 Hi, my name is Simon Walter and I'm a junior art history major at the University of Vermont and this past semester I completed an archiving internship at CCTV especially during the pandemic when remaining isolated from other people and staying away from other people is a necessity. I felt like this internship helped me stay grounded and stay connected to the culture and the history of the Brownington area and Vermont in general. And it felt really good to be able to make that history and that culture more accessible for more people. I feel like the archives at CCTV are such a great resource for anyone who's interested in the culture, the history, or the political landscape of especially the Brownington area, but just Vermont as a whole. And you know, the archives are a portion. They're only a portion of what CCTV does and I feel like everything that they do is such a great thing to support free speech and that it makes local politics accessible to people. You know, it makes these events like town meetings and press conferences and this and that really accessible to people that are all in one place. They don't have to seek it out on their own and it helps open up those channels of communication between the general public and policy makers. And you know, so that supports people's right to advocate for themselves and for their interests. So I would I would definitely recommend this internship experience, you know, either in the archives or you know, in production or in any other aspect of what CCTV does to anyone who has, you know, an interest in either in specifically in the history and culture of this area or just in politics in general and in media. I feel like it's a great experience and CCTV as a whole is just such a great resource for this community.