poetry

Poetry and Healing with Rajnii Eddins 07/21/2022

Rajnii Eddins and Town Meeting TV intern Ashley DeLeon discuss poetry as a form of healing and expression for today's youth. Eddins, a Vermont-based poet and teacher, also performs the poem "Beautiful Sunkissed People" at the Town Meeting TV studio in Burlington.

Democracy Creative x The Black Artists Showcase 07/01/2022

Join the Democracy Creative and the Black Artist Showcase for poetry, music, and art from: Nadia Frazier, Omega Jade, Rajnii Eddins, Celine Kouadio (Cece K), and Janvier F. Nse. With food by MO's Kitchen.

Moments with Melinda: Interview with Dan Chiasson 05/04/2022

From Melinda Moulton:

Dan Chiasson was born in Burlington, Vermont and attended Rice High School. He received his BA at Amherst and PhD from Harvard. Dan is an American poet and long time contributor to The New Yorker, the New York Review of Books and received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Guggenheim Fellowship, Pushcart Prize, and the Whiting Award. Dan is the Lorraine C. Wang professor of English at Wellesley College. He has written six books and is embarking on a biography about Bernie Sanders.

Juneteenth: About Juneteenth with Tyeastia Green 06/19/2021

Tyeastia Green, Burlington's Director of Racial Equity Inclusion and Belonging, tells the story of Juneteenth and the inaugural celebration in Burlington in the summer of 2021.

Juneteenth: A2VT Performance 06/19/2021

Representing Somalia, Tanzania and Burundi and currently living in Burlington, Vermont, A2VT synthesizes their native African musical and dance roots with Western pop and Hip Hop sensibilities. Their songs, performed in up to eight unique languages, reflect their journey from Africa to America, and celebrate the musical collision of two continents and the party that ensues!

For more information: www.A2VT.com

Juneteenth: The Young Writer’s Project Juneteenth Youth Poetry Contest 06/19/2021

Readings from the winners of The Young Writer’s Project Juneteenth Youth Poetry Contest.

Juneteenth: Mark Hughes - Abolish Slavery in Vermont 06/19/2021

Warning: The constitution of the State of Vermont has two exception clauses that permit slavery! The Black folks in Galveston were in the dark for two and a half years. Well, this language has been in the Vermont Constitution for 244 years!

Come get the details and learn what we can do about it.

"Article 1. [All persons born free; their natural rights; slavery prohibited]

That all persons are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety; therefore no person born in this country, or brought from over sea, ought to be holden by law, to serve any person as a servant, slave or apprentice, after arriving to the age of twenty-one years, unless bound by the person's own consent, after arriving to such age, or bound by law for the payment of debts, damages, fines, costs, or the like."

Mark Hughes is the Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance.

Juneteenth: Contextualizing Juneteenth 06/19/2021

Generations after the end of slavery in the United States, the complete promise of Juneteenth has yet to be fulfilled. Join four of Vermont’s Black leaders as they look back at 156 years since Emancipation, discuss the modern Black American experience, and look forward to what full liberation ultimately means. Panelists include Xusana Davis, Zoraya Hightower, Tabitha Moore and Kiah Morris, with a discussion facilitated by Belan Antensaye.

The panel begins with readings from the winners of The Young Writer’s Project Juneteenth Youth Poetry Contest.

Service Rendered: Arts So Wonderful - Poartry in Motion 12/23/2019

Host Bruce Wilson is joined by JC Wayne, poet and artist. Her website is poartry.org and the theme is "Poartry in Motion."

FOCUS: Leaning In with Fomite Press 10/10/2019

Fomite Press publishers Donna Bister and Marc Estrin talk with host Margaret Harrington about their anti-capitalist or un-capitalist publishing house in Burlington, Vermont.

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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!