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Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 03/04/2010

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.

Town Meeting Day Election Forums: One Person, One Vote Press Conference on "Outside" Money 02/25/2010

Speaking on the issue of "outside' money influencing the IRV Burlington Ballot Issue (#5) is Dave Hartnett, John Ewing, and Sandy Baird.

Preservation Burlington: UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives 02/25/2010

Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington. This month host Ron Wannamaker and co-host Erica Donnis speak with UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives staff: Robin Katz, Mary Van Buren-Swasey, and Dan DeSanto on 'Local History Resources Online'.

Vermont Confidential : Expansion of Low Power Community Radio 02/22/2010

Host Nick Carter speaks with Kate Blofson of Prometheus Radio Project, on Low Power Radio and the 'Local Community Radio Act'l, passed by the House and awaiting Senate action.

Nuclear Free Future: Entergy - Vermont Yankee's Tritium Leak:The Dangers of Deception 02/22/2010

Host Margaret Harrington is joined by Representative Suzi Wizowaty, Senator Ginny Lyons, and Ellen Thomas a leader in the 'Proposition One in 2010 Campaign, The Economic Conversion Act'.http://prop1.org - http://propositiononein2010.blogspot.com

Senator Bernie Sanders: Press Conference on Solar in Schools Program 02/19/2010

Senator Bernie Sanders engages students on their proposals to purchase educational, small-scale solar energy installations through the Sanders-funded 'Solar in Schools' program.

Media Maven: Social Networking + Advocacy = Social Mobilizing 02/18/2010

Vermont nonprofits exist to change a small or large part of the world condition. Whatever the cause, your members and clients are your greatest asset and people most likely to respond to your calls for action. At February's Media Maven event, we invite a panel of successful activists from Vermont's independent sector to share their strategies, tools and techniques.

Part of the continuing series of Media Maven Lunches.

Andrea Learned, co-author of Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy – and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market (AMACOM, 2004), will give some marketing tips. Andrea is an internationally respected gender marketing expert, speaker and writer. While she focuses on women as the leading indicators of consumer behavior, she also emphasizes that 21st Century men are starting to travel similar buying paths. Andrea believes that storytelling and cause marketing are key ways to present a brand’s facts and attributes to today’s consumer – no gender about it. Andrea contributes to a wide range of publications/blogs, including HuffingtonPost.com, MPDailyfix.com, TomPeters.com, Women-omics.com, and LearnedOnWomen.com - where she presents her most current analysis of consumer/cultural shifts and marketing best practices. She presents regularly to global business audiences, and her opinions have been cited in publications from Adweek to the Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. Andrea has a B.A from the University of Michigan, and resides in Burlington, Vermont. Find her at: http://learnedonwomen.com , or on Twitter: @AndreaLearned. Join us for 90 minutes of stimulating talk and a good lunch (for only 5 bucks). Maybe you'll think-- "we should become members of CCTV!" (We'd love that!)

St. Michael's College: Crisis in the Congo - Keynote Address by Stephen Lewis 02/10/2010

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'. This program features Keynote Address by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World; Special Envoy to the UN for HIV/AIDS in Africa, 2001-2006; author of best-selling book, Race Against Time.

One viewer comments: Well..This video has made me reconsider where my donations go. Not that I was donating to poor organizations, but the power of this speech by Stephen - was so overwhelming - that I cried almost all the way through it.

St. Michael's College: Crisis in the Congo - Using Social Media for Advocacy, Kambale Musavuli 02/10/2010

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'. This program features Kambale Musavuli, Student Coordinator and Spokesperson for 'Friends of the Congo'.

St. Michael's College: Crisis in the Congo - History of the Crisis, Herbert Weiss 02/10/2010

A day focusing on one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, The Vermont Global Health Coalitioin and St. Michael's College have sponsored a series of events dealing with the 'Crisis in the Congo'. This program features a lecture by Herbert Weiss, Emeritus Professor, City University of New York; Senior Research Scholar, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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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!