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Keith Ellison on American Politics 11/10/2017

Minnesota Senator Keith Ellison shares his vision for the United States Democratic Party with University of Vermont students and guests Vermont Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman, VT Secretary of State Jim Condos, VT State Treasurer Beth Pearce, VT Attorney General TJ Donovan, VT Congressman Peter Welch, and Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger.

This event is sponsored by University of Vermont student groups College Democrats, College Progressives, and the Inter-Residence Association.

Video coverage courtesy of Burlington Free Press.

A Visit With: Jane Austen in Vermont 10/07/2017

Lost Nation Theater meets the Jane Austen Society of North America at the production of Sense and Sensibility. Lost Nation Theater professionals Kathleen Keenan and Kim Bent meet members of the Jane Austen Society of Vermont (JASNA-VT) Michelle Singer, Sarah Madru, and George Shumar to talk about the scintillating production of Sense and Sensibility adapted from the Jane Austen novel by Kate Hamil and directed by Kathleen Keenan. It runs until October 22. Recorded by Margaret Harrington, a member of the Jane Austin Society of North America.

JASNA: www.jasna.org

For more information on this performance visit lostnationtheater.org

The C-Span Cities Tour 09/19/2017

C-Span Producer Ashley Hill drops by Town Meeting Television to discuss the Burlington, Vermont, stop on C-Span's "Cities Tour." The Cities Tour takes C-Span's Book TV and American History TV on the road. On the first and third weekend of each month, C-Span features the literary life and history of a selected city. Working with our cable partners, our producing team takes specially outfitted Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) into each city, visiting various literary and historic sites, as we interview local historians, authors, and civic leaders. We also meet with students, teachers, elected officials, and organizations to talk about C-SPAN's mission in covering public affairs programming, and what the local connections are to national politics.

For more information visit c-span.org/citiestour

Senator Patrick Leahy: Local Vermont Leaders in Education Lead Charge Against Trump Education Cuts 06/09/2017

Senator Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Vermont educators discuss the impact on Vermont of proposed cuts in President Trump’s budget to the U.S. Department of Education.

Community College of Vermont, 1 Abenaki Way, Winooski.

For more info visit: https://www.leahy.senate.gov/

College in Prison: Reading in the Age of Mass Incarceration 03/21/2017

Few college-prison outreach programs presume that incarcerated men and women can rise to the challenge of a truly rigorous college curriculum. The Bard Prison Initiative is different. Drawing on fifteen years of experience as a director of and teacher within the Bard Prison Initiative, Daniel Karpowitz tells the story of BPI’s development from a small pilot project to a nationwide network. At the same time, he recounts dramatic scenes from in and around college-in-prison classrooms. Through examining the transformative encounter between two characteristically American institutions—the undergraduate college and the modern penitentiary—College in Prison makes a powerful case for why liberal arts education is still vital to the future of democracy in the United States.

Daniel B. Karpowitz is the Director of Policy and Academics for the Bard Prison Initiative and a Lecturer in Law and the Humanities at Bard College. Karpowitz has served as a faculty member, director, and leader of BPI since 2001. Karpowitz was the co-founder of the Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison, an organization dedicated to supporting college-in-prison programs throughout the country. He was a Soros Justice Fellow at the Open Society Institute. Karpowitz holds a J.D. with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Public Interest Law Fellow. He also earned a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Interfaith Community: A Celebration of Black History 02/26/2017

A Celebration of Black History - Interfaith Community - Solidarity Event

Rev. Toussaint King Hill of Atlanta, Georgia.

Gospel Music: Montreal Gospel Choir.

This event is dedicated to the memory of the late Leon Lawrence.

For more information visit The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center at https://gbmrc.org/

Panel on Designing a Heterodox Economic Curriculum - Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference 02/24/2017

URPE (Union for Radical Political Economics Panel 16. Title: Designing a Heterodox Curriculum Session Organizer: Ron Baiman (baiman@sbcglobal.net, Benedictine University) Session Chair: Ron Baiman (baiman@sbcglobal.net, Benedictine University) Panelists in order of appearance: “The Profound Implications of Continuing to Teach 'Supply and Demand' Instead of 'Demand and Cost' in Intro Economics Courses - an Unequal Exchange Application,” Ron Baiman (baiman@sbcglobal.net, Benedictine University) “Developing Heterodox Economics Curriculum,” Geert Dhondt (geertleodhondt@gmail.com, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) “Can We Teach an Alternative Introduction to Microeconomics?” Gerald Friedman (gfriedma@econs.umass.edu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst) “A Classical Political Economy Curriculum,” Anwar Shaikh (shaikh@newschool.edu, New School for Social Research) Discussants: (in order of appearance): Scott Cater (scott-carter@utulsa.edu, University of Tulsa), John Summa (jfsumma@uvm.edu, Univ. of Vermont).

Recorded by John Summa, Dept. of Economics (jfsumma@uvm.edu, Univ. of Vermont)

The Trump Effect: What Sociologists Can Tell Us About the 2016 Election 02/02/2017

Featuring Professors Katrinell Davis, Lutz Kaelber, Tom Macias, Tom Streeter, and Jennifer Strickler.

How do we understand the sociological factors that led to the election of Donald Trump? What role did the media play? How will Trump’s presidency affect issues such as reproductive rights, immigration, and the social safety net?

The University of Vermont's sociology faculty will explore the social forces that define our current moment.

United States Senate: Bernie Sanders Floor Speech 01/04/2017

United States Senate, Bernie Sanders Floor Speech 2017-01-04 regarding Donald Trump's campaign promises not to cut the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs.

The Road the the White House November 2016 11/30/2016

In a series of classes put on by OSHER at Dartmouth Professor Maynard Goldman will lead discussion and discovery about this year's historical presidential race.

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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!