Burlington Development Review Board - 03/19/2024

For more information on the current procedures and meeting dates for the Burlington Development Review Board, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/DPI/DRB/Agendas.

Faith and Climate Action - 03/19/2024

Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, chats with VIA Leaders Rev. Devon Thomas, Catherine Bock, and Nancy McClellan to discuss faith and climate action.

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

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

Williston Selectboard - 03/19/2024

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Williston Selectboard, please reference the agendas at town.williston.vt.us/index.asp?Type=B_DIR&SEC={70C5470F-A23D-438B-BE53-58C272DBEDFE}.

Net Zero Energy Roadmap Update - 03/19/2024

From the Mayor's Office:

Mayor Miro Weinberger and Burlington Electric Department (BED), joined by partners, will announce significant progress toward the City’s goal to achieve net zero energy by 2030 and exciting new programs and incentives to accelerate electrification. Guests include Darren Springer, Burlington Electric Department General Manager; Ben Edgerly Walsh, VPIRG Climate & Energy Program Director; and Amy Demetrowitz, Champlain Housing Trust Chief Operating Officer.

Burlington Board of Finance - 03/18/2024

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Burlington Board of Finance, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/BOF/Schedule.

Film and Video Production I Class Fall 2024 - 03/18/2024

UVM FTS students in Professor Myles Jewell's class engage in conversation about old news, ancient Rome, and more.

South Burlington City Council - 03/18/2024

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the South Burlington City Council, please visit www.southburlingtonvt.gov/calendar.php.

Essex Selectboard - 03/18/2024

For more information on the Essex Selectboard and their current procedures and meeting dates, please reference the agendas at essexvt.org/AgendaCenter/Essex-Selectboard-9.

Winooski City Council - 03/18/2024

For more information on the Winooski City Council and current procedures and meeting dates, please visit: winooskivt.gov/210/Mayor-and-City-Council.

Sanders, Welch, and Balint on Monday to Announce Millions in Federal Funding for Vermont Communities - 03/18/2024

From the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and a representative from the office of Congresswoman Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) this coming week on Monday, March 18 at 1:00 p.m. will hold a press conference to announce millions in federal funding that the Vermont Congressional Delegation secured on behalf of Vermont projects to address critical needs across the state.

The funding for the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) projects was included in the first package of Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills that passed the U.S. Senate last Friday and was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday. The $460 billion package was passed in time to avoid a government shutdown of many key federal agencies.

Community Media Class Spring 2024 - 03/18/2024

UVM CDAE students in Professor Myles Jewell's class engage in conversation about Burlington.

The Caroline Fund Women's Day Award 2024 - 03/17/2024

From The Caroline Fund:

The Caroline Fund is delighted to announce the recipients of its Women's Day Award: Jacob Borgre, Thato Ratsebe, and AALV. Join us to celebrate and honor their exceptional contributions to the empowerment of women and their families within our communities. 

Congradulations to the winners for their unwavering dedication and impactful efforts.

Our Songs Remember - 03/17/2024

From Ethan Allen Homestead:

Our Songs Remember is a combination lecture and performance focusing on the ways in which the Abenaki oral traditions of storytelling and music play a part in the preservation of our indigenous ways. Incorporating Pakholigan (the drum) and Pabekongan (the flute) father and son Joseph and Jesse Bruchac will take you on a journey to the enduring roots of the Western Abenaki nations, showing how songs carry the heart and meaning of this enduring Native American culture. Both English and Abenaki language will be heard throughout the presentation and several stories will be told that exemplify the way oral tradition has always served at least two purposes—to entertain and to instruct. A well-published author in many genres, Joseph Bruchac is a citizen and honored elder of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation. Jesse Bruchac, also an enrolled Nulhegan citizen, is the founder and Director of the School of Abenaki at Middlebury College, a musician, and frequent language consultant for television and movies. Both can be seen in the new PBS documentary MONADNOCK, The Mountain That Stands Alone, posted on the website joebruchac.com.

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

The Underwater Archaeology of Lake Champlain - 03/15/2024

Presented by Chris Sabick, Executive Director at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

For more information visit: eeevermont.org

New Bills to Improve SNAP for Vermont Seniors and Vermonters with Student Loans - 03/15/2024

From the Office of Senator Welch:

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will visit the South Burlington Senior Center to discuss two new pieces of legislation he recently introduced, both of which are designed to ensure the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) accurately captures the financial reality of those who rely on the program to put food on the table.

A member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Sen. Welch introduced the COLAs Don’t Count Act, and the Student Loan Deduction Act of 2024, bills that would exempt annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) and student loan payments from impacting the benefits of the families and individuals who utilize SNAP. This would help ensure participants of SNAP are not losing benefits to the added costs of inflation and can more accurately report their available income after the expense of student loans is paid.

The COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2024 exempts Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) from SNAP eligibility and benefit determinations. Railroad retirement and veterans’ benefit COLAs and state supplementation program payments would similarly be exempt. At a roundtable conversation the Senator convened in Morrisville last year, he heard firsthand accounts of Vermont seniors pushed over the income eligibility cap for SNAP.

The Student Loan Deduction Act of 2024 would allow participants in SNAP to deduct monthly payments made on federal and private student loans from their income when calculating eligibility for SNAP benefits.

Senator Welch will be joined by representatives from HungerFree VT, Age Well VT, and others.

Following the event, Sen. Welch will visit with Vermont seniors. 

Match Day - 03/15/2024

CCTV Productions 23-65.

AARP Tax Aide Program Information - 03/15/2024

Phillip, an AARP volunteer, describes the tax aide program run by the IRS. The program provides free tax preparation servies to low income and elderly people around the country.

Statement from Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program About Israel-Gaza - 03/14/2024

Mousa provides a statement on behalf of the Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program about Israel-Gaza.

For more information about the Sister City program, visit: www.burlingtonvt.gov/Mayor/Sister-Cities

Preserving & Sharing Yiddish Literature & Culture: The Role of the Yiddish Book Center - 03/14/2024

From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue:

Zvi Jankelowitz, the Yiddish Book Center’s Director of Institutional Advancement, will share with us highlights of “Yiddish: A Global Culture,” the Center’s new permanent exhibition, and explain how the Center is at the forefront of technological advances, ensuring the accessibility of Yiddish books to Yiddish and non-Yiddish readers. Zvi will share clips from the Wexler Oral History Project, a growing collection of more than 1,200 video interviews about Yiddish language and culture — and will also give us a glimpse of what the future of Yiddish looks like for the 21st Century.”

For more information: https://ohavizedek.org/

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