Staff Changes at the PJC!
We’re very excited to announce changes to the Peace & Justice Center and Store’s staff. Carmen Solari, who was previously the Assistant Store Manager and Volunteer Coordinator was promoted to the Store Manager and Fair Trade Program Manager. Congratulations! We would also like to thank Gaby Ochoa Brenneman for building such strong and vibrant Fair…
Ed Everts 1919-2013
Ed Everts, lifelong peace and justice activist, died this past Friday, May 10, 2013, a month short of his 94th birthday. In September 2007, Serena Chaudhry, then PJC Executive Director, wrote this about Ed: “Ed Everts fell into a lifetime of leadership and activism. In 1940, Ed Everts joined the military. In 1945, Ed fell…
Anna Guyton, Manager of Mission & Programs, Resigns from PJC
Anna has been with the PJC since October of 2010, when she moved to Vermont for this position. She managed the program of the Center through a rough year of transition for the organization. In the short time she was on the staff, she significantly broadened our social media outreach, focusing on pressing local, national…
PJC Board Welcomes New Board Member
Nathan Suter is the Executive Director of Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT and a practicing artist living in Burlington. Compelled by the mission to create a just and peaceful world, Suter will contribute his experience as an Executive Director, educator and organizer to the efforts of the Center. Nathan co-founded Root Division, and arts…
The PJC supports efforts to challenge Burlington's Mayor on signing a deal with Lockheed Martin! See Jonathan Leavitt's great article below…
http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/americas/2245-lockheed-martin-and-burlington Greenwashing War: Burlington, Vermont Mayor Signs Deal With Lockheed Martin by Jonathan Leavitt When it leaked in Seven Days, a local alternative weekly, that Mayor Bob Kiss of liberal mecca Burlington, Vermont had inked a deal with the world’s largest war profiteer all hell broke loose inside the Burlington left. Charges of “corporate greenwashing”…
Join the PJC on JANUARY 5, 2011 as we join the VWC’s Legislative Kickoff, Healthcare Is A Human Rights Rally & People’s Movement Assembly!
Healthcare Is A Human Right Rally 12:30 pm, Cedar Creek Room, Statehouse, Montpelier Join the Vermont Workers’ Center to deliver thousands of petition signatures collected by the Healthcare Is A Human Right Campaign calling on Vermont to move forward with the design for a new healthcare system with single-payer financing and based on human rights…
Peace and Justice Center's Grand Re-opening November 19-20th
Join us in celebrating our first anniversary in our new location! The Peace and Justice Store will be having a Bag Sale–with everything you can fit into our medium sized shopping bag 20% OFF! Stop down on Friday, November 19th or Saturday, November 20th and check our our newly expanded book, card and calendar section–with…
Peace & Justice Center Releases Report on Racism
After a year and a half, the Peace & Justice Center is happy to announce the completion and release of a new report “Racism in Vermont: A Community Assessment of the Challenges and Opportunities” that provides a partial survey of challenges and resources related to the issues of racial injustice in Vermont. As many of…