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Common Good Vermont: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility - Market Place 03/08/2011

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Amy Kirschner with Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility's 'Market Place' program.

Common Good Vermont: Redirecting Boards: A New Vision of Governance 03/08/2011

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Jim LeFevre, nonprofit consultant. This presentation is part of an intensive Partners in Leadership workshop, designed for directors and chairs to attend together, helps staff and Board into strategic alignment.

Cultural Diversity Series: Whiteness in Vermont 03/02/2011

A presentation of the Cultural Diversity Series of the Diversity and Equity Office of the Burlington School district and Fletcher Free Library. What does it mean to be white in Vermont? Three panelists (Patricia Shine, Deborah Krug, and Jonathan Kissam) from different backrounds respond to this question and share their culture through narrative.

Serving and Learning from our New Neighbors in a Multicultural Environment 02/16/2011

The 2nd Annual conference developed by the Committee fro Diversity Initiatives of the College of Educatoin and Social Services at the University of Vermont. Keynote speaker L. Michelle LeBaron, Professor of Law and Director of the University of British Columbia Program on Dispute Resolution. The keynote will be followed by a panel presentation on 'Perspectives on Living and Working in Vermont and discussion groups on professional practice issues. Sponsoring the conference: Agency of Human Services' Refugee Office, Burlington Police Department, Burlington School District, Vermont Multicultural Alliance for Democracy, The Howard Center and King Street Center.

Institute For Civic Engagement: Panel on Egypt 02/16/2011

The recent and ongoing events in Egypt are the focus of this discussion with panelists, Gregory Gause (UVM), Febe Armanios (Middlebury College), and Bojac Ergene (UVM). Part of Burlington College's Institute for Civic Engagement speaker series.

Vermont Council on World Affairs: Accountable Governance 02/11/2011

Part of the Open World Program enabling young Eurasian elected officials and civic leaders observe the democratic system firsthand. Local sponsorhip by the Vermont Council on World Affairs.

Uncommon Alliance - Race Data Collection Report and Community Engagement Forum 01/26/2011

Uncommon Alliance's primary goal is to dismantle racial and ethnic profiling in our criminal justice system. This objective is realized by building positive relationships between members of affected communities and criminal justice professionals, and by providing continuing opportunities for dialogue and study around issues of race. The objective of this data collection effort is to promote accountablity and transparency of law enforcement officers, especially when dealing with members of minority communities. Moderated by Wanda Hines with participation by Burlington, Winooski and South Burlington Police Chiefs Schirling, McQueen and Whipple, Christine Longmore, Cofounder of Uncommon Alliance, Robert Appel of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, Jeanine Bunzigiye and Haskell Garrett, community members. The event is sponsored by Uncommon Alliance and Local Law Enforcement.

Common Good Vermont: Cultural Competency Basics 01/25/2011

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks Paij Wadley-Bailey, Racial Justice Activist, and Denise Dunbar, Educational Consultant for Just Transformations.

A Conversation on Race - Community Leaders Speak Out 01/22/2011

Conversation on Race Now (C.O.R.N.) brings community leaders including Arthur Brooks, former Middlebury and Bennington College Professor, Jeanne Collins, Burlington Schools Superintendent, Ali Dieng, a recent Vermont resident, Dr. Fayneese Miller, UVM Dean and Chair of the Vermont State School Board, Mike Schirling, Burlington Chief of Police, into a community conversation moderated by Robert Walsh. For more information: Vivian Mason: vhm84@hotmail.com, Susan Linskey hhskl47@myfairpoint.net

Gwyneth Cravens - The Truth About Nuclear Energy 01/20/2011

Concerned about the devastating impacts on public health and the environment caused by fossil-fuel combustion, environmental writer Gwyneth Cravens concludes that nuclear is the only large-scale, practical, environmentally friendly, nonpolluting energy source available. Her book 'Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy' documents her findings which are shared in this first 2011 Sheraton Economic Series presentation. The Sheraton Economic Series is sponsored by the Ethan Allen Institute, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Business Magazine, Vermont Tiger, and the Vermont Economic Newsletter,True North Radio and is hosted by the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center.

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!