2007
December
24 Christmas Eve: Music and Readings
A Child’s Christmas in Wales written and read by Dylan Thomas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
17 Thriving Communities Forum Making the poor visible and
addressing the needs
Alliance for Building Community <abcwahle@sover.net>
Helpfund: www.baahvt.org
Independent Media in Brattleboro
Ellen Kaye, board member of Brattleboro Community TV and
Vermont Independent Media, publisher of The Commons
www.commonsnews.org www.bctv8.org and don’t forget
10 Gifts How to stay balanced during the holidays: resources
ideas for staying simple www.newdream.org
3 Cancelled due to snow!
November
26 The Vermont Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention
Anne Liske, Coordinator
5-year collaboration between UVM, VT Dept of Health and
other organizations for Sexual Violence Prevention
anne.liske(at)uvm.edu
19 The Nurtured Heart Approach, Gabriella La Chiara
http://www.vtnetwork.org/main.php//WhoWeAre/OurProjects
NOTE: After reading this book and speaking with Ms. La Chiara, I hesitate to recommend the book by Glasser and Easley without the workshop support. Language such as “you can become your child’s therapist”, some of the techniques described make the book alone a questionable resource, in my personal opinion. I have the book and am willing to lend so you can judge for yourself.
12 Veteran’s Day: The children of soldiers returning from war.
The effects of PTSD on families and society. The long-term costs of
war.
5 The Commons of Windham County
Vincent Panella, board member and editorial advisor
Independent Source for News and Views www.comonsnews.org
802-246-6397
October
29 Visual Thinking Strategies - Programs for children at BMAC
Susan Calabria, Curator of the Activity gallery at Brattleboro
Museum and Arts Center www.brattleboromuseum.org
22 Bullying and Community building
Curtiss Reed, Jr., Executive Director, ALANA Community
Organization www.alanavision.org
15 Sexualization of Young Girls
Susan Lamb, Ed.D. co-author of Packaging Girlhood:Saving Our
Daughters from Marketer’s Schemes and APA study on
Sexualization of Girls
http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.html
For more about the book www.packaginggirlhood.com
Note: There are some puzzling omissions in the Bibliography, i.e. Childhood Lost: How American Culture Is Failing Our Kids (Childhood in America) by Sharna Olfman which contains Diane Levin’ s excellent chapter ‘So Sexy, So Soon” a variation of which can be read at http://www.commercialexploitation.org/articles/home.htm
The survey in preparation for Packaging Boyhood is at www.packagingboyhood.com
8 SPONGEHEADZ: U & MEdia Lynn Ziegler, author
Note: I do not recommend this book
I have the book if you wish to borrow it and judge for yourself
September
10 Smoking Cessation during pregnancy
Pamela Corbett, Tobacco Grant Administrator ,
VT Dept. of Health
Tracy Binet-Perrin, Facilitator, Baby and Me Smoking Cessation
program. Other Local resources:
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital cessation program
Contact: Gail Shaw 802-257-0341
www.bmhvtg.org has a good beginning link
3 Labor day show
How does having children impact economic status?
Paid Family Leave, Health Insurance
Resources: www.momsrising.org and www.familiesrising.org
The Motherhood Manifesto by Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-
Finkbeiner (Book and disc)
August
27 “Rock in the Classroom” creator Jerry Appell with collaborator
Susan Romano Website (coming soon)
20 Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
Noreen Lake, Family Support Program Coordinator
Contact: Noreen Lake1-802-498-0606
13 “KidTalk” host Deb W. sits in for Mary.
“KidTalk” is on WVEW at 11am (1pm after 01/01/08)
on Fridays Thanks, Deb
6 The placement of the TV and other technology in
the home, resources for parents/caregivers
See: The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We
Really Live By Sarah Susanka and Kira Obolensky
July
30 Breastfeeding
Ellen Forsythe, Public Health Nurse, VT Dept of Health
Dawn Kersula, CNM, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Contact: dkersula (at)bmhvt.org /La Leche League www.lllusa.org
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
http://www.bmhvt.org/events/birthing.shtml
23 “Li’l Bit of Everything” host Lori Greenberg sits in for Mary
“Lil Bit o Everything” Live music played by local youth
4-5 on Thursdays on WVEW Thanks, Lori
16 Perinatal Care and support
Dawn Kersula, CNM Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Contact: dkersula(at)bmhvt.org
Doula, midwife and support group information
9 Seeing the World With the Eyes of Wonder
Author Peter Kahan
Website: www.whaleylakehomepress.com
3 Jessica Greenbaum Poet
Poetry editor, Upstreet literary magazine.
author, Inventing Difficulty, Silverfish Review Press
Gerald Cable Award Winner: 1998
June
25 Kate White Dummerston Healing Arts
11 Asian Cultural Center of Vermont
Activities for Families and Children
Cai Xi Silver and Adam Silver, Founder/Executive Director
Contact: 814 Western Avenue, Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone/voicemail: (802) 257-7898. Fax: Call first.
acc.vt(at)verizon.net
Websites: Cultural center: : http://www.asianculturalcentervt.org
Gallery: cxsilvergallery@verizon.net
4 BUY, BUY BABY:
How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents
and Harms Young Minds Author: Susan Gregory Thomas
Brooks Memorial Library Mezz Nonfiction 339.4 THO
Note: This book is must reading for anyone who wants to
understand how otherwise intelligent people bought into the
“Baby Einstein” hype.
See: http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/babyvideos/ftccomplaint.htm
May
28 In-sight Photography Project
Eric Maxen, Director
21 National Association of Mothers Centers
14 Mothers Ought To Have Equal RightS
7 Linda Joergens
www.mothersoughttohaveequalrights.org
April
30 Deborah Lee Luskin, author and Vermont Public Radio
commentator who uses family images in writing and poetry
23 Kids on the Block Vermont
Deb Lyons, Development Director
16 Early Education Services
Debra Gass, Director
9 Reading to Babies, Toddlers and Twos, author Susan Straub
Note: For years, Ms. Straub has done wonderful work in her Read to Me
Program that encourages parents to encourage early reading, even if
reading is not part of their background. Unfortunately, in this book’s
chapter 8, she includes “video board books” (see summary of May 4th
show) Videos for children under 2 yrs have been repudiated by the AAP
2 Selavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope ,
author Youme Landowne www.youme.landowne.org
March
26 Men’s issues
Ricky Davidson, Planned Parenthood, Vermont
Stolen Childhoods www.stolenchildhoods.org
19 BCTV Youth connection
Frederic Noyes, Access Coordinator
12 Dads and Daughters
Joe Kelly, President
5 Early Childhood Council of Windham County
Cynthia Tarail, Director
Now: www.buildingbrightfutures.org
February
26 The War Play Dilemma
Diane Levin and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, authors
http://store.tcpress.com/080774638X.shtml
12 Youth Services
Don Tretler
5 Citizens Concerned About Violence in Entertainment
Canadian advocacy
Rose Dyson www.c-cave.com
January
29 Welcome Baby Program
Kerri Beebe, Coordinator www.ees-vt.org
22 Big Brothers Big Sisters
Jessi Krause, Director
15 Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration
Curtiss Reed Jr.. Exec. Dir. ALANA Community Org.
8 Know Media, Media Literacy Resource- Windham County
Robin Rieske
2006
December
18 Gifts
This is an annual show...please send your tips for staying
simple and sane during the holidays.
howarethechildren(at)wvew.org
4 Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition
Beth Shrader
www.brattleboroareapreventioncoalition.org
November
6 Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Josh Golin, Program Director
www.commercialfreechildhood.org
13 Alliance for Childhood
Campaign for play
Joan Almon, Chair, US
20 New England Youth Theater
Stephen Stearns
27 Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME)
Rob Williams, co-president
October
30 KidTalk host Deb Witkus
23 The Television Project
Annamarie Pluhar www.tvp.org