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2015 Diversity Conference Keynote - Carol Moseley Braun 03/30/2015

The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center hosts this annual Diversity Conference. Luncheon keynote address for the conference by Carol Moseley Braun, former US Senator from Chicago and former Ambassador to New Zealand.

2015 Diversity Conference Opening Keynote - Devon Harris 03/30/2015

The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center hosts this annual Diversity Conference. Opening keynote address for the conference is Devon Harris, Olympic Athlete and Founding Member of the Jamaican Bobsled Team.

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Preservation Burlington: Preservation - Restoration 03/26/2015

Chris McCandless, a restorer and preservationist through many local projects, speaks with Ron Wanamaker, Preservation Burlington Boad Member on the passion and importance of preservatoin-restoratoin. Show hosted by Preservation Burlington.

Chugging Through South Burlington On The Burlington and Lamoille Railroad 03/22/2015

Gerry Fox, a former President of the Chittenden County Historical Society, and a great Vermont railway history enthusiast, speaks on a little known spur of the B&L which was meant to cross the eastern side of SB heading for Hinesburg, but was never fully built out. This is part of a historical perspective on the City as South Burlington Town seperated from the new City of Burlington in 1865, and thus along with Burlington, South Burlington is celebrating it's 150th birthday as a municipality this year. First town meeting in SB was March 7, 1865. A program of the Chittenden County Historical Society - www.cchsvt.org

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Haldimand Negotiations 1780-1782, David Bennett 03/15/2015

The 1780-1782 secret correspondence between Ethan Allen and Vermont’s leaders with British Governor General Frederick Haldimand remains a source of controversy to this day. As a Canadian author and historian, David Bennett sheds a unique perspective on this perilous period in Vermont’s formative years.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

Vermont Sudanese Community 03/13/2015

Members of the Sudanese community living in Vermont speak about the proposed sanctions and the possible effects on South Sudan and the peace talks. Panelists are, Akol Aguek, Former Chairman; Ayat Deng, Finance & Women Representative; Peter A. Keny, Sectary; Abraham Maluak Nhial, Chairman; Chol Dhoor, Former Dupty Chairman members of the Sudanese Community living in Vermont.

Artful Word: Burlington's 150th Birthday Celebration 02/21/2015

James Gero's video of Burlington's 150th Birthday Celebration.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Reflecting on the Past: Mirrors to a Future, with Corbett Torrence 02/15/2015

Drawing from Vermont’s prehistoric and early colonial times, the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum’s new director will explore how an understanding of the past through archeology and history enhances public education and awareness of sustainable land-use and cultural progress.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

Positively Vermont: Lake Champlain International 02/10/2015

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with James Ehlers, Executive Director of Lake Champlain International. more info: www.mychamplain.net

Preservation Burlington: Lost Shul Mural - Preparing for the Move 01/30/2015

Ron Wanamaker leads viewers on a tour of the Chai Adam Synagogue on Burlington's Hyde Street, as preparations are made for the continuing restoration, removal and moving of the historic 1910 mural, representative of traditional Eastern European Jewish art. Aaron Goldberg and Jeff Potash, Lost Shul Mural Project Co-Directors, share insights into the history and efforts towards preservatoin. Ray O'Conner of Great Northern Construction, shares the physical challenges of preparing this treasure for a move to it's new home on Prospect Street, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue. more information at: www.lostshulmural.org

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Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open

Town Meeting TV is hiring two paid interns to join our production team for the summer! The program will run from Monday, June 24th until Friday, August 16th (8 weeks). $17 an hour, approximately 8 hours per week. We are looking for folks who have basic or intermediate experience with video recording and editing on Adobe Premiere. Interns will work with the Town Meeting TV Co-Directors to pick stories or events that they would like to cover in our community, practice outreach skills, then shoot and edit video that will be broadcasted on Town Meeting TV's YouTube and cable channels. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter (including why they are interested in this position and any relevant experience) to Jordan at jmitchell@cctv.org. Applications close Friday, May 24th at 5:00PM. For more information, please contact outreach@cctv.org or call 802-862-3966.