Education

Positively Vermont: Fall Activities at Rokeby Museum 09/23/2024

Dennis McMahon speaks with Lindsay Varner, Executive Director Rokeby Museum about upcoming events for the fall.

For more information visit: www.rokeby.org

Vermont Progressives: The Who, What, and Why of Project 2025 09/19/2024

From the Vermont Progressive Party:

Do you want to learn more about Project 2025? Do you want to know what you can do to stop it from happening? The VPP Organizing Committee, in partnership with CPD Action and Rights & Democracy VT, is offering the following free virtual training session:

The Who, What, and Why of Project 2025: Why we need to mobilize now to stop it from happening and its possible implications.

This is a great opportunity for you to learn more so that you can educate others on this life-changing plan set by the far right. We hope you will join us!

For more information visit: www.progressiveparty.org

Team Yap: The Pokémon Podcast: Episode 9 - We're Just Yapping 09/16/2024

In episode 9 of Team Yap: The Pokemon Podcast, co-hosts Emily and Chris yap about Pokemon Unite, New Pokemon Snap, and Dynamax updates in Pokemon Go.

International Day of Democracy Panel 09/13/2024

Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, hosts a panel with Sandy Baird, activist and lawyer; CD Mattison, DNC delegate and political campaigner; Ali Dieng, Former Burlington City Councilor and New American Leader; Pelin Kohn, VT League of Women Voters. The panel discusses the state of local democracy and their experiences navigating the political system and working for social and political change.

From the UN:

The International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the full participation of and support by the international community, national governing bodies, civil society and individuals, can the ideal of democracy be made into a reality to be enjoyed by everyone, everywhere.

For more information about Democracy Day visit: www.un.org/en/observances/democracy-day

This program is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org.

Este programa forma parte del Día de la Democracia en Estados Unidos, una colaboración a escala nacional que se celebra el 15 de septiembre, Día Internacional de la Democracia, en la que las salas de redacción informan sobre el proceso democrático y las amenazas que se ciernen sobre la democracia. Para más información, visite usdemocracyday.org.

Mental Health Urgent Care Public Town Hall 09/10/2024

From the organizer:

This October Howard Center will open a new Mental Health Urgent Care in partnership with the University of Vermont Medical Center, Community Health Centers, Pathways Vermont, and the Vermont Department of Mental Health. Join us to learn more about Mental Health Urgent Care at a public town hall webinar on September 10 from 1:30-3:00 p.m.

The clinic will offer mental health support services, peer support, and medical care in a trauma-informed, suicide-safe setting located at 1 South Prospect Street in Burlington. Care will be available for adults over 18 seeking immediate support or in self-defined crisis as a therapeutic alternative to emergency department care. Come learn more and listen to a presentation by the project managers Cathie Buscaglia and Charlotte McCorkel from Howard Center and Maureen Leahy and Karen Vastine from the University of Vermont Medical Center. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period.

For more information visit: www.howardcenter.org/MHUC

Voting Access PSA feat. Burlington and Winooski Mayors 09/06/2024

From the Office of Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas:

Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas, in collaboration with Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak and Winooski Mayor Kristine Lott, released a PSA video about voting access in Vermont. This video covers the facts about access to voting in Vermont. Don't let anyone cast doubt on your right to register and vote!

For information you can trust, follow us on social media and/or go to our website at https://sos.vermont.gov/elections.

To check your voter registration status and get info about voting, go to the My Voter Page: https://mvp.vermont.gov.

Intersex: Invisible No More! A Film Screening And Talk 08/30/2024

From the organizer:

Join us for Intersex: Invisible No More, a powerful event kicking off Pride Week with a screening of Common As Red Hair, an award-winning short film highlighting the experiences of intersex children, their families, and the controversial "corrective surgeries" aimed at normalizing physical sex characteristics. Written and directed by Robbie Robertson, the film offers an intimate look at the personal and systemic challenges faced by intersex individuals and their families.

After the screening, we’ll have a talk-back session with Kimberly Zieselman, the film’s Executive Producer and a renowned international intersex advocate from Vermont. Kimberly will share insights from her advocacy work and dive deeper into intersex lived experiences, human rights, and the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy.

This free event is proudly sponsored by the UVM Health Network (UVM Medical Center DEI Team and Home Health & Hospice) and Main Street Landing.

Watch the film trailer online here: www.commonasredhair.com

Voices of Vermont: EEE Disease, Gun Violence, and Reproductive Rights 08/29/2024

Eric Agnero hosts this discussion, with Sandy Baird, Kim Friske, and Steve Goodkind joining him on set.

From Eric Agnero:

We'll start with the recent alert from the Mayor about EEE (Eastern equine encephalitis) in BTV. Next, we'll discuss the rise of gun violence in Burlington. From there, we'll segue into the issue of gun violence in the upcoming election. Finally, we'll wrap up with the place of reproductive rights in the election.

Democratic National Convention Experiences 08/29/2024

Bobby Lussier, CCTV, interviews a group of DNC Delegates from Vermont: Anne Lezak, Samantha Sheehan, Asher Edelson, and Arshad Hasan. They share about their experiences at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), which took place from August 19-22 in Chicago, Illinois.

Addiction Recovery Channel: International Overdose Awareness Day 2024 08/29/2024

A rally at City Hall Park in Burlington hosted by the Vermont Overdose Prevention Network. This event brings harm reduction advocates, providers and communities together to honor the lives lost to overdose death and to show love and compassion for people who use drugs and may be at risk.

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