VICII

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Vermont Institute of Civic and International Involvement (VICII) hosts a series of discussions on contemporary issues.

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-04-16
Format: 2024-04-16
The Role of the Prosecutor in Our Criminal Justice System - 07/20/2022
From VICII: The Prosecutor—aka the District Attorney or, in our case, the State’s Attorney—has enormous power within our legal and justice system: they decide which cases are brought against criminal defendants in the District...
Roe v. Wade Is Gone Now - What is next for the women and girls of our nation? - 07/13/2022
From VICII: June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade. In 1973 the Court decided that the 14th Amendment declaring all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States these born women and...
BTV Airport Expansion - What Do We Know? - 07/06/2022
From VICII: Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement as Meaghan Emery, South Burlington City Councillor, discusses with the VICII audience the plans for our airport and the effects that expansion will have on our lives....
PART 1 - Roe v. Wade is Gone Now - What Is Next for the Women and Girls of Our Nation? - 06/29/2022
From VICII: On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade. When decided in 1973, the Court decided that the 14th Amendment declaring all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States,...
French Elections Updates - 06/22/2022
From VICII: Join VICII for an update on the French elections with Sandy Baird and Eric Agnero—former CNN reporter and Voice of America and formerly from Ivory Coast. For more information: vicii.org
War By Other Means - Embargoes, Sanctions, Blockades, The Case of Cuba and the Helms Burton Act of 1996 - 06/08/2022
From VICII: When Fidel Castro entered Havana on New Years Day 1959 to proclaim the Cuban Revolution, the United States saw Red: the nightmare of an ally of the Soviet Union and Socialist state 90-miles from our shores. To rid the hemisphere of this...
Free Speech v. Government Ministry of Truth - 05/04/2022
From VICII: As Billionaire Elon Musk buys Twitter, he argues that his actions are in response to the policies of the media giant which decided what was "disinformation" or "misinformation" and eliminated those voices and...
Elections in France, Our Oldest Ally: What Does the Victory of Macron Say? - 04/27/2022
From VICII: This week in our oldest ally, France, a run-off election pitted President Emmanuel Macron against National Front leader Marine LePen. As the War in Ukraine continues and as Europe appears to be engaged in a land war for the first time...
Homeless in Burlington - The Case of Sears Lane - 04/20/2022
From VICII: Burlington has often been called one of the most liveable cities in the United States. Yet, even in a cold Vermont winter, unhoused people are without shelter and support from their city. This winter City authorities made the situation...
Sanctions: Warfare by Other Means - 04/06/2022
From VICII: "Join VICII and Peter Lackowski, who has been visiting Venezuela since 2005, witnessing the effect that sanctions have had on that country and its revolution. Will sanctions continue to work for the US as they have in the past? Or...
BRICS, Ukraine, and NATO - 03/30/2022
From VICII: "Mainstream media endlessly reports that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is a mad dictator without world support in his invasion in Ukraine. According to the American press, President Putin is isolated and...
Vladimir Putin - President of Russia - 03/16/2022
From VICII: "Calling Putin names or speculating on the mental state of the President of the Russian Federation sheds little light on the devastating war in Ukraine. Labelling Putin a "thug" or "lunatic" or "a dictator...
Our Economy in Crisis - 03/09/2022
From VICII: Rising gas prices, Lack of Affordable Housing, Long Waits for Health Care, Blocked Supply Chains, Empty Food Shelves: What is Happening to the American Economy? Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement and...
Policing the City - 02/28/2022
From VICII: "Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement and the People's Law School on Zoom for a discussion and an update on Policing in the City.  We will discuss this issue with Jon Murad, the acting chief...
Always Cuba - 02/16/2022
From VICII: "In 1959, Fidel Castro marched into Havana and became the new leader of the Island nation. Fulgencio Batista the President of the Republic of Cuba and close ally of the United States fled the country taking most of the assets of...

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