before, but only one in ten soldiers is female, making them painfully alone, thus the title of her latest nonfiction 'The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq'.

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy has served Vermont for 35 years in the Nation’s Capital — years that have given him a front row seat to innumerable historic events and extraordinary access to the world’s most remarkable leaders and cultural icons. At every opportunity, his camera was close at hand to capture the moment. And now, a personally selected collection of his unique images, entitled “The Eye of Senator Leahy,” will be exhibited at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. The Senator leads attendees on an exclusive guided tour of the exhibition. For additional information on this exhibition please visit echovermont.org

The Chittenden County Historical Society presents "An Irish Program" in the Fletcher Free Library's Community Room.  Vince Feeney  speaks on "The Irish in Vermont."  Bill McKone talks on Civil War Capt. John Lonergan, and the first St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Burlington.  Before, between, and after the talks Cindy Hill (Burlington Irish Heritage Festival) plays some Irish tunes.

"Winter Gathering" of Native People at ECHO - The State of Modern Indigenous Culture. Panel discussion.

Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington.

Host Terry Jeroloman with guest Richard Kemp.

 

 

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'.  This program features Keynote Address by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World; Special Envoy to the UN for HIV/AIDS in Africa, 2001-2006; author of best-selling book, Race Against Time.

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'.  This program features Kambale Musavuli, Student Coordinator and Spokesperson for 'Friends of the Congo'.

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'.  This program features a lecture by Herbert Weiss, Emeritus Professor, City University of New York; Senior Research Scholar, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

January 19-February 11 In celebration of Black History Month, Burlington College presents “Black History: Then and Now”, an exhibit of the work of activist/photographer/filmmaker/human rights advocate Roz Payne. The show features Payne’s photographs and memorabilia from her days at NewsReel, the group of independent filmmakers, photographers, and media workers she founded in 1967, one year before the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in a basement on the Lower East Side of New York.  NewsReel members shared their resources, skills, and equipment as a collective to produce films relevant to the socio-political climate of the times. These individuals documented demonstrations and acts of resistance, and came away with film footage and photos rarely seen on broadcast news. Payne’s documentary What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party, is a product of this initiative. The show features many of the images Payne captured through her association with the Black Panthers. Vido produced by Dan Higgins