Community Events Calendar
This calendar lists the community events related to all of the Understanding Vermont trends. The events are updated several times each week, so we encourage you to check back frequently!
Please note that old events are removed every Wednesday.
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Great Decisions Online : Foreign Affairs Discussions with Vermonters and individuals all over the world
March 16, 2008 - May 18, 2008 ** multi-day event **
Cost: $90; $75 for students
Contact: Anita Selec at (802)654-2727 or aselec@vcwa.org
Registration is available online
People and Other Animals – A Six-Part Series
January 10, 2008 - June 5, 2008 ** multi-day event **
Springfield Town Library, 43 Main Street , Springfield
Contact: (802) 885-3108 or nancytusinski@hotmail.com
Please call for complete details on days and times
www.springfieldtownlibrary.org
This six-part series uses four novels and two works of natural history to explore the intricate, complex relationships between humans and other creatures of the world. Humanities scholars will facilitate the discussions. We will meet once a month for six months. Attend one or attend all six sessions.
A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading.
Clearing the Path to Home – Legal Barriers for Homeless Persons
May 8-9, 2008
Contact: jwhitaker@vdh.state.vt.us
Sponsored by Institute on Homelessness & Trauma, Bonnie Milstein, attorney from San Francisco, trainer, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
An Overview of TALK LA (a family centered approach for mothers living with HIV/AIDs)
May 8, 2008; 2-3:30 PM
Cost: $25/session
Contact: aiarc@berkeley.edu or 510-643-8837
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/teleconference
Way to Go Week Walk
Thursday, May 8, 2008; 5-7:30 PM
Davis Center, UVM, Burlington
Cost: Free
Folks who enjoy the view from the ground stroll down Main Street from the Davis Center, with a history lesson from Preservation Burlington, followed by refreshments and speeches about bike and pedestrian initiatives at the Burlington Boathouse.
Community Forum: East Monitor Barn
Thursday, May 8, 2008; 6 –8:30 PM
West Monitor Barn, Richmond
Cost: Free
The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps hosts a discussion of possible future uses of a property adjacent to its headquarters, with refreshments and tours of the barn.
Council on the Future of Vermont
May 8, 2008; 6 PM
St. Johnsbury
Cost: Free
Contact: Sarah Waring at (802)223-6098 or CFV@sover.net
For more information, please see this video courtesy of Vermont Public Television.
Links Between Food and the Land
Thursday, May 8, 2008; 7 - 8:30 PM
Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne
Cost: Free
UVM professor Amy Trubek discusses her book The Taste of Place, which examines the close links between food and the land it comes from, with a batch of examples drawn from Vermont.
Vermont Yankee Truth Tour
Thursday, May 8, 2008; 7 PM
GRACE, Hardwick
Cost: Free
Native American tribal representatives from a uranium-mining Ontario town and a Nevada nuclear testing site debunk the myth of "clean and green" nuclear power.
The Sustainable Energy of the Bread & Puppet Theater
Thursday, May 8, 2008; 7:30 PM
Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Burlington-based novelist Marc Estrin, a longtime participant in the activist theater troupe, shows slides and explains the theater’s longevity.
Current Issues in Storm Water Regulations
May 9, 2008
South Burlington
Contact: www.lorman.com
Please note that registration is necessary Lorman Education Services will offer a seminar on Current Issues in Storm Water Regulations in Vermont. The day long seminar will be held in South Burlington, and will include information on current legal issues, land use planning strategies, monitoring and inspection and storm water permitting process.
2008 Vermont Going Green Expo
May 10-11, 2008
Gutterson Athletic Center, UVM, Burlington
Contact: Kellie Cavagnaro at (603)491-6177 or kellie@goinggreenexpos.com http://www.goinggreenexpos.com
Are you curious about a specific topic of conservation? Explore dozens of workshops taking place throughout the weekend.
From the Tundra to the Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats and People
Saturday, May 10, 2008; 5 PM
VINS Nature Center, Quechee, VT
http://www.vinsweb.org/programs/VINS2008LectureSeries.html
Manomet scientist Stephen Brown will present a stunning slideshow based on his research expeditions to the Tundra of Alaska's North Slope, and his book Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Arctic shorebirds complete epic migrations between the ends of the earth, highlighting the interconnectedness of the hemisphere, and illustrate the importance of halting global climate change before their habitats are destroyed. The presentation features striking photographs of elusive arctic birds on their breeding grounds, and includes insights into new discoveries about their habitats and the conservation challenges facing them.
Town Meeting on Issues Facing Senior Citizens
Saturday May 10, 2008; Brunch, 10 AM, meeting 10:30 AM
Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington
Cost: Free
Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will host a town meeting on issues facing senior citizens. Sanders will be joined by Barbara Kennelly, president of the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare. Kennelly served alongside Sanders in the U.S. House, where she represented Connecticut for 16 years.
Town Meeting on Issues Facing Senior Citizens
Saturday May 10, 2008; 12:30 PM
National Life Cafeteria, Montpelier
Cost: Free
Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will host a town meeting on issues facing senior citizens. Sanders will be joined by Barbara Kennelly, president of the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare. Kennelly served alongside Sanders in the U.S. House, where she represented Connecticut for 16 years.
Town Meeting on Issues Facing Senior Citizens
Saturday May 10, 2008; Dinner, 5:30 PM, meeting 6 PM
American Legion Post 26, White River Junction
Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will host a town meeting on issues facing senior citizens. Sanders will be joined by Barbara Kennelly, president of the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare. Kennelly served alongside Sanders in the U.S. House, where she represented Connecticut for 16 years.
Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children
May 12, 2008; 6-8 PM
South Burlington High School Auditorium
Contact: (802)652-7267 or contact agray@sbschools.net
Linda Lantieri, author of the newly published Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children, holds a public book talk.
Life and the Lake
Tuesday, May 13, 2008; 7-8:30 PM
All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Road , Shelburne
Presented by Tom Berry, the Lake Champlain Program Director, Vermont Chapter, and The Nature Conservancy.
A Shot in the Arm: Understanding Vaccines and Their Development
Tuesday May 13, 2008; 6 – 7:30 PM
Given Carpenter Auditorium E131, University of Vermont
Cost: Free
Contact: (802) 847-2886 or www.med.uvm.edu/cms
Please note that registration is necessary Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D., associate professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist, presents
2008 Primary Care Conference -- Integrating Behavioral Health & Primary Care: There is No Wrong Door
May 13 & 14, 2008
Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, Vermont
Contact: Hank Osborne at (603)228-2830 ext. 44 or HOsborne@bistatepca.org
Keynote Speaker will be Andrew Pomerantz, M.D., Chief of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont.
Business Climate Change Conference
May 14, 2008
Champlain College, Burlington
http://vbsr.org/
Join Scott LaFleur of the New England Wild Flower Association for this program about Shade Gardening.
A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading.
Making Communication Happen III
May 14, 2008; 8 AM -3:30 PM
Killington Grand Hotel
Cost: $25-60
Contact: lanora.preedom@ahs.state.vt.us or (802)241-2648
http://www.ddas.vermont.gov/ddas-training/training-vt-conferences/training-vt-conferences-individual-brochures/communication-conference-brochure
Anyone interested in learning practical information that will help people to support adults and transition age youth to communicate more effectively. Sponsored by VT Div of Disability & Aging Services & VT Communication Task Force.
Know Your Rights in Recovery!
May 14, 2008; 1-4 PM
VT Dept of Health Conference Rm 2A/B, 108 Cherry St, Burlington
Contact: 1-800-769-2798
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/about/trainings_events/know_your_rights.php
Sponsored by Friends of Recovery-VT and the VT Dept of Health & Legal Action Center.
2nd Annual Distributed Energy Conference: Building Resilient Communities
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Stratton Mountain Resort
Cost: $75-150
www.REVermont.org
Please note that registration is necessary
Businesses, homeowners, local communities and others interested in our energy future explore local distributed energy technologies for their energy needs. Local and national experts present will include: John Robb , (author of Brave New War) Strengthening Our Energy Security - Building Resilient Communities; Lisa Daniels , Windustry (on community wind energy projects); Chris Young , North East CHP Initiative; David Blittersdorf , Earth Turbines; Paul Peterson , Synapse; Blair Hamilton , Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; David Sweet , World Alliance for Decentralized Energy; Scudder Parker , New Generation Partners; James Rose , Network for New Energy Choices; Tim Maker , Biomass Energy Resource Center (District Heating/CHP projects); Becca Kosanovic , Northeast CHP Application Ctr; and Bruce Bently , Central Vermont Public Service.
2nd Annual Mentoring Conference
May 15, 2008
Hilton Hotel, Burlington
Contact: info@mobiusmentors.org or (802)658-1888
Sponsored by Mobius & the Permanent Fund.
Public Hearing on the Vermont State System of Care Plan for Developmental Services
May 15, 2008; 9:30-11 AM
Contact: Lanora Preedom at (802)241-2648 or lanora.preedom@ahs.state.vt.us
Those interested in supports for Vermont’s citizens with developmental disabilities at a public hearing to take input for changes to the Vermont State System of Care Plan for Developmental Services FY 2008 - FY 2010.
Building Greener Affordable Housing in Vermont
May 16, 2008
Chamber of Commerce, Berlin, VT
Contact: Rick DeAngelis at (802)828-3526 or rdeangelis@vhcb.org
The workshop will be presented by Andy Shapiro of Energy Balance Inc. Andy has provided energy and other green building design consulting services for 25 years. He is also the Scientist-in-the-Classroom for the Vermont Energy Education Program, training teachers and students from elementary to high school since 1994. He holds an Engineering degree from Brown University and is the author of a number of energy-related publications.
Under the Canopy- Shade Gardens
Tuesday, May 20, 2008; 7 – 8 PM
The Nature Museum at Grafton, Grafton
Join Scott LaFleur of the New England Wild Flower Association for this program about Shade Gardening.
May Video Series – Understanding Depression & Addiction
May 21, 2008; 6:30-7:30 PM
Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier
Cost: Free
Contact: El’Anya Nighingale at 1-800-769-2798 or forvtpeerservice@aol.com
2nd Annual FACES (Families of Addiction Consulting for Effective Services) Conference & Dinner
May 22, 2008; 6- 9 PM
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier
Contact: forvtpeerservice@aol.com or (802)229-6103
Sponsored by Friends of Recovery-VT. Sharon Smith, founder of Momstell, will be the speaker.
Health Realization – the New Inside-Out Paradigm for Prevention, Education & Human Services
May 24, 2008; 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
The Summit (formerly Cyprian) Training Center, Waterbury State Office Complex, Room 100
Contact: Jack at jack@healthrealize.com or (802)229-5871
Owls: From Snowy to Saw-whet
Sunday, May 25, 2008; 3:30 PM
VINS Nature Center, Quechee, VT
http://www.vinsweb.org/programs/VINS2008LectureSeries.html
Since 1981, Norman Smith has spent countless days and nights, in every imaginable weather condition, observing, capturing, banding and color marking Snowy Owls at Logan International Airport. Data has been collected on roosting, hunting and behavior while on their wintering grounds. Most recently satellite transmitters have been attached to owls to learn more about their movements. Find out what has been learned to date, what questions remain and how this project developed to include research on Saw-whet Owls.
May Video Series – Preventing Relapse
May 28, 2008; 6:30-7 PM
Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier
Cost: Free
Contact: El’Anya Nighingale at 1-800-769-2798 or forvtpeerservice@aol.com
Sponsored by Friends of Recovery-VT, VT Integrated Services Initiative & VT Psychiatric Survivors.
Council on the Future of Vermont
May 29, 2008
Middlebury
Cost: Free
Contact: Sarah Waring at (802)223-6098 or CFV@sover.net
A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading.
The ABCs of Analyzing Energy and the Environment -- Course
May 27-June 12, 2008; 1-4 PM ** multi-day event **
Vermont Law School, South Royalton
www.vermontlaw.edu/energy
This course sets out, in three linked modules, the fundamental knowledge that professionals should have for working in the closely intertwined fields of energy and the environment. The modules include: 1) Engineering fundamentals for analyzing energy and the environment 2) legal fundamentals for analyzing energy and the environment and 2) business fundamentals for analyzing energy and the environment.
Fulfilling Vermont's E-State Potential : Building Real Community in a ' Connected Age'
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Burlington
Contact: Susan McCormack at (802)859-3090 ext. 311
A Family Centered Approach with HIV/AIDs
May 29, 2008; 2-3:30 PM
Cost: $25/session
Contact: aiarc@berkeley.edu or 510-643-8837
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/teleconference
Sponsored by the AIA Resource Center.
People and Other Animals – A Six-Part Series
January 10, 2008 - June 5, 2008 ** multi-day event **
Springfield Town Library, 43 Main Street , Springfield
Contact: (802) 885-3108 or nancytusinski@hotmail.com
Please call for complete details on days and times www.springfieldtownlibrary.org. This six-part series uses four novels and two works of natural history to explore the intricate, complex relationships between humans and other creatures of the world. Humanities scholars will facilitate the discussions. Attend one or attend all six sessions.
On Farm Biodiesel Workshop
June 3, 2008; 9AM-4 PM
State Line Farm, Shaftsbury, Vermont
Contact: Vern Grubinger at (802)257-7967 ext 13 or vernon.grubinger@uvm.edu
http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/meetings/Biodiesel%20workshop%206-3-08.pdf
Learn to make your own biodiesel and tour an on-farm biodiesel facility and mobile processor. Please note that the morning session (9AM -12 PM) is limited to 36 people; the afternoon session (1-4 PM) is open to all.
6th Annual Charles M. Poser, MD, Lecture – Resilient Learners
June 4, 2008; 8 AM -12 PM
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington
Cost: $70
Contact: Linnea Oosterman at (802)878-2332 or loosterman@sterncenter.org
Sponsored by Stern Center for Language & Learning, & UVM College of Medicine, Robert Brooks, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, speaker.
Charting the Course – Helping Youth with Disabilities Move Successfully to Work, College & Adult Life
June 4; 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Killington Grand Hotel
Contact: abishop@vpic.com or www.vtpic.com
Sponsored by the VT Parent Information Center & Parent to Parent.
Low Carbon Diet: What Every Household Can Do to Combat Climate Change
Thursday, June 5, 2008; 7-8:30 PM
All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Road , Shelburne
Presented by Wes Sanders of Vermont Interfaith Power & Light
Small Communities Sewage Solutions Conference
June 6, 2008
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, Vermont
http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/Planning/SewageSolutions/index.htm
Presented by Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs with assistance from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Healthy Communities Grant.
Sixth Annual Vermont Employee Ownership Conference
June 6, 2008; 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Cost: $95
Contact: info@veoc.org or http://www.veoc.org
Learn about the unique benefits and challenges of employee ownership at this full-day conference with 14 workshops.
Walking the Tightrope: Ethical Considerations in Behavioral Practice in Rural Communities
June 6, 2008; 8:30 AM – 3 PM
VT Law School, South Royalton
Contact: (802) 223-1713 or naswvt@naswvt.org
Behavioral health practice in rural communities is challenged by a constellation of ethical issues arising from unique cultural norms and values of life in small communities. These include dual/multiple relationships, confidentiality, limited resources, and competence. The inevitable complexity of interlocking relationships in small communities makes multiple relationships with clients unavoidable, thereby posing ethical perplexities for social workers. Overlapping personal roles in the community can create dilemmas around confidentiality. Further ethical issues specific to rural practice include client access to service, and worker competence as it relates to the need for practitioners to creatively address a spectrum of specialized social problems. Sponsored by the National Assoc. of Social Workers – VT Chapter.
Governor’s Summit on Employment of People with Disabilities
June 9, 2008
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Burlington
Sponsored by VocRehab VT & the VT Association of Business Industry. Lee Woodruff & Jack Jacobs will be the speakers.
Hunger and the Nutrition Safety Net in Chittenden County
June 10, 2008; 12 - 4:30 PM
Temple Sinai, 500 Swift Street, South Burlington
Cost: $10 (price includes lunch)
Contact: Eileen Hyde at EHyde@vtnohunger.org
Online registration available at http://www.vtnohunger.org/info/safetynet.php
This training workshop is designed to educate service providers and concerned community members about the issue of hunger in Chittenden County, and the myriad of nutrition programs that are addressing it.
In Defense of Food: Connecting the Dots Between Sustainability and Health
June 10, 2008; 5:00 PM
Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, Burlington
Public address by Michael Pollan, Best-Selling Author and Professor of Journalism and Director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley. Through twenty years of writing, Pollan has stimulated a national discussion of food systems and helped focus people on the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture.
The 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) -- People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature
June 10-14, 2008 ** multi-day event **
Burlington, Vermont
The symposium will be hosted by The University of Vermont and its Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources from ISSRM is the official meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, and is the largest international meeting of social scientists who focus on environmental and natural resources issues.
Climate Change Litigation
June 16-26, 2008; 1-4 PM ** multi-day event **
Vermont Law School, South Royalton
www.vermontlaw.edu/energy
After several sessions reviewing major facts on climate science and effects, the class will choose five or six of the leading U.S. and international climate cases, review the briefs from the opposing lawyers, and enact the cases before a panel of student judges.
Council on the Future of Vermont
June 19, 2008
Burlington
Cost: Free
Contact: Sarah Waring at (802)223-6098 or CFV@sover.net
A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading.
Refugee Nutrition
June 25 -26, 2008; 8:30 AM -4:30 PM
VT Dept of Health, Cherry Street, Burlington
Cost: $30
Contact: Joanne Heidkamp at 865-0255 or jheidkamp@vtnohunger.org
Sponsored by the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger & the VT Refugee Resettlement Program.
Energy, Development, and Climate Change
July 7-17, 2008; 9 AM -12 PM ** multi-day event **
Vermont Law School, South Royalton
www.vermontlaw.edu/energy
This course explores the intersection of energy and development with special attention to the implications of climate change.
Nuclear Power and Public Policy
July 7-17, 2008; 1- 4 PM ** multi-day event **
Vermont Law School, South Royalton
www.vermontlaw.edu/energy
With the U.S. seeking to encourage construction of more nuclear power plants, the world grappling with the overlap between peaceful nuclear issues and bomb making, and Vermont debating the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, nuclear issues are assuming increased importance in energy policymaking. this course encompasses the regulation of nuclear safety, economics, technology, nuclear waste, nuclear proliferation, and nuclear energy policy.
VT Institute of Corrections – Annual Dept of Corrections Conference
July 8 -11, 2008
Sponsored by VT Dept of Corrections, College of St. Joseph’s in Rutland
Council on the Future of Vermont
July 10, 2008
Barre
Cost: Free
Contact: Sarah Waring at (802)223-6098 or CFV@sover.net
A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading.
Renewable Energy and Other Alternative Fuels -- Course
July 21-31, 2008; 1-4 PM ** multi-day event **
Vermont Law School, South Royalton
www.vermontlaw.edu/energy
This course explores the emerging field of renewable and alternative energy supplies. It reviews local, state, and federal laws and policies that promote and impede such sources , and considers emerging distributed generation models
Council on the Future of Vermont
July 31, 2008 Hartford
Cost: Free
Contact: Sarah Waring at (802)223-6098 or CFV@sover.net
A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading.
August 2008 Events
Changing Health Practices in a Changing Rural Environment
August 6-9, 2008
Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Burlington
Council on the Future of Vermont
August 21, 2008
St. Albans
Cost: Free
Contact: Sarah Waring at (802)223-6098 or CFV@sover.net
September 2008 Events
Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Bridging Peer Support & Treatment Services
September 26, 2008; 9 AM -4 PM
Cortina Inn, Killington
Cost: Free
Contact: Patty Breneman at (802)652-2033 or pbreneman@vdh.state.vt.us
Sponsored by Friends of Recovery VT, VT Psychiatric Survivors, VT Vet to Vet, VT Recovery Network, VT Harm Reduction Coalition.
Building Blocks for Literacy
September 27, 2008; 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier
Cost: $25
Contact: Brenda at bbuzzell@sterncenter.org or 1-800-544-4863
Sponsored by the Stern Center for Language & Learning. Nancy Clements & Brenda Buzzell will be the presenters.
October 2008 EventsNew England Environmental Education Alliance Annual Conference -- A Journey Home: Fostering Ecologically Centered Communities
October 3-8, 2008
Boston University Sargent Center, Hancock, New Hampshire
Contact: (207)283-9951 or www.neeea.org
The NEEEA 2008 conference will take a close look at strategies for coming home to a community built around basic ecological principles and will explore approaches for creating and nurturing communities through systems thinking.
12th Annual Rural TeleCon Conference: Broadband – Local Gateway to Global Opportunity
October 5-8, 2008
Smuggler’s Notch, Vermont
http://www.rtcconference.org/ruraltelcon08/site/default.asp
The Rural Telecommunications Congress (RTC), in partnership with the Economic Development Council of Northern Vermont, will host the 12th annual Rural TeleCon Conference in. The conference will showcase innovative approaches to building local capacity to improve the quality of life for people in rural communities.
Holistic Solutions to Global Environmental Problems: Integrating Technological Approaches with Political, Social, and Economic Realities
Wednesday, October 15, 2008; 6 PM
Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont
Keynote address by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former Prime Minister of Norway, and former Director-General of the World Health Organization.
The Art of Mentoring: Creating a Living Culture of Awareness
October 18-25, 2008
Brattleboro, Vermont
Cost: Adults, $725 including meals and lodging
http://vermontwildernessschool.org/school/?q=node/2
Concepts of good mentoring are crucial as we rediscover effective, natural ways of helping people develop deep connections to nature and their communities. If, like most of us, you didn't grow up surrounded by a natural mentoring culture, this is an opportunity to experience it firsthand, to develop a "felt sense" of how it works. The Art of Mentoring is a week-long immersion into this culture of awareness. Participants come together for storytelling, lectures, ceremonies, celebrations, singing, adventures, and time to wander alone and reflect. Whether it is your first time or your tenth, be ready for an intense week of adventure in The Art of Mentoring.
11th Annual New England Conference on Child Sexual Abuse
October 20-21, 2008
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Burlington
Contact: (802) 476-8825
2008 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference
November 18, 2008
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Williston Road, South Burlington, VT
Contact: John Fairbanks from the VHFA at (802)652-3424 or http://www.vhfa.org/conference
National Rural Housing Conference -- "Working for change: Building our Future"
December 3-5, 2008
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, DC
Contact: (202)842.8600 or hacconference2008@ruralhome.org or http://www.ruralhome.org
Building Blocks for Literacy
December 6, 2008; 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier
Cost: $25
Contact: Brenda at bbuzzell@sterncenter.org or 1-800-544-4863
Sponsored by the Stern Center for Language & Learning. Nancy Clements & Brenda Buzzell will be the presenters.