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The Old North End Ramble 2019 07/27/2019

The Ramble is a free, annual event, celebrating the creativity and community of Burlington’s Old North End, held on the last Saturday in July.

The Ramble is a grassroots arts festival celebrating the unequivocally creative culture of The Old North End community, where the most racially and economically diverse population of Vermont densely resides with the highest concentration of Burlington’s working artists.

Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: Interview with Ted Wimpey - Retiring Director of the Fair Housing Project 07/18/2019

Guest host Erhard Mahnke is joined by Ted Wimpey, the former director of the Fair Housing Project who has recently retired. They take a look back on Ted's 30+ years of work on affordable housing issues in Vermont.

Front Porch Forum Interview 07/15/2019

CCTV Executive Director, Lauren-Glenn Davitian, is joined by Front Porch Forum Co-Founder, Michael Wood-Lewis.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Understanding and Supporting People With Addiction 07/12/2019

This month’s Addiction Recovery Channel features a talk by host and producer Ed Baker. Thirty years of clinical practice informs Ed’s understanding of people with substance use disorder. He has had the privilege of listening very intently to many people’s revelations about the ways addiction develops. Ed is also himself in long-term recovery for 35 years. Ed’s talk, “Understanding and Supporting People With Addiction,” answers many questions related to addiction-risk and the complex, gradual and innocent development of this disease. Ed also discusses the idea of “Positive Messaging” to dispel stigma.

This talk was part of the Lamoille Valley 4th Annual Opioid Forum. To view the entire forum, please visit: greenmountainaccess.tv/project/4th-annual-opioid-forum-lamoille-county

Life Support Vermont: Community Nutrition 07/08/2019

Co-hosts from Service Rendered Inc. Bruce Wilson, Executive Director, and Intern, talk to their guest Prince Awhaitey, Nutritionist of Healthy Kingdom. Healthy Kingdom is a company that promotes good nutrition from natural, in-season foods. You will also learn about proper defecating techniques.

Service Rendered: Arts So Wonderful 06/27/2019

Representatives from Service Rendered Inc.—including an Intern; Charlene Fu, Youth Board President; and Olivia Gramatzki, Event Planner—come together to discuss the upcoming event Arts So Wonderful hosted by Service Rendered Inc. This is a fundraiser event for Service Rendered and any artist or community member is welcome to attend.

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: Northgate Housing 06/05/2019

Host Erhard Mahnke chats with Carol Jaramillo, Community Builder for the Northgate Resident's Ownership Corporation (NROC), and Linda Romeo, NROC Resident Board Member and long time Northgate Resident, about Northgate Housing and it's 30 years of success as a resident-owned affordable housing community, including the recent completion of the Northgate timeline.

Web Resources:

Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition: vtaffordablehousing.org
NROC website: www.northgateapartmentsvt.org/
Northgate timeline: bit.ly/2XtuFbs
BTV Housing Summit: www.burlingtonvt.gov/mayor/burlingtonhousingsummit2019
Inclusionary Zoning: www.burlingtonvt.gov/cedo/iz

Addiction Recovery Channel: People with Substance Use Disorder and the Work Force 05/31/2019

Join ARC Host Ed Baker and his accomplished guests, Christine Johnson and Ron Stankevich, as they explore and explain the potential benefits of hiring people who are in recovery from or with substance use disorders. This is an important step for employers to take in creating a culture of wellness for their employees. We invite you to join the growing number of Vermont employers who actively recruit, value, and benefit from grateful and loyal employees.

Guests:

Ron Stankevich, MSW, MSA, Co-Chair, Chittenden County Opioid Alliance Working Recovery Action Team

Christine Johnson, Executive Director, Chittenden County Opioid Alliance

Lake Champlain Chamber: The Changing Face of Homelessness 05/29/2019

Host Tom Torti, President of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, chats with Becky Holt, Director of Development with COTS, about the changing face of homelessness and our community's response.

www.vermont.org/chamber | cotsonline.org

Addiction Recovery Channel: May Promo - Harm Reduction 05/13/2019

Ed Baker discusses the topic for May's episode of the Addiction Recovery Channel.

Host and producer Ed Baker is joined by his distinguished guests Grace Keller, Executive Director of Safe Recovery Vermont, and Kimberly Blake, MD, to discuss what’s known as “Harm Reduction” as it applies to people who inject drugs. This is an in-depth discussion with actual demonstrations of some of the life-saving techniques employed and taught at Safe Recovery.

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Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open

Town Meeting TV is hiring two paid interns to join our production team for the summer! The program will run from Monday, June 24th until Friday, August 16th (8 weeks). $17 an hour, approximately 8 hours per week. We are looking for folks who have basic or intermediate experience with video recording and editing on Adobe Premiere. Interns will work with the Town Meeting TV Co-Directors to pick stories or events that they would like to cover in our community, practice outreach skills, then shoot and edit video that will be broadcasted on Town Meeting TV's YouTube and cable channels. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter (including why they are interested in this position and any relevant experience) to Jordan at jmitchell@cctv.org. Applications close Friday, May 24th at 5:00PM. For more information, please contact outreach@cctv.org or call 802-862-3966.