This month on RAD TV we are talking about the August Primary elections, what it means for progressives and what we are looking out for going into November. I also talk about rank choice voting, why its important, why it got vetoed earlier this month and what RAD and other organizations are doing to promote RCV going forward.

Host:

Tom Proctor

Guests:

Tanya Vyhovsky - Democratic Candidate for Chittenden 8-1

Kate Lapp - Government Reform Associate

The Fletcher Free library introduces their new Story Walk at Leddy Park in Burlington featuring the story "Pie Is for Sharing." Introduced by Mayor Miro Weinberger as part of the City Employee Innovation Initiatives, we hear from Library Director, Mary Danko; Youth Program coordinator, Megan Butterfield; and the book's illustrator, Jason Chin.

More info on the Fletcher Free Library: https://www.fletcherfree.org

Bill and Joey are joined by Rosaire Longe and Tom Little on this virtual edition of Stump the Chumps.

This is a remote meeting. 

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month.

FY 2021 Governor's Budget Restatement - Department of Economic Development; Tourism and Marketing; Housing and Community Development; Vermont Housing Finance Agency. Recorded on August 26, 2020.

The Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance (VSCA) and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF Burlington) commemorate the historic passage of the 19th Amendment in front of Burlington’s City Hall (149 Church Street).

August 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the landmark 19th Amendment which prohibits the federal government and any state from denying citizens their right to vote on account of sex. In the final push for suffrage, women picketed in front of the White House six days a week, holding banners and using silence as protest. These Silent Sentinels, numbering approximately 2,000 over two and a half years, faced arrest, derision, torture, and jail.

Silent no longer, Vermont women and men urge passers-by to reflect on the importance of the vote for all citizens in our democracy while carrying non-partisan signs, wearing 1920s apparel or Votes for Women sashes, engaging in dialog about the importance of voting, and passing out voter information. We encourage attendees to wear the suffrage colors: white, purple, and/or gold.

Some of our guest speakers include: Lisa Senecal, Chair of the Vermont Commission on Women; Right Reverend Shannon MacVean-Brown, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont; Jean Hopkins, League of Women Voters of Champlain Valley; Robin Lloyd, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Kesha Ram, candidate for the Vermont Senate; Molly Gray, candidate for Vermont Lt. Governor; Sarah Carpenter, Burlington City Council; Ericka Redic, candidate for Vermont Senate; Madeline Kunin, former Vermont Governor; Zoraya Hightower, Burlington City Council; Kristine Lott, Mayor of Winooski; Carolyn Branagan, candidate for Vermont Treasurer; and more.

Town Meeting TV intern Anna Steeley investigates student protests against racism in the Winooski school district. In this interview she talks with student leader Evelyn Monje.

Town Meeting TV intern Anna Steeley investigates student protests against racism in the Winooski school district. In this interview she talks with WSA group member and Winooski Alumni Indra Acharya.

This is a remote meeting.