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Vermont Access Network (VAN)

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The Vermont Access Network, a non-profit corporation established to promote an interest in the effective operation and advancement of Public, Educational and Government Access centers in the State of Vermont. It is the mission of the Vermont Access Network to further the goals of Vermont's PEG organizations and to foster free speech, interconnectivity and community discourse through the use of current and future communications technologies.

Programs in this Series

Format: 2012-02-13
Format: 2012-02-13
Healthy Aging - Problem Gambling - 01/25/2012
Patrica Facey interviews Joy Mitchell, Executive Director of the Vermont Council on Problem Gambling about the signs and symptoms of a gambling addiction and how the elderly can be at risk.
Standing Watch: Accountable to You, Accountable to Me - 12/14/2011
"Standing Watch: A Discussion of Topics About Vermont". In this premier episode of Standing Watch, Vermont Auditor Tom Salmon discusses a new program, "Accountable to You, Accountable to Me" with Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy...
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor - 12/10/2011
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a question and answer forum keynote at the 2011 Annual Women's Economic Opportunity Conference, presented by US Sen. Patrick Leahy and occuring at Vermont Technical College in Randolph...
Marijuana Resolve: Dan Lefkowitz - 12/06/2011
This talk show about the world's most controversial plant returns with special guest Dan Lefkowitz, host of the daring breakout series "Things You Can't Talk About." For more info, please, write to viddacrochetta [at] gmail [dot]...
Things You Can't Talk About - 12/05/2011
Things You Can't Talk About takes you backstage on a legal Marijuana operation in the state of Vermont. Learn the nuances and pitfalls of this "thing" you definitely can't talk about. For more info, please, write to viddacrochetta...
Citizens United Forum on Corporate Free Speech - 11/29/2011
VPIRG and Clean Yield Asset Management co-sponsored a discussion 11/29/11 on the Supreme Court decision that gave corporations the same free speech rights as individuals, opening the floodgates for corporate money in electoral politics. Panelists...
Japan's Tipping Point - 11/25/2011
Vermont author Mark Pendergrast talks about his new book "Japan's Tipping Point" about the role of renewables in Japan's energy future.
Vermont Progressive Party Caucus - 11/19/2011
Annual convention at the Statehouse in Montpelier. For more information, please visit Vermont Progressive Party website.
Healthy Aging - Effects of Alcohol on the Elderly and Its Negative Impact on Nutrition - 11/15/2011
Patrica Facey talks with Kathryn Clark MS, RD, CD about the effects of alcohol on the elderly and its negative impact on nutrition.
ACLU Keynote: Student Rights and Free Speech - 10/29/2011
Keynote address by Louis Sirkin on "Student Free Speech Rights" at the American Civil Liberties Union-Vermont Annual Meeting held at the National Life Building in Montpelier on October 29, 2011. Remarks by ACLU-Vermont Director Allen...
Open Meeting & Public Records Law Forum - 10/27/2011
The Brattleboro edition on Secretary of State Jim Condos's 12 stop tour of Vermont discussing open meeting laws and transparency in government.
Death with Dignity: Washington Story - 10/26/2011
Nancy Niedzelski talks in Wilder, Vermont about her work to enact death with dignity legislation in Washington State. Sponsored by Patient Choices Vermont.
Green Mountain Care Forum - 10/20/2011
Friends of Ludlow Auditorium and Rutland Herald team up to present this forum on Vermont's new Green Mountain Care (Act 48), moderated by Stewart Ledbetter of WPTZ/WNNE.
Antonia Maioni: the Canadian Health Care System - 10/20/2011
Dr. Antonia Maioni, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for the Study of Canada at McGill University, spoke about the Canadian health care system to students and the public at Lyndon State College Thursday, October 20, 2011...
How to Stop Bullying and Social Aggression - 10/17/2011
A lecture on bullying and social aggression and ways to avoid being bullied and bullying others.

Featured Story

Burlington Mayoral Matchup Live Forum at City Hall

Wanda Hines, Miro Weinberger and Kurt Wright are invited to get specific about their plans to run Burlington. Channel 17's Jess Wilson moderates the media panel of Kristin Carlson, WCAX; Kirk Carapezza, VPR and Andy Bromage, Seven Days. Can't attend in person?  Watch the live stream at 5 p.m on TV Channel 17 or watch and join the live online chat at channel17.org or sevendaysvt.com. 

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