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Judge Ben: SAM Vermont 01/23/2015

Judge Ben Joseph speaks with Debby Haskins, Director of SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) Vermont. www.sam-vt.org SAM-VT is a statewide coalition of Vermonters – parents, grandparents, young people, senior citizens and other concerned adults. They represent diverse backgrounds including drug & alcohol prevention, youth services, education, health care, law enforcement, mental health and business leaders. They agree that marijuana legalization poses a threat to Vermont’s health, economy, youth, education, highway safety and work force.

Judge Ben: Marijuana Industry Math 01/07/2015

Judge Ben Joseph speaks with Bob Doyle, Chair of Colorado SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) Coalition.

What Cost: Justice 01/01/2015

Channel 17 volunteer, Bob Neale, brings you a documentary investigating the cost of the Justice System.

Campaign for Justice: Prisons and Punishment as Inspiration for Art 12/15/2014

Suzi Wizowaty, Executive Director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform hosts Jeremy Lee Mackenzie, Member of the Arts Task Force with the Locked Up and Shipped Away Campaign, Kelly Thomas, Core Faculty at Champlain College, and Kim Jordan, to discuss the art coming out of prisons.

Website: www.VermontersforCriminalJusticeReform.org

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Judge Ben: Big Tobacco and the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana 12/09/2014

Judge Ben Joseph speaks with Heidi Heilman of Westborough, Mass., Director of New England Field Development for Smart Approaches to Marijuana, and president of the Massachusetts Prevention Alliance. www.learnaboutsam.org http://www.mapreventionalliance.org/

Legal Services Law Line of Vermont: Youth Law 11/19/2014

Tom Garrett, Executive Director of Legal Services Law Line of Vermont., Inc. speaks with Jay Diaz of Vermont Legal Aid, on issues relating to youth and the law.

Judge Ben: Effects of Marijuana on College Students 11/17/2014

Judge Ben Joseph speaks with Dr. Jon Porter, Head of All Medical Services at UVM.

Coffee with Burlington Police Chief Michael Shirling 11/07/2014

Recent events throughout the nation have brought attention to police operations on a number of topics. As we reach our 150th Anniversary in 2015 we had planned to kick off monthly coffees with the Chief of Police to discuss the 150-year history and future of the Department. Those events were anticipated to begin in January of 2015.

As we work to keep Burlington among the safest and healthiest cities in the nation, the public is invited to this first coffee to discuss policing issues, community safety, and the future.

Judge Ben: Psychiatric Effects of Marijuana 11/07/2014

Judge Ben Joseph hosts a conversation with Benjamin R. Nordstrom, MD, MA, PhD, Director of Addiction Services and Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on the psychiatric effects of marijuana.

Restoring Voting Rights 10/31/2014

Infinite Culcleasure, Local Organizer, speaks with David Andersonn of the New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights ( www.ivotenyc.org ), sharing perspectives on a Burlington initiative which would give voting rights for non-citizen residents on municipal matters.

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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!

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