Social Justice

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 10/23/2013

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 Ward 5 NPA Meeting 10/17/2013

Hunger Free Vermont: Senior Nutrition Programs 10/15/2013

Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, discusses impacts on Senior Nutrition Programs in light of the Federal Shutdown and debt ceiling stand-off. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Feminist Media Review: Host Peggy Luhrs 10/14/2013

Host Peggy Luhrs speaks to issues of the day.

Common Good Vermont: Cecile Green - Horizontal Leadership 10/08/2013

Common Good Vermont presents Cecile Green of RoundSky Solutions as she discusses "Horizontal Leadership", a paradigm that harnesses everyone as a leader. We'll discuss different ways to look at "power" and how it is used in organizations.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 10/03/2013

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Preliminary Budget Data for FY '15 10/03/2013

School Board Members Keith Pillsbury, Ward 1 and Bernie O'Rourke, Ward 4, are joined by Superintendent Jeanne Collins to discuss Preliminary Budget Data for FY'15. For more information visit the district web site: www.bsdvt.org

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 Special NPA Meeting 10/02/2013

Vermont Sudanese Community 09/30/2013

Members of the Sudanese community living in Vermont speak about the Campaign for a United Abyei with South Sudan. Panelists are, Isaac Kuek; James Ajith; Telar Telar; Chol Dhoor; Peter Keny, Secretary of Sudanese Community living in VT and Emmanual Mayom, Chairman of Sudanese Community living in Vermont.

Outright Vermont's Annual Fire Truck Pull 09/28/2013

Outright Vermont's Annual Fire Truck Pull on September 28, 2013 at the the Church Street Marketplace in Burlington.

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!