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Senator Peter Welch: Senator Peter Welch Joins the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Congressional Newsmaker Series 12/04/2023

From the Office of Senator Welch:

On Monday, December 4th, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joins the United States Institute of Peace’s Congressional Newsmaker Series for a conversation exploring his views on critical foreign policy issues, including stability in the Western Balkans, rising authoritarianism in Central and South America, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the conflict in the Middle East. With Lise Grande, President and CEO of U.S. Institute of Peace.

Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History/Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability 01/13/2022

"Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist, author, and organizer who followed a career in college teaching and research in the United States-- at Yale and Duke Universities-- with a return to his homeland in 2008 where he teaches at Bethlehem University. In 2014, he and his wife founded an institute which promotes sustainability in human and natural communities in the West Bank. The author of more than 150 scientific papers, he is best known for his books on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict: Sharing the Land of Canaan and Popular Resistance in Palestine. Topics to be covered in the interview include Palestinian life under the Occupation today; the work of the institute; Palestine in US foreign policy; and the future of Palestine."

Interviewer-- Laurie Gagne, Retired Director, Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice, St. Michael's College and Professor of Peace and Justice

Irish Consular General on Brexit and US Trade 03/06/2020

Join the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival as we welcome the Irish Consular General Laoise Moore to discuss Brexit, the European Union, and what it all means for the U.S.-Ireland relationship.

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.

Woodchuck Report: Foreign Policy and Trade Deficits 06/14/2019

Varpilah Chase breaks down the United States trade deficit with our international partners and discusses future presidential campaign stances on foreign policy.

What's Going On?: Foreign Policy 06/07/2019

Host Sandy Baird is joined by Ian Stokes, Peter Lackowski, and Marc Estrin to discuss American Foreign Policy and more.

Medea Benjamin Book Tour at the Peace and Justice Center 10/26/2016

Author Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange, shares her new book "Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection" at the Peace & Justice Center. In her book, Benjamin shines a light on one of the most perplexing elements of American foreign policy. With extremism spreading across the globe, a reduced U.S. need for Saudi oil, and a thawing of U.S. relations with Iran, the time is right for a re-evaluation of our close ties with the Saudi regime.

Green Party Candidate Dr. Jill Stein Visits Burlington 07/15/2016

Green Party U.S. Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein visits Burlington, speaking with voters at the McClure MultiGenerational Center.

Chris Hedges - Death of Empire 03/20/2013

A special presentation by Chris Hedges, as part of the Cost of War Speaker and Film Series. Hedges, an award winning foreign correspondent for nearly two decades in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans, has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for many publications, including The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. Amongst other achievements, Hedges is also a successful author, and recently published Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, as well as many other books including War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, and Death of the Liberal Class.
Part of the Peace & Justice Center's Cost of War Speaker and Film Series.

Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center, the University of Vermont Political Science Department, and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office. Co-sponsored by Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans for Peace and the Harris and Frances Block Foundation, the Sisters of Mercy, the Vermont Community Foundation, the Anne Slade Frey Charitable Trust, the Women's League for Peace and Freedom, and the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series.

Author Helen Benedict - Peace and Justice Center's 'Cost of War' Series 05/13/2012

Helen Benedict, author of 'The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq' and 'Sand Queen' speaks as part of the Peace & Justice Center's Cost of War Speaker and Film Series. Helen Benedict is the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her latest novel, SAND QUEEN, set in the Iraq War, was published in 2011 by Soho Press. Culled from real life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, SAND QUEEN offers a story of love, courage and struggle from the rare perspective of two young women on opposite sides of a war. Helen Benedict's books, SAND QUEEN, and THE LONELY SOLDIER, along with her articles about the sexual assault of women in the military, inspired the award-winning documentary, The Invisible War, shown to acclaim at Sundance, 2012. Benedict's work also inspired a landmark law suit against the Pentagon on behalf of victims of military sexual assault, and won the 2010 EMMA award from the National Political Caucus, the Ken Book Award, and the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.

This event is co-sponsored by the Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans for Peace and the Harris and Frances Block Foundation

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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!