Vermonters in Haiti

Vermonters in Haiti by Elise A. Guyette In February, the Peace & Justice Center sponsored an event related to the history of Haiti. As a follow-up, this article is about two Black men with connections to Vermont who were prominent in the new nation as it struggled to survive after the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). Through…

Fhar Miess on Town Meeting Day & Apartheid Free Campaign

On Town Meeting Day this year, Brattleboro, Montpelier, Newfane, Thetford, Vergennes, and Winooski will have the opportunity to vote to declare themselves Apartheid-Free Communities. Other communities will bring it to Town Meeting using the “other business” part of the typical meeting. That pledge, which originated with a campaign by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers)…

The Peace and Justice Center joins the Apartheid Free Community Campaign

The Peace and Justice Center has publicly recognized Israel as an apartheid state and supported the campaign to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel since 2019. You can read our statement here. Since October, Israel has continued to escalate its crimes against Palestinian people, and we have joined with the millions, if not billions, of…

Peace & Justice Center Board and Staff Call for Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza

Dear Community, Since the attack by Hamas on October 7th that killed over 1200 Israelis and took more than 250 hostages, the Israeli military has killed more than 31,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians and at least a third of them children. We believe it is critically important for everyone, especially Americans, to speak out…

Protest Vermont’s Collaboration with Washington’s Border Regime

Protest Vermont’s Collaboration with Washington’s Border Regime

Join Community Voices for Immigrant Rights for a car protest on Sunday, March 14th at 1pm. Gather at the TD Bank parking lot off of 2A in Williston, Vermont. We will drive past the Department of Homeland Security Office and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Law Enforcement and Support Center to protest their ongoing surveillance,…

Welcome Spring 2021 Interns

Welcome Spring 2021 Interns

We are excited to welcome three interns to our team this spring. Please help us welcome Martha MacGregor, Holly Morway, and Thomas Caswell! Here they are to introduce themselves: Hi! I’m Holly Morway, I’m 19 years old, and my pronouns are they/them/theirs.  When I was younger, I lived with my father part-time and him being…