Health

A Visit With: Susan Hartman at the Pride Center Vermont 06/16/2017

An introductory conversation with Susan Hartman, director of the Pride Center of Vermont, formerly RU12. Susan discusses the upcoming Fun Run event, and the Vermont Pride March. Filmed and edited by Margaret Harrington and Tessa Tallagnon.

For more information: http://www.pridecentervt.org/

Senator Patrick Leahy: Local Vermont Leaders in Education Lead Charge Against Trump Education Cuts 06/09/2017

Senator Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Vermont educators discuss the impact on Vermont of proposed cuts in President Trump’s budget to the U.S. Department of Education.

Community College of Vermont, 1 Abenaki Way, Winooski.

For more info visit: https://www.leahy.senate.gov/

Grand Opening: Chill Out Center 06/08/2017

Grand opening of the Chill Out Center, a free youth center, located at the University Mall in South Burlington.

March For Truth - Rally and Protest in Montpelier 06/03/2017

This event was recorded and produced by Jeff Tolbert.

Restore faith and accountability to the American Government! Join us for a day of peaceful demonstration and solidarity in Montpelier, Vermont as we join the nationwide movement on June 3rd to demand truth from Congress and the Trump Administration. Thousands will mobilize across the country to demand that Congress:

1. Fully fund and thoroughly investigate any interference into our electoral process, as well as any ties the Trump Administration has to any foreign entities. A special prosecutor must be appointed.

2. Release as much information as possible that is discovered during these investigations.

3. Require Donald Trump and all future Presidents to release their tax return for the purposes of clarifying business dealings with foreign entities.

4. Ensure any crimes discovered during these investigations are fully prosecuted.

Take a stand to remind Congress and the Trump Administration that they work for us, not the global conglomerates!

Introducing Hyperbaric Vermont - Oxygen Therapy 05/24/2017

Jean Guenther and Bob Stuhlmann discuss HyperbaricVermont.org

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 05/24/2017

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 fourth Wednesday of the month.

Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

FOCUS: Opioid Abuse Crisis Facts 05/18/2017

Ed Baker, Vermont Substance Abuse Counselor, LICSW and LADC, gives insight into the consistent increase in prescription opioid deaths in Vermont and across the United States. In this conversation with FOCUS Host Margaret Harrington, he talks about the genetic and environmental influences on opioid addiction. From his perspective as a long time substance abuse counselor we learn about medical and psychological treatment, compassionate law enforcement, and needle exchange. Finally, we learn about the power of words and how stigma costs lives and what we can do to support this vulnerable population.

On the Waterfront: Live Like Benjo Foundation - Awareness for Shallow Water Blackout 05/17/2017

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Dean Haller of the Live Like Benjo Foundation.

The Live Like Benjo Foundation was created in October of 2014 after the tragic death by Shallow Water Blackout of Benjamin C. "Benjo" Haller of Underhill, Vermont. Benjo was a lifelong sailor, diver, water-lover, sailing instructor, and a SCUBA instructor with over 1,500 dives. After realizing his lifelong dream of sailing thousands of miles from Malletts Bay, VT, to the Bahamas, Benjo drowned in only seven feet of water while spearfishing near Eluthera. He was 27.

For more info visit: www.livelikebenjo.org

INVISIBLE in Vermont: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Politics of Disease 05/12/2017

INVISIBLE

A film by Rik Carlson and Michael Thurston.

Imagine what it's like to be so sick you cannot function.

Imagine there is no known pathology for your illness, only symptoms.

Imagine you are too weak to find your own voice... and because you are silent and confused, your physician says “It's all in your head.”

Imagine.

Because your illness is invisible, you disappear.

INVISIBLE gives voice to a select group of Vermonters who are gravely ill and, until now, have been out of sight. You will hear first person accounts from your Vermont neighbors as they talk about living their lives with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, the disease with a thousand names and no known cause or cure.

You will hear the devastating impact this illness wields. Not only for those who suffer the symptoms, but for those who are left trying to understand what their loved ones are experiencing. This is a film for millions of people around the globe from your Vermont neighbors around the corner... tenacious Vermont neighbors who struggle against unimaginable odds to make their voices heard.

They are just like us... except they got sick...and they are tired of being INVISIBLE.

"Turning the Tides of Modern Medicine is no Small Task"

www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

Lake Champlain Chamber: Rural Economic Development 05/03/2017

Paul Costello speaks with Tom Torti, President, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber about changes and progress in the state technologically, economically and culturally.

More information about the LCRCC at: http://www.vermont.org/chamber

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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!