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Burlington Community Forum Part 1: Drug Trafficking and Gun Crime 12/14/2023

From the Mayor's Office:

The City of Burlington hosts a community forum about drug trafficking and gun crime, featuring the following panelists:

Chief Jon Murad and Lieutenant Mike Beliveau, Burlington Police Department
Senator Philip Baruth

The City of Burlington held two Public Safety Community Forums to discuss important issues and challenges facing our community: drug trafficking, gun crime, substance use disorder, and property crime. Panelists at each forum present information about ongoing work at the local, state, and federal levels to address these issues, and participants have the opportunity to submit questions in advance on the City’s website.

For more information visit: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/mayor/public-safety-community-forum-information

Emergency Rally To Support Burlington Ceasefire Resolution 12/11/2023

From the organizers:

Join the emergency rally called by the Vermont Coaltion for Palestinian Liberation to support a proposed resolution to the Burlington City Council for a ceasefire to Israel's genocidal war.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Update on Three Men Struck By Gunfire 11/27/2023

From the Mayor's Office and the Burlington Police Department:

An open press conference is held Monday, November 27, 2023, at noon in Contois Auditorium in Burlington City Hall. Participants include Mayor Miro Weinberger, Chief of Police Jon Murad, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Nikolas Kerest, representatives of the victims’ families, and others.

Solidarity with Palestinians Against Hate Crimes In Vermont 11/26/2023

From the organizers:

Join us to stand against hate crimes in Vermont and everywhere! Last night three Palestinian students were shot in Burlington in an apparent hate crime. We stand in solidarity with these students and with Palestine! Rally outside Burlington City Hall on the Church Street steps.

Vermont Gun Policy Panel with Representative Emma Mulvaney Stanak 07/21/2022

Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak moderates a panel discussion with state and national stakeholders to discuss gun violence prevention in our communities.

For more information:

gunsensevt.org | momsdemandaction.org | votemamafoundation.org

Hussein Mubarak Celebration of Life 07/12/2022

Celebration of life for Hussein Mubarak led by family and friends. Hussein was a neighborhood youth who grew up in the ONE and who was killed in Burlington's Old North End on July 7, 2022.

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: Mayor and Burlington Police Chief Address Gun Fire Incidents and Safety 06/09/2022

From the City of Burlington:

Mayor Miro Weinberger, Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad and Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George address recent gunfire incidents in the city at the Burlington Police Station during a press conference.

Greater Burlington Women's Forum: Women Preventing Gun-Related Domestic Violence - FIVE AWAKE Film Screening & Panel 01/09/2019

The Greater Burlington Women’s Forum, in conjunction with GunSense Vermont and Steps to End Domestic Violence, is hosting an evening documentary screening of "Five Awake" and a panel discussion featuring Donna Dees, the documentary filmmaker; Clai Lasher-Sommers, Executive Director of GunSense Vermont; and Kelly Dougherty, Executive Director of Steps to End Domestic Violence Vermont.

For more details: http://bit.ly/FiveAwake

March For Our Lives - Perspectives from the Crowd 03/24/2018

Sylvan Zeitlyn interviews participants in the crowd at the youth-led March for Our Lives in Washington D.C. protesting gun violence in communities across the United States and school shootings.

Legislative Report: Gun Safety with Anna Niemiec 09/19/2016

Burlington Representatives Mary Sullivan (D) and guest co-host Jean O'Sullivan speak with Anna Niemiec from Gun Sense Vermont.

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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!