Social Justice

Nuclear Free Future: The Hazards of Transporting Radioactive Waste from Vermont Yankee 06/14/2021

Kevin Kamps Radioactive Waste Specialist Beyond Nuclear www.beyondnuclear.org Hazardous Nuclear Waste Transport from Vermont Yankee

Turning the Curve - Understanding Systemic Racism 06/10/2021

Mark Hughes helps to provide a definition and a history of Systemic Racism.

Service Rendered: Straight Talk with Zoraya Hightower 06/08/2021

Host Bruce Wilson talks with Burlington City Councilor Zoraya Hightower.

Protest Against the Events in Tigray Ethiopia 06/05/2021

In November 2020, in a struggle over autonomy, Abiy Ahmed declared war on the Tigray region of Ethiopia claiming retaliation for an unverified attack. The Tigrian people have been caught in the middle of this bloody conflict for months after having endured a devastating year in which the region faced challenges due to COVID-19, massive flooding and a locust outbreak that destroyed crops. As a result of a communications blackout, much of the international community is unaware of the atrocities and hardships that continue to face this region.

A group from Boston drove up to Burlington to march against the events in Tigray and bring awareness to the atrocities taking place there.

Celebrate Life: Joan Lenes 06/04/2021

Gary De Carolis interviews Joan Lenes.

VICII: Policing an American City 06/03/2021

A talk and discussion with Jon Murad, Acting Burlington Police Chief.

Surveillance Advertising & Children's Health 06/02/2021

Jeffrey Chester of Center for Digital Democracy discusses "Big Food, Big Tech and the Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic" along with the social implications of surveillance advertising which pervades our online life. This in-depth interview looks at how digital technologies undermine democratic values, erode privacy and threaten human rights.

The Center for Digital Democracy’s mission is to ensure that digital technologies serve and strengthen democratic values, institutions and processes. CDD strives to safeguard privacy and civil and human rights, as well as to advance equity, fairness, and community.

From Transformative Justice to Restorative Justice: Exploring Youth-Led Restorative Justice 05/27/2021

In this panel event we learn from and with several youth-led restorative justice programs. We want to learn from what's working in these programs and also collectively vision and push around how we can better center youth and justice in these kinds of programs. We hope that this panel event inspires other Vermont schools to start and grow youth-led restorative justice programs!

This event was co-hosted by Vermont Legal Aid, Outright Vermont, Rights and Democracy, the Vermont Human Rights Commission, Youth 4 Change at The Root Social Justice Center, IDEAL Middlebury, Rutland Country NAACP, and The Education Justice Coalition of Vermont and various community members!

Alyssa Chen, Education Justice Coalition Coordinator
Hannah Horris, IDEAL Middlebury Volunteer
Kayla Loving, Restorative Justice Coordinator in Winooski
Reuben Roberts, Restorative Justice Schools Coordinator Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY)
Abigail Brown, U 32 students and restorative justice volunteer
Mia Merel, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth Intern

My Brother's Keeper: An Interview with Luis Calderin 05/26/2021

My Brother's Keeper student interns Olivier, Jeremia and Boniface interview Luis Calderin, founder and Chief Creative Strategist of OKAY!!OKAY!! Marketing and Creative. Luis talks about growing up in Burlington as a person of color, and his journey into music, marketing and community activism.

Montpelier Happy Hour: A Proposal for the Future of Vermont 05/21/2021

The Vermont Council on Rural Development is convening a summit on the state's future. What policies, investments, and strategies does Vermont need to build stronger communities? More importantly, how can it create communities and an economy that is just and sustainable for all of us?

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

ORCA Media | www.orcamedia.net

LCATV | lcatv.org
BCTV | www.brattleborotv.org
CATV | catv8.org
MMCTV | mtmansfieldctv.org

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

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WORK OPPORTUNITY: Town Meeting TV Field Producer

Town Meeting TV is hiring one part-time Field Producer to cover Chittenden County municipal meetings and public events to air on its government access TV channels, YouTube channel, and website (www.Ch17.TV). Meetings typically take place during evening hours with some weekend event coverage. Complete Job Description is available upon request.