Community

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.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Harm Reduction - What is it? How is it done? What are the benefits? 05/13/2019

Dan Higgins Winooski Peace Initiative Show 04/25/2019

Dan Higgins on his new photo show at the Winooski Obrien Center April 25- May 15, 2019 with an opening reception on May 4th from 3-5 p.m.

Mercy Connections: Leadership Training Program 04/17/2019

Mercy Connections, a Chittenden County (Vermont) nonprofit, offers a safe and welcoming place where all are invited to learn, grow, and make positive changes. Mercy Connections’ classes and programs help people identify and achieve their own goals within community support.

The Vermont Community Leadership Training builds the skills, knowledge, and confidence that enables participants to become effective advocates/agents of positive change. Through their participation in the eleven-week program, individuals gain confidence and find their voice to engage in community issues affecting themselves and their families.

In this program, leadership training participants share their work.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Challenges, Accomplishments, and Harm Reduction in Vermont 04/04/2019

Join Host/Producer Ed Baker and his guest this month, Mark Levine M.D., Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health.

Dr. Levine frankly discusses the realities of what we face in Vermont today regarding substance use and Opioid Use Disorder and our challenges and accomplishments. Along with innovative and effective treatment initiatives, Dr. Levine explains the life-saving “Harm Reduction” measures employed here in Vermont.

Addiction Recovery Channel: ARC April Promo 03/20/2019

Ed Baker promotes his April episode for the Addiction Recovery Channel.

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/opioid-overdose-fatalities-reduced-50-chittenden-county-vermont

Addiction Recovery Channel: Opioid Overdose Fatalities Reduced by 50% in Chittenden County, Vermont 03/20/2019

Join Host/Producer Ed Baker and his accomplished guests Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Chief of Police Brandon del Pozo as they examine the policies and protocols they and their partners have initiated to both stem and reverse the tide of opioid related overdose deaths in Chittenden County. Join them as they discuss partnerships, policies and innovations that work.

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!