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-- Loving Day, World Fair Trade Day, Poor People's Campaign, events in Manchester, Montpelier, and more!
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PJC Educational Programs & Events
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Thursday, May 17, 6:30-7:30pm, PJC. An evening of bonding and discussion around being a person of color in Vermont. FREE.
Saturday, May 19, 10am-2pm, City Hall Park, Burlington. Celebrate ethics in business with kids' activities, vendors, Jeh Kulu West African Dance and Drumming Company, free Ben & Jerry's, and more! FREE
Seeing and Disrupting Racism with Kids
Sunday, May 20, 2pm-4pm, Manchester Community Library, Manchester. Define racism and white fragility and learn to disrupt that cycle. Learn how to talk with kids about racism
Cosponsored by MoveOn Manchester.
By donation.
Saturday, May 26, 12-1pm, PJC. Learn the differences between fair trade labels to help better understand the Fair Trade Movement. Volunteer Orientation at 11:30. FREE
Sunday, June 10, 3pm, PJC. Learn how trade policies have paved the way for companies to profit at the expense of people and planet. Volunteer Orientation at 2:30. FREE
Tuesday, June 12, 12pm, Davis Center lawn, UVM, Burlington. Celebrate the legalization of interracial marriage, diversity, and community with Loving Day VT and
Myra Flynn.
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Kids4Peace is an international movement that brings together youth of different religions and cultures for dialogue, social change, and special summer opportunities.
6/7 graders (as of the 2017-2018 school year) and 10/11 graders (as counselors in training) are encouraged to apply. Visit their website for more information.
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Center Hours
Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm
Store Hours
Monday-Saturday: 10am-6pm.
Sunday: 9am-4pm.
Hours are subject to change. Call (802) 863-2345 x2 to confirm.
Location
60 Lake Street, Suite 1C
Burlington's Waterfront.
(Next to Skinny Pancake)
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Want to see more of the Peace & Justice Center more often?
Follow us on social media to see pictures, read articles, and be in the know about what we are up to, community issues, events, and more.
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Pick up a voucher for this show at PJC and pay $2 cash at the door. For current PJC members and volunteers. For information on membership
click here. Come to the Peace & Justice Store to pick up your voucher. Limited supply!
Chucho Valdés
Saturday, June 2, at 8pm
Winner of six Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
Chucho Valdés
has been a key figure in the evolution of Afro-Cuban jazz for the past 50 years.
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Seeing & Disrupting Racism With Kids
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This workshop was developed for predominantly white audiences and will focus on gaining an understanding of what the white fragility cycle is and how it perpetuates racism as well as how to engage in age-appropriate conversations with kids about racism. This program is appropriate for both adults and teens.
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From the Blog: A Space For People of Color
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- Kina Thorpe, PJC staff member
There are many things about Vermont that can't be denied: it has beautiful green mountains, the best maple syrup (don't try to fight me on this), and an overwhelmingly white population. It's the second whitest state in the country falling behind Maine. But unlike the mountains and maple syrup, the 94.6% white population isn't something that most Vermonters like to brag about. The state's whiteness won't be explicitly displayed on a "Greetings from Vermont!" postcard. It isn't even something that most white Vermonters acknowledge until they find themselves in the presence of a person of color. Vermont's whiteness is the state's not so secretive secret.
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Join us for a day of fun and games as we celebrate Fair Trade!
The day will be jam packed with interactive activities to help broaden your knowledge of Fair Trade all while having fun and winning prizes!
Other activities include a drum and dance performance by the West African dance ensemble
Jeh Kulu
at 1pm
And free Ben & Jerry's ice cream from 12-2pm
We can't wait to see you at the
farmer's market for a day of learning and fair trade fun!
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This is a partial listing. See more events in our public
calendar.
May 14-20, Monday-Sunday
May 15, Tuesday
- 6-8:15pm Women's Self Defense with the Safety Team at Montpelier Senior Center.6-8pm 350VT node meeting, 350VT Office, 22 Church St, Burlington.
- 6-8pm Bystander Intervention and Healthy Touch for Children and Youth. Bennington County Child Advocacy Center, Bennington.
- 7-8:30pm Champlain Area NAACP meeting. 427A Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington.
Wednesday, May 16
May 19, Saturday
- 10am-12pm Caroline Fund Pro Se Legal Clinic at Lawline of Vermont, Burlington. Every Saturday.
- 10am-12pm Champlain Valley Amnesty International Monthly Meeting at Brownell Library, Essex Junction.
- 4-6pm Film Screening Taking Root at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington.
- 6-9pm Hex on the NRA: Sign Making planning/ pizza party, 70 Wright Ave, Burlington.
- 7-9pm Film screening Taking Root at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington.
May 20, Sunday
May 22, Tuesday
- 6-8pm Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ-BTV). First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington.
May 23, Wednesday
May 24, Thursday
- 7-9pm Screening of The Devil We Know at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington.
May 26, Saturday
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Action Highlight: Poor People's Campaign: A Call For Moral Revival
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 Yesterday the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival kicked off six weeks of nonviolent moral fusion direct action in Montpelier and in capital cities across the country. By engaging in highly publicized direct action, the PPC aims to force a serious national examination of the enmeshed evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and our distorted
moral narrative.
Join them every Monday for the next 5 weeks:
- Week One (May 13-19) - SOMEBODY'S HURTING OUR PEOPLE: Children, Women, and People with Disabilities in Poverty
- Week Two (May 20-26) - LINKING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POVERTY: Voting Rights, Immigration, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and the Mistreatment of Indigenous Communities
- Week Three (May 27-June 2) - THE WAR ECONOMY: Militarism and the Proliferation of Gun Violence (Action will take place on Tuesday rather than on Memorial day)
- Week Four (June 3-9) - THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND A HEALTHY PLANET: Ecological Devastation and Health Care
- Week Five (June 10-16) - EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO LIVE: Education, Living Wage Jobs, Income, Housing
- Week Six (June 17-22) - A NEW AND UNSETTLING FORCE: Confronting the Distorted Moral Narrative
Each week in Washington, DC there will be events live streamed across the nation. All events will be
live streamed from the PPC: NCMR Facebook Page.
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