holy moly there are a lot of great events in the next two weeks! Join us to resist and build a better world for all.
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Democracy Now!: Covering the Movements Changing America
An evening with Journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman.
Burlington UU Society, top of Church St, $5. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Gently used t-shirts wanted!
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Our last batch of PJC t-shirts is long gone and we are stuggling to find affordable shirts that meet our
purchasing policy. If you have shirts of any size or color, that do not have logos or images on them, please drop them by our store so we can screen print our image on them and spread the good word!
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Pick up a voucher for these shows at PJC and pay $2 cash at the door. For current PJC members and volunteers. For more information on membership
click here
. Come to the Peace & Justice Store to pick up your voucher. Limited supply! Email to confirm availability.
April 22, Sat., 8pm. Joey Alexander.
"I've never heard anyone who can play like him. No one has heard a person who can play like him." -Wynton Marsalis. Charged with intricate bursts of improvisation, piano prodigy Joey Alexander plays with a strikingly vast emotional range. The Bali-born 13-year-old is a fully-formed artist whose musical maturity has earned him critical nods of appreciation and a fervent endorsement from jazz giant Herbie Hancock.
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Science is being mis-characterized as a partisan issue and it has given policymakers permission to reject overwhelming evidence, undermining the rigorous standards of research conducted by the scientific community. This is a critical and urgent matter. It is time to make our priorities known.
On Saturday, April 22, 2017, the
March for Science will bring together passionate supporters to walk the streets in D.C. and at sister marches in Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland and Brattleboro! See details on Burlington below and more on the other locations on the
March for Science Vermont website.
You can ride the bus with us to Washington, DC - there is still room! We are asking $125 per ticket. If you are able to contribute to the scholarship fund, or if you need a scholarship, we are glad to accommodate you. The bus departs from Burlington at 10pm, Friday, April 21 and from Fair Haven at 11:30pm. For more info, email
rachel@pjcvt.org.
The Burlington march will gather at Royal Tyler Theater, UVM at 4:30 with Brass Balagan. We will march to Waterfront Park to the beats of Africa Jamono. The Tsunamibots will play at the rally which will
feature Marguerite Dibble, Harry Chen, M.D., and Bill McKibben (by proxy).
If you're able to come to Winooski, we hope you'll celebrate Earth Day with us before the Burlington March at the Building a World Beyond War Conference this Saturday, April 22 at Winooski High School from 9-4:30.
Click here
for more information and to register,
click here.
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Tax Day: What you should know about your tax dollars
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"Trump wants to take $54 billion from human needs and give it to the military. What if we did the reverse?" Read the full blog post here.
If you are near Church Street in Burlington today (Tuesday, April 18), please come participate in our Penny Poll any time from 10am-6pm. You'll be given 10 pennies to distribute as you choose into discretionary spending programs. Whether you participate or not, keep your eye on our website to see the results.
If you want to know more about where our money actually goes, visit the National Priorities Project to see the numbers and learn more.
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"National Bird" documentary film screenings
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Understanding drone warfare is an important aspect of exploring the military industrial complex and how it is changing. We think this film is full of heart and we love that it spotlights the courage of whistleblowers who dare to do what is right. We hope that is moves individuals and communities throughout the state and disrupts misinformation that is shared about these weapons.
National Bird follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers, each a US military veteran, who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war.
Sonia Kenneback,
Director, said,
"From the day I met my first source in rural Pennsylvania to that moment in Kabul where I sat on a wooden bench opposite a maimed man and his son, this project has grown far beyond my expectations."
Join us for one of five screenings of "National Bird" throughout the state this month. Each screening is being hosted in partnership with VT PBS and the host location.
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Thursday, April 13, 6:30pm
, The Art House Gallery, Studio & School, Craftsbury
- Tuesday, April 18, 7pm, Johnson State College
- Thursday, April 20, 7pm, Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center
- Tuesday, April 25, 7pm, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier
- Wednesday, April 26, 7pm, Catamount Arts, St Johnsbury
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This is a partial listing of what we have in our public calendar. If you have questions about any of the events below, you can find more information by visiting our
calendar.
Tuesday, April 18
- 5:30-8:00pm, Assembly to Build Unified Resistance, Unitarian Church, Montpelier. Go beyond our silos. Email for more.
- 7-8:30pm, Champlain Area NAACP meeting, UVM Waterman Bldg, Burlington, every 3rd Tuesday. Email for more.
Thursday, April 20
- 12-1:15pm, Re-Imagining Justice for Women, Contois Auditorium, Burlington. Brown bag panel and discussion. Facebook for more.
- 5:30-8pm, Health Care for All Town Hall, Montpelier HS. Share your story and ask questions of legislative officials and experts including Lt Gov Zuckerman.
Friday, April 21
- 5-5:30, Peace Vigil, Top of Church St, Burlington, weekly. 802-899-1731 for more.
- 7-9:00, North End Studios, Burlington, Kick Off Event For Building A World Beyond War Conference with social justice choir. Email for more.
- 6-10:00 Outright VT Awards, Lang Farm, Essex Jct, celebrate the best in queer youth leadership, auction, $15, free under 23
Saturday, April 22
- March for Science in Brattleboro, Rutland, Montpelier and Burlington. See article above.
- Building a World Beyond War: What Will It Take? conference, Winooski HS. See above.
Sunday, April 23
- 6-10pm, Music in the Barn! a Benefit Concert to Protect Geprags Park, Camp Common Ground, Starksboro. Music by Eric George, Rik Palieri, and Laura Simon. Raffle, games, sliding scale tix. Email for more.
Tuesday, April 25
- 6-8pm, Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ-BTV), UU Burlington, monthly. Childcare available. Facebook for more.
- 6:30-10:30, Decolonize Your Mind: Honoring the Abenaki People. Christ Episcopal, Montpelier. presented by Good Earth Collective. Fundraiser for Abenaki Helping Abenaki. See facebook for more.
- 7-9-pm, Gunned Down: Screening & Discussion, Catamount Arts, St J. VT PBS for more.
- 7-9pm, Maya Angelou: Screening & Discussion, River Arts, Morrisville, Vermont VT PBS for more.
Wednesday, April 26
- 5-8:30, Take Back the Night, march to City Hall, Burlington, march and speak out. Email for more.
- 5:30-8:30pm, Rural VT Groundswell Event, Sterling College, Crafsbury. Final stop in Conversation Tour. Discuss land use and VT's future.
Thursday, April 27
- 7:00, Amy Goodman Speaks, UU Burlington, see side bar above.
Saturday, April 29
- 10am-3pm, People's Climate March, Montpelier, DC and global! 350vt.org for more
Monday, May 1
- 12-2pm, Mayday March for Dignity! / ¡Marcha para La Dignidad! See below.
Please tell us about other community events in Vermont. If they are mission-aligned, we are happy to list them in our google calendar and in this publication. Please email us.
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May Day March for Dignity! / ¡Marcha para La Dignidad!
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Many people think of May Day as a marker of spring with medieval origins of a pagan fertility festival. While there are certainly ancient spring celebrations that continue to celebrate Ostara and the vernal equinox, the origin of May Day is quite political.
On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in 13,000 businesses across the United States walked off their jobs. In Chicago, the strike continued with 40,000 workers refusing to return to their jobs. They became the epicenter for the 8-hour day agitators who succeeded in creating this start for most workers in the USA. This is not the case for farm workers.
This May Day, join local efforts to support workers rights along with the intersecting issues of racism, food justice, economic justice, human rights, immigrant justice and more.
Meet at the Migrant Justice/VT Worker's Center, 294 N. Winooski Ave at 12pm and march through the Old North End to the Ben & Jerry's scoop shop to demand they implement the Milk with Dignity Program as promised nearly 2 years ago! (feel free to meet at us at 1pm at UU Church if you can't join earlier).
Then we march and rally at the Federal Building (next to post office) demonstrating our unity and dignity in the face of Trump's hate and division-- lifting up Vermont voices and campaigns in resistance to Trump's attacks on our communities.
Migrant Justice received the PJC's Ed Everts Social Justice Activist Award in 2014. They inspires us at PJC. Learn more about Migrant Justice's moving origin story here. Contribute to their efforts here.
Sponsored by the Vermont Human Rights Council: Migrant Justice, Vermont Worker's Center, 350VT, Green Mountain Self-Advocates, VT Center for Independent Living, VT Interfaith Action, UE, United Academics, Pride Center, Rising Tide Vermont, Green Mountain Central Labor Council, and Peace & Justice Center. Lead by Migrant Justice.
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