Education

Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 10/17/2013

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.

On the Waterfront: Alex Dostie - Arts Alive 10/16/2013

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Arts Alive Executive Director Alex Dostie. Art’s Alive Vermont is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization Dedicated to Increasing Awareness and Appreciation of Vermont's Visual Artists.

Hunger Free Vermont: Senior Nutrition Programs 10/15/2013

Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, discusses impacts on Senior Nutrition Programs in light of the Federal Shutdown and debt ceiling stand-off. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

The 'Y' Connection: Eat Well Play More Initiative Short 10/14/2013

Short piece on the Eat Well Play More initiative.

The 'Y' Connection: Two State Alliances Target Obesity in Vermont 10/14/2013

On paper Vermont may be the healthiest state in the country (United Health Foundation, 2012), but more than a quarter of the state’s youth are overweight or obese. Two major alliances, Eat Well Play More Vermont and Live Healthy Vermont, will announce their joint efforts to address obesity and urge state leaders to improve physical activity and nutrition in schools. The current rulemaking process is underway to revise Vermont’s education standards. Integrated Arts Academy students will demonstrate how they stay active at school through the “Move it, Move it” Program. Announcing the initiative are: Jim Douglas, Former Vermont Governor
Ryan Torres, YMCA Statewide Alliance Director, Peter Sterling, Coordinator of Live Healthy Vermont, Tina Zuk, Government Relations Director, American Heart Association, Danielle Vierling, physical fitness instructor for the Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington Vermont, John Bentley, Program Founder, Jump Start and Bonnie Acker, Community Partner.

Lost, Found and Remixed - Panel Discussion 10/12/2013

A panel discussion with screening of clips, geared toward filmmakers as well as the general public, looks at many aspects of repurposing footage for new uses. With Alice Apley, Executive Director of Documentary Educational Resources (co-sponsor of the symposium), filmmaker Caroline Martel, an internationally renowned award-winning documentary artist (Phantom Of The Operator, Wavemakers), Sandra Forman, entertainment lawyer (Eyes on the Prize), Rick Prelinger and Adrian Wood. As part of the symposium VTIFF is excited to launch the GVM – Second Time Around initiative, announcing seed money for restoring and digitizing older Vermont-made films. Part of the Vermont International Film Festival .

Surviving Plenty - Archival Filmmaking in the Age of Mass Production 10/12/2013

Money, patience and courage are no longer necessities for filmmakers choosing to work with archives. While it can still be a struggle to access archival material, vast resources are now freely available for viewing (and often, reuse). But freedom brings new challenges. How can career mediamakers thrive in an age of mass authorship and distributed creativity? What emerging modes of archival work offer the greatest promise? And how can we best use archival material to make works that plumb moving image history so as to propel it forward? Rick Prelinger explores these and other issues in an image-rich talk that includes audience discussion. Rick Prelinger, an archivist, writer and filmmaker, founded Prelinger Archives, whose collection of 60,000 advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002 after 20 years’ operation. Part of the Vermont International Film Festival with sponsorship by UVM Burack Distinguished Lecture Series.

New Initiative from Vermont Technology Council 10/10/2013

A new initiative from the Vermont Technology Council, in collaboration with the State of Vermont, helps retain top Vermont students and support local technology companies by matching high-performing students with high-tech jobs here in Vermont. Discussing the initiative are: Lawrence Miller, Vermont Secretary of Commerce and Community Development - Annie Noonan, Vermont Commissioner of Labor - Frank Cioffi, Chair of the Board, Vermont Technology Council - John Evans, President, Vermont Technology Council - Carolyn Edwards, President and CEO, Competitive Computing

Common Good Vermont: Cecile Green - Horizontal Leadership 10/08/2013

Common Good Vermont presents Cecile Green of RoundSky Solutions as she discusses "Horizontal Leadership", a paradigm that harnesses everyone as a leader. We'll discuss different ways to look at "power" and how it is used in organizations.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 10/03/2013

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve 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: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

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