Vermont

Positively Vermont: Vermont Foodbank 11/01/2019

Host Dennis McMahon, Esq., is joined by Vermont Foodbank CEO John Sayles.

For more information, please visit: www.vtfoodbank.org

Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Meeting and Use of Force Forum 10/24/2019

This is the monthly Vermont Racial Justice Alliance meeting. Each meeting concludes with a policy issue forum or discussion. The policy issue this month is use of force. The meeting starts at 5:30. The forum begins at 6:30. Law enforcement use of force in Vermont is a hot topic these days. With the numerous challenges that the topic presents, community engagement and awareness on the matter is an imperative. From training to policy and data collection, this community forum provides insight on use of force in Vermont policing and shares policy proposals to take us forward.

Agenda:

#ChangeVermont Legislative Agenda
Membership
Updates
Internal Organizing
Use of Force Forum (6:30)

More information here: www.facebook.com/events/369391607094177

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Bennington Storehouse 10/20/2019

The Battle of Bennington actually took place near Hoosic, New York. So why was it called the Battle of Bennington? Bob Hoar, historian and docent at the Bennington Battlefield State Historic Park, will speak about the storehouses that were the target of the British forces at the Battle of Bennington.

Vermont Indigenous Peoples' Day 10/11/2019

Vermont Senator Debbie Ingram is joined by Charles Delaney, Abenaki Nation, to discuss the efforts to pass Indigenous Peoples' Day into law, which is replacing Columbus Day in Vermont for the first time this year.

Nadando Contra la Corriente con Justicia Migrante: Episodio 27 - Hannaford Unete a Leche Con Dignidad/ Hannaford, Join Milk with Dignity 10/03/2019

Trabajadores de la industria lechera y líderes de JM estarán hoy aqui en el tv show para hablar de este gran momento la celebración y también contarnos porque estamos hoy en este dia llamando a Hannaford para que se una a la campaña!

Farmworkers in the dairy industry and leaders of Migrant Justice join us today to talk about this great moment in the dairy industry, the second anniversary of the Milk with Dignity program, and also to share why we are calling on Hannaford to join the program!

También estaremos hablando de la fiesta! La cual será este 2 de Nov, 2019 en 4 St James Pl, Essex Junction, VT 05452 de 6 en adelante! En la iglesia, Episcopal de St. James.

Also we talk about the Migrant Justice fiesta! Which will be held at 4 St. James Place, Essex Junction, VT 05452, on Nov 2nd at the St. James Episcopal Church.

Guest Migrant Justice Leaders: Ignacio, Eli, Uri, Enrique, Rosi, Abel, Christian

RAD-TV Presents: A New Social Contract for Workers! 09/27/2019

This month on RAD-TV we’re exploring a new social contract for workers and a report from the National Economic & Social Rights Institute (NESRI). Host Tom Proctor is joined by Executive Director of NESRI Cathy Albisa and newly elected VT AFL-CIO President David Van Deusen. They weigh in on the report, discuss what’s next for Vermont’s labor movement, and explore how we implement a new social contract for workers here in our state.

Host: Tom Proctor

Guests:

Cathy Albisa - Co-founder and Executive Director of NESRI (National Economic and Social Rights Institute)

David Van Deusen - Newly elected President of the Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations)

True North Reports TV: Crazy Taxes 09/20/2019

Michael Bielawski interviews David Flemming, Policy Analyst for the Ethan Allen Institute, about the tax burden in Vermont and interstate migration.

For more information:

http://truenorthreports.com

http://ethanallen.org

What's Up Williston: The 251 Club and Public Works Update 09/09/2019

This month Nancy and Ken Stone join host Erik Wells to share their story of visiting every Vermont Town as members of the 251 Club. In the new book "251 Vermont Vistas," Nancy, a retired Williston art teacher, chronicled the couple’s journey with a postcard sized watercolor painting and message about each Vermont town.

Later, Public Works Director Bruce Hoar stops by to cover a number of topics including winter operations, traffic calming and the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).

The show closes with a look at what’s going on in Williston this month with the Community Notebook.

Positively Vermont: The Champlain Region Model Rocket Club 09/09/2019

Dennis McMahon, Esq., speaks with Howard Druckerman, president of the Champlain Regional Model Rocket Club.

For more information, please visit: www.crmrc.org

Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Meeting 08/13/2019

The struggle for voting rights; the struggle for gender rights; the struggle for climate justice; the struggle for LGBTQIA rights; the struggle against global warming; the struggle for the rights of those who are indigenous; the struggle for fair wages; the struggle for the rights of the disabled; the struggle against the war economy; the struggle against poverty; the struggle to protect our children; the struggle for clean water; the struggle for health care; the struggle against systemic racism and more are all connected. Poverty is manufactured and wealth has been created and is sustained through the oppression of these categories. We are at our best when we break through the barriers created to divide us and to perpetuate the power of the one percent. We stand in agreement that race and racism was designated as a tool to create and sustain unchecked capitalism as the bedrock of a greedy colonial white nation. We're here to change that.

The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance addresses racial justice in Vermont with the use of their collective strengths and voices to implement policy that positively impacts Vermont by addressing systems and processes that surround the institutionalized as well as overt discriminatory components of racism in Vermont.

Our Vermont Racial Justice Alliance People of Color Steering Committee agrees that it's time to build power behind our legislative agenda. It's time to change Vermont.

#ChangeVermont
* Constitutional Amendment (Prohibit Slavery) (PR.2)
* Reparations (H.478)
* Racial Equity – Clean-up (S.120)
* Statewide processes and policy on LE UoF (S.119 and H.464)
* Discriminatory Practices (S.145 and H.465)

This session teaches you the components of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance #ChangeVermont Legislative Agenda and equips you to take action. Special emphasis is placed on the case for amending the constitution.

Join the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance here: bit.ly/2yawq2k

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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!