Social Justice

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: Art, Housing and Community Engagement 04/01/2015

Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator of the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition hosts Jen Berger, Independent Artist, and Michelle Sayles, Artist and VISTA Member, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition in a conversatoin on Fair Housing Month. www.vtaffordablehousing.org www.vtfairhousing.org

Mercy Connections' Women's Small Business Program: Start Your Business 04/01/2015

Gwen Pokalo, director of Women's Small Business Program is joined by Laura Richards, Bunjamin's Hopcorn on starting up a business. More information on Bunjamin's at: www.bunjaminsvt.com more information on Women's Small Business Program: http://wsbp.org

2015 Diversity Conference Keynote - Carol Moseley Braun 03/30/2015

The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center hosts this annual Diversity Conference. Luncheon keynote address for the conference by Carol Moseley Braun, former US Senator from Chicago and former Ambassador to New Zealand.

2015 Diversity Conference Opening Keynote - Devon Harris 03/30/2015

The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center hosts this annual Diversity Conference. Opening keynote address for the conference is Devon Harris, Olympic Athlete and Founding Member of the Jamaican Bobsled Team.

http://gbmrc.org/

Vermont Workers' Center: Vermont Budget and State Employees 03/27/2015

Host Stauch Blaise speaks with Tim Boyle, VSEA member and John Howe, VSEA member and organizer of a rally at the VT statehouse on April 11 to oppose planned state budget cuts. Tim and John discuss impending changes to the VT state bdget and how it affects VT state employees.

Positively Vermont: Vermont Works for Women 03/26/2015

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Marybeth Christie Redmond, Marketing/Communications Director for Vermont Works for Women. more info: www.vtworksforwomen.org

Burlington Ward 4 and Ward 7 NPA Meeting 03/25/2015

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

More on Redistricting: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/Ward-Redistricting/

Burlington CEDO Show: 100,000 Homes Initiative Follow-up 03/23/2015

Marcy Krumbine Esbjerg, Assistant Director for Community Development, speaks with Chris Brzovic, Burlington Housing Authority Americorps member, on the 100,000 Homes Initiative to survey the homeless. Burlington CEDO Office's monthly show. To ready SevenDays recent article: http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/turning-the-longtime-homeless-population-into-tenants/Content?oid=2532713

Capitalism Hits the Fan 2 - Rick Wolff 03/17/2015

Economist Rick Wolff examines how and why capitalism's crisis following the sub-prime lending debacle is actually deepening - not nearing an end as reported by most media. Additionally, Wolff explains how the social impact of that crisis in the US, Greece, Spain, and beyond are building to a historic change in our world.

Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. He also teaches classes regularly at the Brecht Forum in Manhattan.

The event is co-sponsored by the University of Vermont's Economics Department.

On the Waterfront: Hunger Free Vermont 03/17/2015

Host Melinda Moulton is joined by Marissa Parisi, MS, Executive Director of Hunger Free Vermont. More info: www.hungerfreevt.org

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!