We are currently accepting applications for our fall internships.
Positions being offered this semester include:
- Fair Trade
- Racial Justice
- Peacework
- Volunteer Program Development
- Program & Fundraising
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PJC Educational Programs and Events
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White Fragility Discussion
Saturday, August 24, 3:30-4:30pm,
PJC
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Come at 3pm for PJC Volunteer Orientation. FREE
Tuesday, August 22, 12-1pm, PJC. Also September 26. FREE
Mindfulness for Activists
September 28, 6-
8pm. This program focuses on ways to utilize mindfulness for nonviolent social justice and peace work. Emphasis is on developing skills in deep listening, and what Gandhi called "soul force." CVU High School, Hinesburg. Register online.
For more info on these events visit the Upcoming Events page on our website or contact us at 863-2345 x6 or [email protected]
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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.
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Support the PJC when you shop online!
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Do you have drafting skills? The PJC can use your help! We are looking into some projects and would love to have drawings for them. Please email Rachel or call her at 802-863-2345 x1 if you or someone you know if available.
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Missing or vandalized BLM sign?
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The PJC is helping to compile and maintain a list of BLM signs that have been stolen or vandalized. If you had a sign that went missing or was vandalized, please
email Rachel or call 802-863-2345 x1. Let her know where, when, and what happened.
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Join the PJC staff as a store clerk and organizational ambassador in our Fair Trade and Local Store on Burlington's waterfront. Position starts October 1 and ends December 31. Please see
more information here.
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Robin Lloyd presents a videocassette of Black Dawn to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 during the first weeks of his Haitian presidency.
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Following Hurricane Sandy in 2010, the Obama administration changed the the visa application process for tens of thousands of Haitians to allow them a waiver to enter the US. Now, out of fear that President Trump will not renew their special visas, many Haitians in the US
are relocating or considering relocating to Canada.
In order to provide insights into the unique history and lively culture of the Haitian people, we are holding this special panel discussion
on history, politics and culture on Wednesday, August 23, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Champlain College Art Gallery. Panelists include:
- Moise St Louis, Associate Dean of Students, Director of Multicultural Student Services, is a member of the Haitian community of Vermont.
- Zach Niles, American producer of the Haitian band Lakou Mizik, has also influential in the formation of an Artists Institute and School in Jacmet, Haiti.
- Robin Lloyd, publisher of Toward Freedom, worked on the Animated film Black Dawn in Haiti in the '70s, and returned to produce several documentaries on Haitian culture and economy.
- Doreen Kraft, Director of Burlington City Arts, worked with Robin on Black Dawn will facilitate the panel.
For more information, read this article in Seven Days.
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Reading Mumia Abu-Jamal's
"We Want Freedom: A Life in The Black Panther Party"
(2016)
felt like embarking on an extensive and enriching conversation with a respected friend; page after page, I experienced an unfolding story, told by Abu-Jamal himself, about his life, the life of his peers in the Black Panther Party, and the vast knowledge he holds about the Party in relation to histories of Black resistance and existence in the United States.
We Want Freedom
was written from a barren cell in a Pennsylvania prison, where Abu-Jamal has been confined since 1982. Through podcasts and various other publications, Abu-Jamal has acted as an activist behind bars, delivering to audiences important and difficult truths about America's prison system and what it means to be a brown or black person in the United States, among other issues....
blog post by Margaux Miller, PJC Racial Justice Intern
Continue reading this post
here.
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Vermonters are fortunate to have Sister Lucy Kurien of Maher Industries visiting from India. Below is an interview that we did with Sr Lucy in 2015. You can see her speak Tuesday in Bristol, Wednesday in Essex Junction, and Thursday in Burlington (details in calendar below).
Sr Lucy Kurien, founder and director of Maher, an incredible NGO based in Pune, India. Maher has loving, supportive homes for children (37 homes housing >870 children), crisis support centers for women, homes for disabled and elderly adults and much more. Maher is interfaith, caste-free, women-led and staffed by >160 locals.
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2015 interview of Sr Lucy Kurien at PJC
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This is a partial listing. See more events in our public
calendar.
August 22, Tuesday
August 23, Wednesday
- 5:30-7:30pm Retrospective with Robin Lloyd and Doreen Kraft. 375 Maple St. Hopes for Haiti; Moise St Louis, director of Multicultural Student Services at Saint Michael's College, will lead a discussion on Haitian politics.
- 6:30-9:30 Art of Maher, art, food and fundraising with Sister Lucy, Main Street Studio, Essex Jct.
August 25, Friday
- 12:30-2pm Burlington Women Veterans Book Group. 128 Lakeside Ave, Ste 260, Burlington.
August 26, Saturday
- 10am-12pm Caroline Fund Pro Se Legal Clinic. Lawline of Vermont, 274 N Winooski Ave, Burlington. Every Saturday.
- 1-3pm Champlain Valley Amnesty International monthly meeting. Kolvoord Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction.
- 3-3:30pm New Volunteer Orientation at PJC.
- 3:30-4:30pm White Fragility Talk at PJC.
August 28, Monday
- 7-8:30pm Burlington Node Mtg. 350VT, Burlington.
August 29, Tuesday
- 5:30-8pm Volunteer drop-in. 350VT, Burlington. Every Tuesday.
August 30, Wednesday
August 31, Thursday
September 1, Friday
- 9:30-11pm Hari Kondabolu at Vt Comedy Club.
September 2, Saturday
- 12:30-1:30pm Greater Bennington Peace & Justice Center Vigil. At Four Corners, Bennington.
- 9:30-11pm Hari Kondabolu at Vt Comedy Club.
September 3, Sunday
- 12-1pm Vets for Peace live call-in TV show. VCAM, Channel 15.
September 4, Monday
- 6:15-8pm Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Committee meeting. Miller Center, Burlington.
September 6, Wednesday
- 5:30-7:30pm Retrospective: Robin Lloyd and Doreen Kraft. 375 Maple St, Burlington.
- 5-6:30pm VA Combat Veterans Book Group. 215 N Main St, White River Junction.
- 6:30pm Book Discussion: The Constitution of the United States. 111 Lower Waterford Rd, Lower Waterford.
September 8, Friday
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