Education

United College Club: Governor Peter Shumlin - Governor on Youth 01/17/2011

Governor Peter Shumlin is the guest of this Service Rendered show with host Rachel Schneider, Service Rendered Assistant Director, and Bruce Wilson, Executive Director.

Discussion on Vote to Separate North and South Sudan 01/15/2011

Seven members of the Vermont Sudanese community discuss voting on the referendum on whether to separate the South and North of Sudan. Voting took place in locations across the U.S. for the Sudanese diaspora. Many of these speakers travelled to Washington D.C. while others traveled to Boston. More information: http://www.globalreachpartnerships.org/ Contact: admin@globalreachpartnerships.org

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World Citizen - An Introduction 01/14/2011

Host Robin Lloyd speaks with World Service Authority, World Coordinator Garry Davis on the evolution and possibilities of World Citizenship.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Community Foundation - How to Apply for Spring 2011 Grant Round 01/12/2011

Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Philanthropic Advisor, Vermont Community Foundation, on the Spring 2011 Grant Round and how non-profits might participate.

Barriers to Public Benefits Access 01/10/2011

Changes at the Department of Children and Family's Economic Services program, and the Vermont Department of Labor have created crisis situations for English language learners. Exploring the impacts with host Lauren-Glenn Davitian are Sara Martinez de Osaba, Director, VT Multicultural Alliance for Democracy, and Robert Appel, Executive Director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission.

Road to Citizenship - Engaging and Enabling New Americans to Become Voting Citizens 01/06/2011

The Road to Citizenship is a new collaboration between various agencies who share a common goal to assist legal permanent residents (LPRs) to become citizens and increase their civic engagement in the communities in which they live. The Road to Citizenship collaboration connects a group of agencies to provide a seamless pathway of services to assist legal residents to become citizens. Built into the Road to Citizenship program is education and encouragement to increase civic engagement, starting with the message that becoming a citizen is not the last step, but a first step to participate in this democracy. We envision in a few years immigrants and former refugees sitting on school boards, city councils, commissions and boards. Agencies participating in this collaboration and their roles include: VT Multicultural Alliance for Democracy (VT MADE) – organizer, capacity-building (fundraising), voter education and registration, and civic engagement support; VT Immigration and Asylum Advocates (VIAA ) – fee waiver and naturalization case management, and legal services; VT Adult Learning (VAL) – English and civics classes; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – federal guidance and updates; State Refugee Office – support and information dissemination to other agencies; Human Rights Commission – legal rights education; the League of Women Voters – voter registration. Panelists include: Jeanine Bunzigiye - Congolese Community Leader, Americorps State Team Leader, Michelle Jenness- Legal Services Coordinator at VT Immigration & Asylum Advocates, Sara Martinez de Osaba - Director, VT Multicultural Alliance for Democracy, and Mohamed Abdi, President of Somali Bantu Community Association of Vermont..

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 01/06/2011

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve 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. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: FY '12 Burlington School Budget 01/06/2011

Tonight, Commissioner Keith Pillsbury, Superintendent Jeanne Collins and Business Manager Michael Gilbar discuss the Burlington School district FY '12 School Budget.

Internet Marketing for Business Start-Ups 01/04/2011

Mike Huber of Huber Planning, speaks with Neferi Lunamira and Darien Lynx of Tadpole Transformations on internet marketing for businesses.

Burlington CEDO Show: Social Equity Investment Project 12/29/2010

Burlington CEDO Office hosted show. This month's focus is on the Social Equity Investment Project, a project of CEDO, with host Wanda Hines, Director of SEIP. Joining Wanda is Vivian Mason, co-founder of CORN (Conversation on Race Now), about the upcoming evening panel of community leaders and community discussion on the issues surrounding race.

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!