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  • The Role of the Prosecutor in our Criminal Justice System
    The Role of the Prosecutor in our Criminal Justice System
    Wed, Jul 20
    Zoom
    Jul 20, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join us as the Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George discusses the role of the Prosecutor in our criminal justice system and the importance of State’s or District Attorneys in all of our lives.
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  • Roe v. Wade is gone now. What is next for the women and girls of our nation?
    Roe v. Wade is gone now. What is next for the women and girls of our nation?
    Wed, Jul 13
    Zoom
    Jul 13, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement as Kurt Mehta, Esq.; Sandy Baird, Esq.; and Justine Snow, Esq. discuss this new reality.
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  • BTV Airport Expansion: What Do We Know? (1)
    BTV Airport Expansion: What Do We Know? (1)
    Wed, Jul 06
    Zoom
    Jul 06, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    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.
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  • War By  Other Means: Embargoes, Sanctions, Blockades, The Case of Cuba and the Helms Burton Act of 1996
    War By  Other Means: Embargoes, Sanctions, Blockades, The Case of Cuba and the Helms Burton Act of 1996
    Wed, Jun 08
    Zoom
    Jun 08, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join Sandy and others of the Cuban American Society to discuss the effects of a blockade against the small but resistant Island across the Florida Straits only 90 miles away, Cuba. This session can be attended in person at the O.N.E. Community Center at 20 Allen Street in Burlington, or on Zoom.
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  • Free Speech v. Government Ministry of Truth
    Free Speech v. Government Ministry of Truth
    Wed, May 04
    Zoom
    May 04, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join us for a community discussion and debate led by citizen activist and journalist Pete Garritano as Elon Musk takes over Twitter and President Biden creates the Disinformation Governance Board within the Department of Homeland Security. The moderator will be Sandy Baird, of VICII.
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  • Elections in France, Our Oldest Ally: What Does the Victory of Macron Say?
    Elections in France, Our Oldest Ally: What Does the Victory of Macron Say?
    Wed, Apr 27
    Zoom
    Apr 27, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join VICII, Eric Agnero from Ivory Coast and Jacob Bogre from Burkina Faso, both Francophones and both from the French speaking areas of West Africa, as we analyze the results of this important election in our Sister Republic of France.
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  • Homeless In Burlington: The Case of Sears Lane
    Homeless In Burlington: The Case of Sears Lane
    Wed, Apr 20
    Zoom
    Apr 20, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement as we talk to some of the unhoused people of the Sears Lane encampment and discuss the homeless in one of America's most livable cities.
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  • Sanctions: Warfare by Other Means
    Sanctions: Warfare by Other Means
    Wed, Apr 06
    Zoom
    Apr 06, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    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 will a new alignment of nations make sanctions ineffective?
    Share
  • BRICS/Ukraine/NATO
    BRICS/Ukraine/NATO
    Wed, Mar 30
    Zoom
    Mar 30, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join VICII and the People's Law School as Eric Agnero and Sandy Baird explore the reactions in the former colonies and developing nations of color to the ever growing conflict in Europe. Mr. Agnero is a former CNN reporter from Ivory Coast.
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  • Vladimir Putin: President of Russia
    Vladimir Putin: President of Russia
    Wed, Mar 16
    Zoom
    Mar 16, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    The shape of a new world order is appearing amidst all the misguided personal attacks on Vladmir Putin, President of Russia. Leader of the discussion will be the Lawyer and Scholar Kurt Mehta, Sandy Baird will moderate.
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  • Our Economy in Crisis
    Our Economy in Crisis
    Wed, Mar 09
    Zoom
    Mar 09, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    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?
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  • Policing the City
    Policing the City
    Mon, Feb 28
    Zoom
    Feb 28, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Zoom
    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 of police in Burlington.
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  • Always Cuba
    Always Cuba
    Wed, Feb 16
    Zoom
    Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Zoom
    Members of the Cuban American Friendship Society , Armando Vilaseca, JoAnne Murad and Sandy Baird will discuss Cuba Today as the Island after COVID suffers yet survives from the 60 year War.
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  • Roe v Wade: A Victory for Women and Girls
    Roe v Wade: A Victory for Women and Girls
    Wed, Feb 09
    Zoom
    Feb 09, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join VICII and the Leader of the discussion Justine Snow, Esq. on Weds the 9th of February in this important discussion of the rights protected under Roe v. Wade and the consequences for all of us if this important case is overturned.
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  • Pandemic Times in Another American Republic:  Costa Rica Today
    Pandemic Times in Another American Republic:  Costa Rica Today
    Wed, Feb 02
    Zoom
    Feb 02, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Zoom
    Pete Garritano, a citizen activist & journalist, and resident of Vermont and Costa Rica will present a view on life outside the United States as the Pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the world.
    Share
  • Bitcoin and Why it is the Best Currency Today
    Bitcoin and Why it is the Best Currency Today
    Wed, Jan 26
    Zoom
    Jan 26, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Zoom
    Join us for a discussion about Bitcoin and why it is the best form of money in existence today.
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  • The Real Deal with Fake News
    The Real Deal with Fake News
    Tue, Jan 18
    Zoom
    Jan 18, 2022, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zoom
    VICII discussion on Zoom with Dr. Rob Williams
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  • Jacobson v. Massachusetts 1905, (197 US 11): Mandated Vaccines Then and Now
    Jacobson v. Massachusetts 1905, (197 US 11): Mandated Vaccines Then and Now
    Wed, Jan 12
    Zoom
    Jan 12, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Our leader Nathan Virag, a graduate of the Univ. of Illinois Chicago Law School, immigrant rights specialist and a legal scholar will help us understand the debate between individual liberty and the collective good.
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Upcoming Events

  • The Role of the Prosecutor in our Criminal Justice System
    The Role of the Prosecutor in our Criminal Justice System
    Wed, Jul 20
    Zoom
    Jul 20, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join us as the Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George discusses the role of the Prosecutor in our criminal justice system and the importance of State’s or District Attorneys in all of our lives.
    Share
  • Roe v. Wade is gone now. What is next for the women and girls of our nation?
    Roe v. Wade is gone now. What is next for the women and girls of our nation?
    Wed, Jul 13
    Zoom
    Jul 13, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement as Kurt Mehta, Esq.; Sandy Baird, Esq.; and Justine Snow, Esq. discuss this new reality.
    Share
  • BTV Airport Expansion: What Do We Know? (1)
    BTV Airport Expansion: What Do We Know? (1)
    Wed, Jul 06
    Zoom
    Jul 06, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    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.
    Share
  • War By  Other Means: Embargoes, Sanctions, Blockades, The Case of Cuba and the Helms Burton Act of 1996
    War By  Other Means: Embargoes, Sanctions, Blockades, The Case of Cuba and the Helms Burton Act of 1996
    Wed, Jun 08
    Zoom
    Jun 08, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join Sandy and others of the Cuban American Society to discuss the effects of a blockade against the small but resistant Island across the Florida Straits only 90 miles away, Cuba. This session can be attended in person at the O.N.E. Community Center at 20 Allen Street in Burlington, or on Zoom.
    Share
  • Free Speech v. Government Ministry of Truth
    Free Speech v. Government Ministry of Truth
    Wed, May 04
    Zoom
    May 04, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join us for a community discussion and debate led by citizen activist and journalist Pete Garritano as Elon Musk takes over Twitter and President Biden creates the Disinformation Governance Board within the Department of Homeland Security. The moderator will be Sandy Baird, of VICII.
    Share
  • Elections in France, Our Oldest Ally: What Does the Victory of Macron Say?
    Elections in France, Our Oldest Ally: What Does the Victory of Macron Say?
    Wed, Apr 27
    Zoom
    Apr 27, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join VICII, Eric Agnero from Ivory Coast and Jacob Bogre from Burkina Faso, both Francophones and both from the French speaking areas of West Africa, as we analyze the results of this important election in our Sister Republic of France.
    Share
  • Homeless In Burlington: The Case of Sears Lane
    Homeless In Burlington: The Case of Sears Lane
    Wed, Apr 20
    Zoom
    Apr 20, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement as we talk to some of the unhoused people of the Sears Lane encampment and discuss the homeless in one of America's most livable cities.
    Share
  • Sanctions: Warfare by Other Means
    Sanctions: Warfare by Other Means
    Wed, Apr 06
    Zoom
    Apr 06, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    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 will a new alignment of nations make sanctions ineffective?
    Share
  • BRICS/Ukraine/NATO
    BRICS/Ukraine/NATO
    Wed, Mar 30
    Zoom
    Mar 30, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join VICII and the People's Law School as Eric Agnero and Sandy Baird explore the reactions in the former colonies and developing nations of color to the ever growing conflict in Europe. Mr. Agnero is a former CNN reporter from Ivory Coast.
    Share
  • Vladimir Putin: President of Russia
    Vladimir Putin: President of Russia
    Wed, Mar 16
    Zoom
    Mar 16, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    The shape of a new world order is appearing amidst all the misguided personal attacks on Vladmir Putin, President of Russia. Leader of the discussion will be the Lawyer and Scholar Kurt Mehta, Sandy Baird will moderate.
    Share
  • Our Economy in Crisis
    Our Economy in Crisis
    Wed, Mar 09
    Zoom
    Mar 09, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    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?
    Share
  • Policing the City
    Policing the City
    Mon, Feb 28
    Zoom
    Feb 28, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Zoom
    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 of police in Burlington.
    Share
  • Always Cuba
    Always Cuba
    Wed, Feb 16
    Zoom
    Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Zoom
    Members of the Cuban American Friendship Society , Armando Vilaseca, JoAnne Murad and Sandy Baird will discuss Cuba Today as the Island after COVID suffers yet survives from the 60 year War.
    Share
  • Roe v Wade: A Victory for Women and Girls
    Roe v Wade: A Victory for Women and Girls
    Wed, Feb 09
    Zoom
    Feb 09, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join VICII and the Leader of the discussion Justine Snow, Esq. on Weds the 9th of February in this important discussion of the rights protected under Roe v. Wade and the consequences for all of us if this important case is overturned.
    Share
  • Pandemic Times in Another American Republic:  Costa Rica Today
    Pandemic Times in Another American Republic:  Costa Rica Today
    Wed, Feb 02
    Zoom
    Feb 02, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Zoom
    Pete Garritano, a citizen activist & journalist, and resident of Vermont and Costa Rica will present a view on life outside the United States as the Pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the world.
    Share
  • Bitcoin and Why it is the Best Currency Today
    Bitcoin and Why it is the Best Currency Today
    Wed, Jan 26
    Zoom
    Jan 26, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Zoom
    Join us for a discussion about Bitcoin and why it is the best form of money in existence today.
    Share
  • The Real Deal with Fake News
    The Real Deal with Fake News
    Tue, Jan 18
    Zoom
    Jan 18, 2022, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zoom
    VICII discussion on Zoom with Dr. Rob Williams
    Share
  • Jacobson v. Massachusetts 1905, (197 US 11): Mandated Vaccines Then and Now
    Jacobson v. Massachusetts 1905, (197 US 11): Mandated Vaccines Then and Now
    Wed, Jan 12
    Zoom
    Jan 12, 2022, 6:00 PM
    Zoom
    Our leader Nathan Virag, a graduate of the Univ. of Illinois Chicago Law School, immigrant rights specialist and a legal scholar will help us understand the debate between individual liberty and the collective good.
    Share
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