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Rare New England Conference 2017: Navigating the School System to Get What You Need 09/23/2017

Presented as part of the Rare New England Conference held on 9/23/17 in Burlington, Vermont. Workshop presenter is Leah Burke, MD, Director of the Clinical Genetics Program at The University of Vermont Medical Center.

Rare New England Conference 2017: Genetic and Genomic Testing 101 09/23/2017

Presented as part of the Rare New England Conference held on 9/23/17 in Burlington, Vermont. Workshop presenter is Ben Solomon, MD, FACMG, and Managing Director of GeneDx.

Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: Tips for Tenants 09/21/2017

Jonathan Bond walks viewers through a presentation of useful tips and resources for renters in Vermont.

**For questions about CVOEO’s services for New Americans, call 802-863-6248.

**If you are interested in donating to the New Americans Programming support, go to https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/cvoeo and select “New Americans” from the drop-down menu.

Fair Housing Project (FHP): Advocacy/Public Advocacy, referrals, education and outreach, enforcement, and information regarding Housing Discrimination issues.

Mobile Home Project (MHP): Advocacy/Public Advocacy, tenant organizing, referrals, counseling, and information for Manufactured Home Owners who are renting lots - especially those in Mobile Home Parks.

Vermont Tenants (VTI): Advocacy/Public Advocacy, organizing, advice, tenant counseling, training, and information regarding Residential Tenancy.

Age Well Volunteer Program Orientation 09/19/2017

The Age Well Volunteer Program Orientation with speakers: Mike Hall, Age Well CEO; Kathleen Peterson, Client Access Team Leader; Annick Pyfferoen, Functional Analyst; Chris Moldovan, Director of Nutrition Services; and Erica Marks, Director of Volunteer Services. Recorded by Age Well volunteers.

In 1974, the State of Vermont designated Age Well as the Area Agency on Aging for Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties in Northwestern Vermont. They carry out programs authorized by the Older Americans Act - federal legislation that calls for local organizations to take the lead in creating a coordinated system of services for older persons across the country.

For more information: www.agewellvt.org

Nuclear Free Future: Radioactive Russian Roulette - The 2017 Nuclear Crisis 09/18/2017

Nuclear Free Future host Margaret Harrington talks with Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, about the situation in the Korean Peninsula today. The discussion ranges from where North Korea got the materials for their nuclear capabilities to the uranium bank set up by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Kazakhstan. Drawing on his decades of activism, Kevin Kamps gives us a perspective that connects the issues of nuclear waste, nuclear arms escalation, the relaxing of security around Vermont Yankee, and the Trump Administration nominees for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and presents us with a coherent challenge.

For more information, visit www.beyondnuclear.org

Burlington City Council 09/18/2017

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, often three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and repeat on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.

Burlington City Council 09/16/2017

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, often three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and repeat on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.

Women's Economic Opportunity Conference - Storytelling Session with Change The Story VT 09/16/2017

This year's Women's Economic Opportunity Conference (WEOC) 2017 starts off with an introduction by Rebecca EunMi Haslam. Afterwards, Muslim Girls Making Change take the stage to kickoff the storytelling session. Cary Brown, executive director of the Vermont Commission on Women, gives data on the current status of women in Vermont followed by stories that help us see the impact of that data on the lives of Vermonters. The conference is a project of the office of U.S. Senator Leahy in conjunction this year with Change The Story VT.

Women's Economic Opportunity Conference - With Senator Leahy and Keynote Speaker Mary Alice McKenzie 09/16/2017

At the Women's Economic Opportunity Conference (WEOC) 2017, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy is introduced by Vermont Technical College President Patricia Moulton. The keynote speaker for this 21st annual conference is Mary Alice McKenzie, see bio below. The conference is a project of the office of U.S. Senator Leahy in conjunction this year with Change The Story VT.

Mary Alice McKenzie has held a wide variety of leadership positions in both for-profit and non-profit organizations in Vermont, most recently serving as Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington for the past decade. In that role, McKenzie has led an organization that is dedicated to supporting children and teens, providing them with the environment and inspiration to help them achieve their goals. In previous roles, Mary Alice served as President and CEO of McKenzie of Vermont from 1985 through 2000 and later served as General Counsel at the Vermont State Colleges (2001-2005). She also served with the law firm of Paul Frank & Collins, practicing employment law before joining the Boys & Girls Club in 2007. McKenzie has served on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards of directors. A Vermont native, she attended Rice Memorial High School. She graduated from St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana, and Valparaiso University School of Law in Valparaiso, Indiana. She lives in Burlington with her husband, Allan Rodgers, and their five children.

Burlington Republican Party Town Caucus 09/13/2017

Vermont's Republican Party convenes at the Robert Miller Center in Burlington, Vermont's New North End. During the caucus, the membership of the City Committee is established. Additionally, the Committee elects a Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. Immediately following the caucus, the first meeting of the new Committee is held.

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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!