Emerge Vermont's 2022 Annual Celebration of Women in Politics
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From the organizer:
Welcoming Remarks -- Dottie Deans & Joan Lenes, Emerge Vermont Cabinet Members; Elaine Haney, Emerge Vermont Executive Director; Lauren Dees-Erickson, Democratic Nominee for Vermont House, Franklin-8 (St. Albans City)
Emerge Class of 2022 -- Introduced by Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale
Congressman Peter Welch, Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate, Introduced by Governor Madeleine M.Kunin
Keynote Speaker Senator Becca Balint, Democratic Nominee for U.S. House, Emerge Vermont Class of 2014
Presentation of the Kunin Achievement Award -- Representative Maxine Grad, Recipient, Chair of the Vermont House Judiciary Committee, Presented by Former State Representative Helen Head
Closing Remarks-- Elaine Haney, Emerge Vermont Executive Director
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CCTV Center for Media & Democracy Participates in Democracy Day
CCTV Center for Media and Democracy on September 13 at 1 p.m. hosts a panel of local community thought leaders on the state of local democracy and their experiences navigating the policital system and working for social and political change. Participating panelists include: Sandy Baird, activist and lawyer; CD Mattison, DNC delegate and political campaigner; Ali Dieng, Former Burlington City Councilor and New American Leader; Pelin Kohn, VT League of Women Voters. This program and the articles below are part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org.