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Burlington City Council 06/25/2018

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, often three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and repeat on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.

Burlington CEDO Show: Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program 06/25/2018

Todd Rawlings, CEDO Housing Program Manager, and Ian Jakus, CEDO Projects and Policy Specialist, discuss CEDO's Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program. CEDO offers two programs to low-income homeowners who occupy their homes to assist them with home repairs or modifications. The purpose of these programs is to help keep low-income people in their homes, improve home safety, and to assist people with disabilities to make their homes accessible.

For more information visit burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO.

South Sudan Update with Elijah Manyok 06/23/2018

Elijah Manyok, Founder and Executive Director of Smile Again Africa Development Organization (SAADO) visits Vermont from New York city after attending UN meeting and fellowship at Fordham University. He sits down with Akol Aguek, Executive Director of Bor County Development Association (BORCDA) to discuss his organization and what young South Sudanese are doing themselves to improve the lives of vulnerable people.

UVM Medical Center Nurses' Bargaining Update 06/22/2018

Kristin Viens, Neonatal ICU (NICU) nurse, gives us an update on the negotiations between the nurses and the UVM Medical Center (UVMMC).

UVMMC Nurses Public Meeting 06/22/2018

The Alliance in Support of UVMMC Nurses invites everyone concerned with the future of healthcare and the working conditions of nurses and other UVM Medical Center staff to this important event on Friday, June 22. UVM Medical Center nurses are bargaining for improved working conditions, safe staffing, and fair compensation — at least $15/hr — for everyone who works at the hospital.

Learn about the issues in negotiations between the union and the Medical Center, and how community members can help secure a fair contract and quality patient care at our region's Level 1 Trauma Center.

RAD-TV Presents: Come One, Come All, the Revolution Has Arrived! 06/22/2018

RAD-TV is back again to share their recent efforts, events, things going on in the media, and new ideas. Rights and Democracy staff members Elise Greaves and Emma Schoenberg are guests joining host Noah Detzer.

They talk about the RAD Community Survey, about an upcoming visit from Our Revolution's President Nina Turner, about “Early Voting” beginning June 29th, and about the recent debacle here in Vermont with the maple syrup industry versus the FDA! Do you want to label our 100% natural maple syrup with an "Added Sugar" label on it? Is that responsible, or stupid?

For more information visit radvt.org.

Understanding Vermont's Opioid Crisis: CCTV Recording - Treatment 06/22/2018

Host Ed Baker speaks with guests Deborah Hopkins, M.Ed, Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services, John R. Brooklyn, MD, Medical Director Of Howard Center Chittenden Clinic Hub and Baymark St Albans Hub and Christopher J. Lukonis, MD, Ph.D., Gifford Addiction Medicine.

Ethan Allen Day Naturalization Ceremony 06/22/2018

The Ethan Allen Homestead hosts a citizenship naturalization on June 22nd, which is also Ethan Allen Day! Twenty people become American citizens at the home of Vermont's Founding Father! Senator Patrick Leahy joins the ceremony as well. The ceremony takes place at the Ethan Allen Homestead's visitor center.

Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 06/21/2018

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month.

Meeting place: City Market Community Room, 207 Flynn Avenue.

Stump the Chumps: Pete Carney & David Hershberg 06/21/2018

Bill Keogh is joined by two Burlington merchants to answer tough questions on Burlington's days-gone-by, like the name of a local family which ran a grocery store on Church Street. Pete Carney, of Hayes & Carney, was a men's clothier for over 30 years on Church Street. David Hershberg was a fruit and vegetable vendor for a similar length of time servicing grocery stores and restaurants. Stump these Chumps with Burlington trivia!

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