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Congressman Peter Welch: Streamlining Student Financial Aid Application 02/20/2013

With college acceptance letters beginning to arrive and Vermonters working to figure out how to finance a higher education, Rep. Peter Welch announces legislation to ease the burden of applying for federal financial aid for Vermont students and families.

Welch makes the announcement at the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) in Winooski with VSAC President and CEO Don Vickers and Lincoln resident Ethan Lee, a Junior at UVM.

Senator Bernie Sanders: EPW Press Conference 02/14/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announces a major climate change legislation. Sen. Sanders is joined by Sen. Boxer (D-Calif.), Bill McKibben, autohor, activist and founder of 350.org, Mike Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club and other leaders from the environmental community.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting on Senior Issues 02/09/2013

Town meeting sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss a varitey of senior-related issues with Nancy Altman, Co-Director of Social Security Works.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Press Conference on Chained CPI 01/31/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) press conference onthe need to protect Social Security and veterans' benefits from cuts that would be caused byimplementing the so-called chained CPI. Seator Sanders is joined at this press conference by a growing coalition of seniors, veterans and labor organizations againts changing the consumer price to cut Social Security an desabled veterans' benefits.

Congressman Peter Welch: Legislation - Senior Phone Scams 01/28/2013

Rep. Peter Welch is joined by advocates speaking out on behalf of phone scam victims, FairPoint Communications President Mike Smith, Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell and a representative from AARP.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Wind Energy 01/28/2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Paul Burns, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, discuss the importance of wind energy in the fight against global warming and the need to defeat a moratorium on wind energy projects in the state of Vermont.
Sanders will soon be introducing sweeping legislation to address the crisis of global warming which will include a major federal investment in wind and other sustainable energy.

Congressman Peter Welch: Vermont's Telecommunications Infrastructure 01/11/2013

Rep. Peter Welch wraps up his statewide Energy and Commerce Committee tour with a roundtable discussion with Vermont’s telecommunications sector on federal obstacles to improving Vermont’s telecommunications infrastructure, including broadband and cellular phone service.

Attendees include representatives from the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, Vermont Public Service Board, Vermont Technology Alliance, TDS Telecom, Sovernet Communications, TelJet, Summit Technologies, Fairpoint, Comcast, VTel, ECFiber, and Verizon Wireless.

Using Alternative Well-being Indicators in Vanuatu 12/14/2012

The small island nation of Vanuatu in the Southwest Pacific has completed a pilot study of well-being that looks beyond income, health, and education factors. Jamie Tanguay presents key findings from the study, and the potential impact they have on policy. Jamie Tanguay is the Coordinator of Alternative Indicators of Well-Being for Melanesia. This video was videotaped by Tom Barefoot.

Congressman Peter Welch: Medicare Open Enrollment 12/03/2012

Rep. Peter Welch visits Cathedral Square Senior Living in Burlington to encourage seniors to take advantage of Medicare open enrollment, the once-a-year opportunity for seniors to make changes to their Medicare coverage. Open enrollment ends December 7th.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Budget Deficit Deals 11/12/2012

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Senate Budget Committee member, shares his thoughts, one day before Congress reconvenes to debate automatic spending cuts and tax changes.

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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!