Tag Archives: poverty

Editorial: Let Them Eat Landlines

April 18, 2013 – 11:21 am

Larry Irving, who headed the National Information and Telecommunications Administration during the Clinton Administration, explains why there really is no such thing as an “Obama Phone” (if anything, it is a “Reagan Phone”), and why the policy of subsidizing phone service is so valuable and important. I can’t decide whether the efforts to eliminate a [...]

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What Does Hunger Look Like in Vermont?

March 25, 2013 – 10:01 am

This free online class is made available by the Hunger Free Vermont organization. Hunger Free Vermont offers a free online course on food insecurity and hunger in our state.  Sign up for the course and get the facts about hunger in your neighborhood. The FACTS: Food Insecurity in Vermont (2009-2011, 3 year average from US [...]

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Video: Gaming & the Nonprofit Space

February 22, 2013 – 9:49 am

Common Good Vermont and CCTV hosted Gaming & the Nonprofit Space at the February 2013 Media Maven Lunch. Thanks to our engaging panel of gaming experts for sharing their experience, examples and know-how that will help Vermont nonprofits think more clearly about how to incorporate gaming and interactive media into their work. Barry Lawson recapped [...]

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Feinstein Foundation Anti-Hunger Challenge

March 19, 2012 – 4:00 pm

Pulled from the VT Community Garden March, 2012 Network Bulletin This spring, the Feinstein Foundation is hosting its 15th Annual “Hunger Challenge” to benefit nonprofits doing anti-hunger work across the nation. The foundation will match a portion of all donations made in March and April. Please consider a donation today – any amount makes a [...]

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Senator Sander’s Poll Shows Jobs & Economy Concerns

January 15, 2012 – 11:15 am

More than 2,700 people shared their priorities for the year with Senator Bernie Sanders in the last Vt. Bernie Buzz poll. The most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression continues to dominate the issues. More than one in three people, or 36 percent, said jobs and the economy were their top concerns. And more [...]

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Governor Shumlin State of the State Address 2012

January 5, 2012 – 7:39 pm

Presented by Governor Peter Shumlin to the Vermont Legislature on January 5, 2012.  Press play on the screen below for the complete 1/5/2012 recording Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests, fellow Vermonters: Thank you. It’s been such a privilege to serve as Vermont’s governor over the past year. [...]

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New report on working Vermont: Reverse priorities to put people first

January 2, 2012 – 9:17 am

Three years after the start of the Great Recession, the gap between Vermont’s wealthiest and everyone else had widened, and thousands of Vermonters had sunk into poverty, according to a new report released by Public Assets Institute today. The governor’s goal of rebuilding the middle class is an important start, but Montpelier must begin to create a state that works for everybody, the report says.

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How to Organize to Correct the Injustice of Economic Disparity in our Society 12/4

November 3, 2011 – 1:09 pm

Our friends at Vermont Interfaith Action share news of this activist training on 12/4 in Burlington: Are you outraged about our economy and not going to take it anymore? Then join us to learn “How to Organize to Correct the Injustice of Economic Disparity in our Society,” an informative and inspirational training on Sunday, Dec. [...]

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Funding Alert: Positive Pathways Program Funding

October 3, 2011 – 3:02 pm

ANY (Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services) has released the Request for Proposals for the Positive Pathways Program (P3) to reduce community violence & improve the long-term labor market prospects of youth currently or formerly involved with the juvenile justice system. This program is funded by an $8.5 million demonstration grant, Serving Juvenile Offenders [...]

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News: Poverty on the Rise In Vermont

September 20, 2011 – 4:05 pm

From the Office of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Thursday, September 15th Sixty-seven thousand Vermonters,  or 10.8 percent, lived in poverty last year. That’s up from 58,000 people or 9.4 percent of Vermonters just one year earlier, according to Census data. This week, the Census Bureau reported roughly one in six Americans—more than ever before—lived in [...]

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