Education

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Education - Join the Conversation: Harassment & Bullying Prevention 06/11/2013

The Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying Advisory Council (HHB Council) envisions inclusive, healthy, and collaborative learning environments for all Vermont schools that are free of bullying, hazing, and harassment. We value multicultural learning environments and school communities free of prejudice and discrimination, where all students and adults feel welcome, respected, safe, and empowered to promote fairness and quality on behalf of themselves and others.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Year-end Studies Program 06/06/2013

School Board Commissioner Linda Delikuka (W7) is joined by Jeanne Collins and BHS teachers Gretchen Muller, Biology and Colby Skoglund, Design Technology, to discuss the 'year-end studies program'. For more information visit the district web site: www.bsdvt.org

Ibutwa Presentation at Alliance Francaise 05/31/2013

Cleophace Mukeba, the founder of the Vermont Ibutwa Initiative describes the project at a meeting of the alliance francaise group in Colchester.

For more information on The Vermont Ibutwa Initiative email, ibutwa@gmail.com The Vermont Ibutwa Mission is to help the women of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, who are victims of sexual gender-based violence, rebuild their lives by addressing their physical, psychological, and economic needs and the cultural attitudes that leave the women to bear alone the entire burden of their attacks. Recorded at the Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, Colchester VT links to the videos shown at this event:

Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLV9szEu9Ag

Blood in the Mobile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8nxxklDHE

Mobius Mentoring 05/30/2013

Meet the new Executive Director of Mobius Mentoring, Chad Butt, and learn how you can join in the mentoring movement.

Preservation Burlington: History of Bicycles in Burlington 05/23/2013

Guest host Jacob Mushlin talk with Luis Vivanco, UVM Professor and Cultural Anthropologist about the history of bicycles in Burlington. Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 05/22/2013

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. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

On the Waterfront: The College Steps Program 05/22/2013

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with staff from the College Steps Program, a college program for people with Autism.

Leadership Presentations by PILOT Students: A Project of Navicate 05/21/2013

Navicate connects students and schools to businesses to create real world learning opportunities. Every year thousands of students get internships, job experience, and college and career preparation via one of our programs, taking place in high schools all across Vermont. Rich Tulikangas, Executive Director. For more info, visit navicate.org.

Hunger Free Vermont: 3SquaresVT and Using EBT Cards at Farmers' Markets 05/21/2013

Angela Smith-Dieng, 3SquaresVT Advocacy Manager at Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Erin Buckwalter, Direct Marketing & Community Food Security Coordinator at Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont on the 3SquaresVT program and Electronic Benefits Card (EBT) at Farmers' Markets. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Hall Meeting with Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen 05/18/2013

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds a Town Hall meeting with Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen to discuss how the people of Denmark enjoy some of the best health care, education, and environmental protection in the world. The questins is posed: Are there lessons that the United States can learn from Denmark? More information: www.sanders.senate.gov

Featured Story

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!