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Host Louis Meyers, MD, meets with Dr. Anthony Fauci to discuss his book "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service".

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents

Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.

His memoir reaches back to his boyhood in Brooklyn, New York, and carries through decades of caring for critically ill patients, navigating the whirlpools of Washington politics, and behind-the-scenes advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues from global AIDS relief to infectious disease preparedness at home. ON CALL will be an inspiration for readers who admire and are grateful to him and for those who want to emulate him in public service. He is the embodiment of “speaking truth to power,” with dignity and results.

For more information visit: https://sites.prh.com/oncall

Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, hosts a conversation with Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Executive Director at Vermont Humanities.

Using the humanities, we connect with people across Vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.

To learn more about Vermont Humanities visit: https://www.vermonthumanities.org/

From Rev. Arnold Thomas:

Host Rev. Arnold Thomas meets with Wafic Faour and

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has fueled political tensions and hate crimes throughout the world including our state. We shall discuss this crisis through the various perspectives of Palestinian and Jewish Vermonters. In this continued discussion we will provide an historical context to the conflict and meet with Palestinian and Jewish Vermonters critical of the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians.

When African Americans mention “The Talk,” they refer to important conversations their parents or elders had with them concerning how to survive in a racist, hostile, environment, specifically when confronted by the police. I imagine similar conversations occur between parents and children among all People of Color and marginalized communities. However, in a nation that will soon be dominated by people of color, it is crucial that such conversations occur among White families as well concerning how to live peacefully and productively in a multiracial and multicultural country where all prosper. The Talk, Vermont is about the concerns and interests of Black Vermonters, Vermonters of Color, and other marginalized communities that can be shared with all Vermonters and those who wish to live in one of the whitest state in the nation, in the hope that we can truly learn and grow from our interactions with one other, and make Vermont a truly hospitable state in which all may learn and grow.

From the organizers:

Join unions and social movement organizations to rally against Trump and the billionaire class this Labor Day in Burlington. We will assemble at Battery Park, march through the city, and return to Battery Park for a concluding rally and family-friendly picnic.

Now is the time to mobilize against the Trump regime’s relentless assault on workers and the oppressed. They want to divide and conquer us to enrich themselves at our expense. We will not fall for their tricks; we know that an injury to one is an injury to all. So, we will unite to defend our democracy and everyone’s rights as well as our jobs, wages, and benefits.

As we did on May Day, we call on all unions and organizations to mobilize their membership to make this Labor Day a demonstration of our unity and solidarity. By mobilizing, we can organize and increase our collective power to defend what we have and win what we want. Our future depends on it.  

Endorsed by: AFSCME Local 1674 Howard Center Worker’s Union Chapter; AFSCME 1674 Soteria House Workers’ Union Chapter; AFSCME Local 1674 Rights and Democracy Workers’ Union Chapter; AFSCME Local 1674 Spectrum Basic Needs Union Chapter AFSCME Local 1674; AFSCME Local 1674 St. Michael’s Custodians’ Union Chapter AFSCME Local 1674; Black Cap Union; Cooperation Vermont; Free Her Vermont; Gakru United; Green Mountain DSA Green Mountain Labor Council; MetroRock Union; Migrant Justice; People's Kitchen; Planned Parenthood of Northern New England United; Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals; Rights and Democracy; Scoopers United; Teamsters Local 597 Chittenden County Transportation Authority Chapter; Teamsters Local 597 Essex Junction Chapter; Teamsters Local 597 UPS Chapter; Tempest Collective; Trans+ VT; UVM Graduate Students United; UVM Medical Center Support Staff United; UVM Progressives; UVM Staff United; UVM Student Workers' Union; UVM United Academics; UVM YDSA; Vermont Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals; VT AFL-CIO; VT Coalition for Palestinian Liberation; VT Labor for Palestine; VT National Education Association; VT Party for Socialism and Liberation; VT School Workers United; VT State Employees Association; VT Workers Center / Nonviolent Medicaid Army; VT/NH Jewish Voice for Peace; 350 VT; 50501 VT.