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My Brother's Keeper: Studio Interview with Puerto Cabezas Sister City Resident Dixie Lee Smith 11/01/2021

Boniface, Olivier, and Jeremia of the My Brother's Keeper program in Burlington, VT interview Dixie Lee Smith of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Puerto Cabezas was established in the 1980's as one of Burlington's sister cities.

Hurricane Eta in Peurto Cabezas Nicaragua 11/20/2020

Dan Higgins of the Burlington to Puerto Cabezas sister city program compiled footage from the local Puerto Cabezas news station after Hurricane Eta whipped through the community in early November of 2020 followed shortly thereafter by Hurricane Iota.

Cleaning Up Bilwi - A Report From Our Sister City 08/25/2020

Cassia Chow reports from Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas on cleaning up the beaches, streets and community in Burlington's Nicaraguan sister city.

VICII: Sister Cities - Citizen Diplomacy and the Creation of a Foreign Policy of Neighborly Cities 12/11/2019

Part of VICII's Burlington, VT Contemporary Issues Forum, 2019.

Leaders of the Discussion:

Sandy Baird

Mousa Ishaq, Chair Burlington/Bethlehem/Arad Sister City Program

Dan Higgins, Chair Puerta Cabezas/Bilwi, Nicaragua/Yaroslaval, Russia/Honfleur, France Sister City Program

VICII continues their fall series of talks and discussions on Burlington, VT. All events are from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, are free and open to the public and will be held at the Old North End Community Center at 20 Allen Street, Burlington, Vermont, 05401 on the third floor.

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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!

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