Oral History

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Archeology of the Burlington Intervale 09/17/2017

State Archaeologist Jess Robinson presents an overview of the Burlington Intervale area from the earliest documented human presence, approximately 4,000 years ago, through to the early historic Euro-American occupants of the area. A question and answer session follows.

Artful Word: Disappearing Burlington Horizons Project Episode 1 09/01/2017

Community Producer James Gero shares about the impact of urban renewal, past, present, and future, on the City of Burlington and its skyline horizons.

Black Lives Matter Vermont: Sister's Keeper Conference Presented by Black Lives Matter Vermont 08/31/2017

Black Lives Matter VT presents "My Sister's Keeper Challenge" Conference on August 31, 2017, in Stowe, Vermont. The event features speakers and discussions where women in Vermont unite against racism.

Discussions include "Speaking Our Truths" with Vermont State Representative Kiah Morris, "Lifting As We Climb" keynote address from Dr. Dottie Morris of Keene State College, and Denise Dunbar's perspective on the "Reading to End Racism" program in Vermont public schools.

For more information visit B lackLivesMatterVermont.com.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution 08/20/2017

Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Willard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade.

Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only one part, the first phase of their ordeal. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War halted overt combat but had achieved only partial political autonomy from Britain. By not guaranteeing American economic independence and agency, Britain continued to deny American sovereignty.

Randall details the fifty years and persistent attempts by the British to control American trade waters, but he also shows how, despite the outrageous restrictions, the United States asserted the doctrine of neutral rights and developed the world’s second largest merchant fleet as it absorbed the French Caribbean trade. American ships carrying trade increased five-fold between 1790 and 1800, its tonnage nearly doubling again between 1800 and 1812, ultimately making the United States the world’s largest independent maritime power.

Artful Word: Dragonboat Racing 08/06/2017

Community producer James Gero comes to the Dragonboat Races on the Burlington Waterfront. The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival includes 1,600 Vermonters racing 41-foot long dragon boats for fitness, fun, and fundraising. Community teams are made up of local businesses, non-profits, service groups, neighbors, and families who make a difference in the lives of our friends and neighbors with cancer.

Native Voices: A Traveling Encampment 07/30/2017

This program features an event at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library with short stories and music from three indigenous cultures shared beside a Native American tipi and a Bedouin tent.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Homestead After Ethan 07/16/2017

Ethan Allen died on February 12th, 1789, leaving behind his wife and children. The story of his Homestead does not end there, however. Legal battles, world events, and family dynamics colored the lives of the inhabitants of the Ethan Allen Homestead for many years to come. Dan O’Neil presents the stories of some of the people who called the Homestead home and the events and social conditions that shaped their lives.

What's Going On?: Revolution - Bastille Day and the Second Vermont Republic 07/14/2017

Sandy discusses the French Revolution's legacy through the American and Haitian Revolutions and into a contemporary secessionist movement in Vermont.

Familiar guests Kurt Mehta, Peter Garritano, and Marc Estrin are joined by Rob Williams of the Second Vermont Republic for this Bastille Day episode.

Artful Word: Brickwork Studios First Friday 06/25/2017

Community producer James Gero comes to the Brickwork Studio during a First Friday Artwalk for the photography of Jude Domski and Lyna Lou Nordstrom. Jude Domski is an abstract photographer, her work revolves around the shape of water. She is able to capture minute details in water flowing, frozen, and in many ways people do not perceive. You will appreciate her fantastic work, it is called The Shape of Water. Lyna Lou Nordstrom is a spectacular print maker. Her work consists of many different objects that are all printed by hand. You may see an Asian influence in her work. She has a diverse creative sense and you may find an abstract quality to her exquisite prints.

Moccasin Tracks - Abenaki Cultural Regeneration Part 1 06/05/2017

Spiritual Teachings with Evan T. Pritchard: Native American Sign Part 1

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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!