Peace & Justice Center

Hello friends! Join us this Saturday for the next Prison Letter Writing + Zine Making event! We just got a new list of folks who want letters - come learn a new fun skill and make some new friends! We will be at the PJC from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday. Feel free to drop by at any time during that time! You will be able to use the Peace & Justice Center as the return address.

Come to our next Prison Letter Writing event tomorrow! We will be here until around 6:30, so if you need to come after 5pm we will still be here. You will be able to use the Peace & Justice Center as the return address!

Thank you to everybody who came out to our Rad Folk Song event! It was so fun singing in community with all of you! For anybody who missed it, you can download the songbook for free on our website!

Next Saturday, July 20th, at 1pm, Rad Folk Songs at the PJC returns! Back by popular demand! Come together with us and sing radical, revolutionary songs from the American folk song tradition. All participants will receive a free songbook with chords, lyrics, and historical context behind the songs. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please go out to St. Albans to support our neighbors if you can!

Happening this Saturday! Come to the Peace & Justice Center and write some letters to folks in prison, and learn how to make zines at the same time! We can make zines for people in prison, or just make a zine, or just write a letter - whatever you want! We just barely got a new list of people to write letters to - come help us out! You will be able to use the Peace & Justice Center as the return address

Thank you so much to everybody who came out for our Murray Bookchin & Burlington Rad History event last Saturday! We had a completely full house! It was a joy learning together with all of you.

So fun welcoming Bob Sanders to the Peace & Justice Center this morning! Bob is riding 700 miles on his bicycle across northern New England, stopping in all of the major cities and capitols in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, protesting against the war in Gaza. We had a nice bagel breakfast and talked about Bob's amazing journey! You can read more about what he is doing in the Concord Monitor here: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Jewish-Retired-Journalist-Bikes-to-End-War-in-Gaza-55633061

Thanks for stopping by, Bob! Safe riding!

Hi friends! We have a local rad history event coming up!

Murray Bookchin was a globally important thinker in the anarchist tradition, influencing revolutionary movements all across the globe, particularly the ongoing revolution in Rojava. He also lived in Burlington! Come learn about Murray Bookchin's influence in Burlington politics, what he loved about New England, and the true story behind Waterfront Park.

June 22nd at 1pm at the PJC!

please join us for the second round of Study Peace 🕊

hello beloved community, realized i haven't introduced myself to you on IG yet. I am fenix gonzález (they/them). I have been Director of Programs at PJC since the new year and before that i was a facilitator for 2 years. I am absolutely loving being able to work on racial justice & peace building full time. Stay tuned for lots of exciting new community program updates incoming shortly. Wishing everyone a safe, healthy & joyous summer ✨️

Attention to all of our friends in Montpelier and Central Vermont! We will be facilitating a public workshop and community conversation this month at the Vermont College of Fine Arts at 36 College Street in Montpelier! Our Seeing & Disrupting Racism Public Workshop will take place on Tuesday, June 18th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, and the Community Conversation will take place the following Tuesday, June 25th, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. To register, please go to http://bit.ly/publicworkshop2024 and fill out the form. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Come to our Prison Letter Writing Workshop this Saturday at Noon! Learn how to write letters to folks in prison and write letters in community with each other. You will be able to use the Peace & Justice Center as the return address!

So much love to everybody who has been attending our weekly Study War No More peace workshop! It has been so rewarding learning alongside all of you, and we are so excited that the program has been extended and expanded! Stay tuned for an opportunity to sign up coming out in the next week!

Did you know that, all around the world, worker’s celebrate International Worker’s Day or Labor Day on May 1st due to an event that happened in the United States, involving American workers? Yet, in the United States, we celebrate labor day in September. Why is that? This Saturday, May 18th at 1pm, come learn about what happened! Anarchists fighting for an 8-hour work day were accused of throwing a bomb into a crowd. Was it a government conspiracy to stop the labor organizing? Come learn with us!

Thank you to everybody who came out to our Zine Making Workshop last Saturday! So many new faces! Always a blast making art in community with all of you!

This Saturday, April 6th, come learn how to write letters to folks in prison! We will all write some letters of our own, and discuss why this work is important. You will be able to use the Peace & Justice Center as the return address.

Come to the PJC this Saturday afternoon for the second installment in our Rad History series! This month, we will be talking about the American anarchist Emma Goldman! 1pm at 239 S. Union Street in Burlington!

Thank you to everybody who came out to our Zine Making workshop last Saturday! So much fun to make art in community with everybody! If you are interested in making zines with us, or writing letters with us, or coming to any of our public workshops, please check out our online events calendar on our website! https://pjcvt.org/events

We are so back! Come to the PJC next Saturday, March 2nd at 1pm for the next free zine making workshop! We will learn a little history about these rad publications and then make our own together. Come make some art in community!

We are pleased to announce that, starting next month, the Peace & Justice Center will be leading a peace & community practice study group! Please join our Director of Programs El Gonzalez as we work our way through Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh. Additional materials from other relevant sources will also be provided. To register, please go to bit.ly/PeaceBookClub or visit our Events page on our website!

Introducing the PJC Rad History Series! Every month, we will have an event talking about someone or something from the past that inspires our current work! In February, we will talk about Robert Smalls, one of the first Black members of the US Congress who, during the civil war, escaped slavery by capturing a Confederate ship and sailing it past Union lines. Come out and learn some fun and radical history! And as always, check out our events calendar on our website to stay tuned on the PJC Rad History events.

Have you ever wanted to write a letter to a prisoner, but don’t know where to start? Come to the PJC and learn about this act of solidarity and write letters together in community! We will talk about current US political prisoners and also share some databases of prisoners seeking pen pals. Envelopes, stamps, paper, and pens are all provided! You will be able to use the Peace & Justice Center as the return address.

Also, please check out our Events page on our website to stay up to date as the PJC holds more free public events! https://pjcvt.org/events

Thank you to everybody who came out to our Zine Making Workshop today! It was so much fun to make art in community with each other! 💛❤️

Have you ever wanted to make your own zine? Come to the Peace & Justice Center on Saturday, January 20th at 1pm and you can learn how to do it! After a brief presentation about the history of zines, PJC Director of Operations Kason Hudman will demonstrate two different ways to make your own and we will all make some together!

Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, we are so pleased to announce that all donations until the end of the year, up to $2000, will be matched! Double your impact today! Donate on our website, through Venmo, or by mailing a check to our address at 239 S. Union Street Suite 3 Burlington, VT 05401. We are so grateful for all of you!

The board and staff of the Peace & Justice Center are horrified by the shooting that took place in Burlington over the weekend. All of our thoughts are with the students and their families as they recover. Hatred against our Palestinian and Arab neighbors is absolutely unacceptable and it is beyond shameful that this happened in our town. We join with so many others in our community in solidarity with our Palestinian neighbors. The rhetoric coming from our national, state, and local leaders has contributed to an environment where racists feel emboldened, and we condemn the climate of Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti-Arab racism that has risen around the United States in recent weeks. All of us in Burlington should feel obligated to stand up against this at every possible opportunity. Stand in solidarity with your Palestinian neighbors!

The Peace & Justice Center office and library will be closed today due to staffing shortages. Our apologies for any inconvenience. Will see you tomorrow!

Giving Season is just around the corner, and we are so happy to announce that you can now donate to the PJC on Venmo! Find us at https://venmo.com/u/pjcvt! Now it is that much more convenient to support our fight for peace, justice, and equity throughout the state of Vermont and around the world!

Help us make posters for our “From Incarceration to Education March & Community Event.” This Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 at office on 94 Colchester Ave. in Burlington