Burlington

Neighborhood Media Internship Program: School Experience Panel 12/01/2022

Neighborhood Media Interns interview each other about school practices, experiences, and culture. The interns find common problems that they encounter with school and discuss solutions to these problems.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 12/01/2022

For more information on the Burlington Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPA) and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Neighborhood-Services/Neighborhood-Planning-Assemblies.

Moments with Melinda: Interview with Joyce Judy 11/30/2022

From Melinda Moulton:

Interview with Joyce Judy, President of Community College of Vermont.

For more information visit: www.ccv.edu

VICII: Abolishing Incarceration of Women and Girls! 11/30/2022

From VICII:

The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has launched their New England-wide FreeHer campaign to end incarceration for people in women’s prisons throughout the nation. The FreeHer VT campaign is advocating to shut down Chittenden County Regional Facility and stop the state’s proposal to build a 250 million dollar prison project. The prison industrial complex has perpetuated a punitive culture where we have been taught to address acts of harm with more harm. The FreeHer VT campaign hopes to spread awareness and strategize with Vermonters about how we can end incarceration, build up people instead of prisons, and re-imagine how we can make our communities thrive.

With guests:

Kahlia Livingston, FreeHer VT Campaign Organizer
Jayna Ahsaf, FreeHer VT Campaign Organizer
Virginia Douglas, Co-Founder & Basic Income Coordinator at The National Council
Sashi James, Director of Reimagining Communities at The National Council

For more information: vicii.org

Lake Champlain Chamber: Launch VT Update with Lauren Bass 11/30/2022

Austin Davis interviews Lauren Bass from LaunchVT to discuss their efforts and the latest updates.

For more information: lccvermont.org | launchvt.com

Burlington Wards 4 and 7 NPA Meeting 11/30/2022

Town Meeting Day Election Forums: Burlington City Council Candidate Forum - East District - Special Election 11/29/2022

Candidates: Maea Brandt (D), Dina John (P), Jake Schumann (I)

Moderator: Sinead Murray (VPIRG, Democracy Associate)

Artful Word: Left Eye Jump Band with Special Guests at Red Square: Part I 11/28/2022

From Media Factory:

Left Eye Jump Band with Special Guests at Red Square: Part I.

VPIRG - Ranked Choice Voting Information 11/28/2022

From VPIRG:

This election will be the first this year to have Rank Choice Voting. In March 2021, Burlington residents voted to implement Ranked Choice Voting for City Councilors. It passed with 64% support.

According to the City of Burlington, Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is an election method that allows voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference (first choice, second choice, third choice, and so on). Ranking candidates is different from simply selecting one candidate or what is known as plurality voting. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the first choices, that candidate wins, just like in any other election. However, if there is no majority winner after counting the first choices, the race is decided by an instant runoff. The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who ranked that candidate as their first choice will have their votes count for their next choice. This process continues until a candidate wins with more than 50% of the vote.

For more information: vpirg.org/our-work/democracy/rcv

Burlington Board of Finance 11/28/2022

For more information on current procedures and meeting dates for the Burlington Board of Finance, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/BOF/Schedule.

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