Social Justice

Nuclear Free Future: Poisoning the Well 01/30/2020

Kevin Kamps, nuclear waste specialist with Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about Canada’s insane idea to bury nuclear waste beside the Great Lakes.
Repositories suggested over the years as the nuclear waste crisis grows have also included sites in Vermont.

Kevin Kamps joins via FaceTime.

Sandy Baird Commentary: TBD 01/24/2020

TBD

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Panel Discussion - What Will the Fight for Civil Rights Look Like in the 2020s? 01/20/2020

Young professionals will share their experiences, challenges, and opinions of best practices for education and career success for their age group. Panelists will present ways to improve pathways for youth and young professionals of color and the challenges different industries face in recruitment, support, and retention.

Panelists:
Crystol Dejohnette, Masters of Social Work at University of Vermont and Spectrum Multicultural Youth Program Intern
Yusuf Abdi, University of Vermont Undergraduate Student
Mohamed Jafar, Community Justice Center
Sarah Childs, Assistant Director of University of Vermont Mosaic Center
Tino Rutanhira, Product Manager at Dealer
Dorcas Loheese, University of Vermont Undergraduate Student
Marylyn Segura, Spectrum Multicultural Youth Program AmeriCorps

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Panel Discussion - Career Navigation and Higher Education Attainment for Young Professionals of Color 01/20/2020

Young professionals share their experiences, challenges, and opinions of best practices for education and career success for their age group. Panelists present ways to improve pathways for youth and young professionals of color and the challenges different industries face in recruitment, support, and retention.

Ali's Corner: The New American Voting Event and the Non-Citizens Voting Ballot Item 01/20/2020

Diversity is our gift and our future. What does is mean to engage New Americans in our democracy by providing what is needed for equity and access?

Host: Ali Dieng

Guests:

Mohamed Jafar - Community Activist, Project Manager for NAVE
Lal Pradhan - Nepali Multilingual Liaison for BSD

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations: Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance 01/19/2020

This is an event created by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his effect in our country. This year's keynote speakier is Mayor Steven Reed, the First African American mayor to be elected in Montgomery, Alabama. The event also features the local Congolese Choir, New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church Choir, and the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards.

Nadando Contra la Corriente con Justicia Migrante: Episodio 29 - Acuerdo legal con el DMV / Agreement with the DMV 01/16/2020

Los trabajadores lecheros en Vermont representados por Justicia Migrante da un paso importante para cerrar un acuerdo con el Departamento de Motores y Vehículos (DMV) para finalizar la colaboración con ICE.

Migrant Justice closes a legal agreement with the Department of Motor Vehicles after a little more than a year of filing a lawsuit to end the discriminatory collaboration between ICE and the Border Patrol.

Vermont State House Special Event - Homelessness Awareness Day 01/15/2020

Homelessness Awareness Day & Memorial Vigil. Recorded January 15, 2020.

This program was downloaded from the Vermont Media Exchange and can be viewed on the website of the original public access station.

For a complete list of Vermont’s public access stations, please visit the Vermont Access Network website at vermontaccess.net/amo.

Operation City on a Hill: PovertyCure — From Aid to Enterprise 01/14/2020

The month's show chronicles a truly remarkable story. According to the Acton Institute's blog:

"Extreme poverty – the number of people in the world living on $1.90 a day – fell from 15.7 percent in 2010 to 8.6 percent in 2018 (the most recent year for which we have data), according to the World Bank. Child mortality fell by nearly a third, from 51.3 deaths per 1,000 children to 38.6 in 2018. Life expectancy has risen by nearly two years in the last eight."

The PovertyCure Network consists of over 400 organizations in over 150 countries and is a big part of the progress noted above.

Feminist Media Review: Choices Made by the Media 01/13/2020

Peggy Luhrs talks about what the media chooses to cover, or not cover.

Featured Story

Local coverage of meetings is crucial

An editorial in the Time Argus newspaper explains why the local meeting coverage provided by public access television stations is "crucial for keeping our elected and appointed officials on task."