Shires Strong Event Highlights and Celebrates Businesses in Southwestern Vermont
The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce on January 27, 2021 (credit: Southwestern Vermont Chamber)
Vermont Business Magazine After a year that challenged even the best business owners and institutions throughout Vermont, the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce hosted a night of celebration.
Titled “Shires Strong,” the Chamber’s annual membership meeting, promoted as the biggest night for businesses in the region, took place digitally on Wednesday January 27, 2021.
The digital event held on Zoom and co-produced by Catamount Access Television ran a little over an hour and focused on celebrating businesses and individuals that made an impact on the region in 2020. The membership meeting, which happens every year in January to bring all the chamber members together, also introduced a 2021 budget for the organization which the membership voted on and passed.
Film and discussion being presented as part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up Program
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (DECEMBER 29, 2020)â RiverRun International Film Festival has announced the upcoming screening of â9to5: The Story of a Movement,â on Tuesday, January 5 at 7 p.m. This screening is being presented alongside UNC-TV PBS North Carolina and the State Library of North Carolina
. â9to5: The Story of a Movementâ is being screened as part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up program.
When Dolly Parton sang â9 to 5,â she was doing more than just shining a light on the fate of American working women. Parton was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simpleâbetter pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassmentâbut their unconventional approach attracted the press and shamed their bosses into change. Featuring interviews with 9to5âs founders, as
The Advanced Leadership Initiative Receives $1 Million Grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The Advanced Leadership Initiative (TALI) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $1 Million Grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The grant, which was approved in early December, will propel TALI forward in its mission to advance the presence of African Americans in executive leadership roles by helping to establish The Advanced Leadership Institute, Inc. (TALI Institute). The new funds will be utilized to build the team and infrastructure for TALI Institute to expand its capacity and impact, both locally and nationally.
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Abhishek Singh joined Asia Society Texas for an artist talk and demonstration in celebration of the final weekend of our traveling exhibition
Layers of connection
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“Japan allows you to think loudly in silence”
Fagan developed his initial series of experimental sculptures and public performances
Chairs Are People while in residency at Arts Itoya in Japan. He traveled to Japan at a point of exhaustion, seeking the space to rediscover his own capabilities and potential. Through slow and thoughtful explorations of the city, language, and culture that surrounded him, Fagan found a sense of security and the space for experimentation. On the first day arriving at the residency studio, he noticed a group of 10 chairs, and saw these chairs as a potential new medium through which he could showcase his perspective.