Vermont

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2016 - Dedication & Data - Statewide Indicators, Vermont Scorecard and Vermont Insights 03/11/2016

– Mid-Day Dedication: Patricia Fontaine

– Statewide Indicators & Vermont Score Cards

Sue Zeller, Chief Performance Officer / Agency of Administration

Dru Roessle, Performance Improvement Officer, Vermont Agency of Human Services

Molly Lambert, Vermont Impact from Building Bright Futures

For more info and links visit:

www.commongoodvt.org

State Indicators - Developed by the state’s Chief Performance Officer, Sue Zeller, using data provided by state agencies and outlined in Act 186, which specifies population level indicators and ties them into agency budget performance.

Vermont Scorecard – Revived from the early 2000’s and further developed by Dru Roessle, Performance Improvement Manager at the Agency of Human Services, the scorecard shows how Vermonters are doing on important indicators of health and well being.

Vermont Insights – Produced by Building Bright Futures with funding from the Vermont Department of Education’s Race to the Top Grant, Vermont Insights provides a number of data sets pertinent to the well-being of Vermont children and families.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2016 - Economic Impact, Storytelling & Legislative Briefings 03/11/2016

- Welcome: House Speaker Shap Smith

- Common Good Vermont Vermont Nonprofit Economic Impact Report

- Telling the Story of the Social Sector with Kevin Gallagher

- Legislative Briefings with:

Chief of Staff Darren Springer and Secretary of Civil & Military Affairs & Director of Legislative Affairs Sue Allen on Governor’s Budget and Nonprofit Issues
Issue Briefings: John Hollar/DRM, Andy MacLean/MMR, Rebecca Ramos/Necrason Group, Amy Shollenberger/Action Circles and Zon Estes/Vermont Arts Council

Chittenden Democrats: Kesha Ram, Democratic Candidate for Lt. Governor 03/07/2016

Rep. Mike Yantachka (D) and Chittenden Democratic Party Executive Committee member Bob Hooper welcome Democratic Lieutenant Governor candidate Kesha Ram.

More information at: www.kesharam.com

More information on Chittenden County Democrats: chittdems.blogspot.com

The Law and Society: Dismas of Vermont, Inc. 03/03/2016

Host Ted Kenney speaks with Richard Gagne, Co-Director of Burlington Dismas House. Dismas of Vermont has a mission of reconciling prisoners with society and society with prisoners.

For more information or to get involved:

www.dismasofvermont.org | (802) 658-0381 | info@dismasofvermont.org

Like on FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burlington-Dismas-House/119437884862175

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Harvey Amani Whitfield - The Meaning of Slavery in Vermont 05/17/2015

Vermonters have always been proud that their state was the first to outlaw slavery in its constitution - but is that what really happened? The author of The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont 1777-1810 considers the deepest questions about what freedom actually meant for African Americans in Vermont well into the nineteenth century.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Moses Robinson, A Founder of Vermont - Robert Mello 04/19/2015

Using primary sources, Robert Mello restores Robinson to his rightful place as one of the most significant figures in the founding of Vermont and the development of its state institutions.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2015-Liz Miller, Chief of Staff for Governor Shumlin 02/05/2015

Common Good Vermont presents Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day held on Thursday, February 5th at the Vermont Statehouse Together, 60+ nonprofit leaders tackled issues of equity, efficiency and improved service to our communities. Liz Miller, Chief of Staff for Governor Shumlin, answers questions and shares insights into state government.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2015-Reading of the Resolution 02/05/2015

Common Good Vermont presents Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day held on Thursday, February 5th at the Vermont Statehouse Together, 60+ nonprofit leaders tackled issues of equity, efficiency and improved service to our communities. Reading of Vermont Nonprofit Day House Resolution followed by comments from resolution sponsor Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Chittenden 6-6.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2015-House Devotional 02/05/2015

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2015-Shap Smith Welcomes Vermont NonProfits & Advocacy Briefings 02/05/2015

Common Good Vermont presents Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day held on Thursday, February 5th at the Vermont Statehouse Together, 60+ nonprofit leaders tackled issues of equity, efficiency and improved service to our communities. Speaker Shap Smith welcomes Vermont nonprofits to the Statehouse Followed by Advocacy Briefings. Joey Miller of VNRC, (Vermont Natural Resources Council), Dan Barlow of VBSR, (Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility),Erhard Mahnke of VT Affordable Housing Coalition.

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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!