Building Empathy and Addressing Racial Oppression
Our upcoming 3-part workshop Building Empathy and Addressing Racial Oppression looks to tackling an issue that runs deeper than many are able to comfortably address. Myriad issues…
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Social Justice Award Ceremony and Party
The war on drugs is a hoax, a failure and a tool for oppression. Come celebrate the amazing work being done locally to expose…
Vigil to Shut Down the School of the Americas
In 1946 The School of the Americas (currently known as Western Hemisphere Institute for Security and Cooperation began training Latin American soldiers in “counterinsurgency operations” out…
Nonviolence as a powerful tool for change!
Nonviolence education is an essential building block for effective activism and conflict intervention. Many people know about nonviolent leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther…
Campaign Nonviolence Conference 2015 Report from PJC Director Rachel Siegel
I had the pleasure and fortune to attend the Pace e Bene Campaign Nonviolence training and conference in Santa Fe August 7th and 8th. The…
Drone wars: the gamers recruited to kill
Check out this new video made and published by The Guardian: In tiny bunkers in the United States, young pilots are operating unmanned drones targeting ‘bad…
Peace Activist Kathy Kelly Heads to Prison for Protesting U.S. Drone War
Check out this story and video from Democracy Now! Peace activist Kathy Kelly is about to begin a three-month prison sentence for protesting the U.S.…
Join the PJC in Boycotting Honeywell
We Boycott Honeywell because of their manufacture of navigational and propulsive technology for Reaper drones, making them hundreds of millions of dollars for their work…
Response to the shooting of Michael Brown and racism in Vermont
When heinous acts of racist violence happen elsewhere, many well-intended people use that as evidence that there isn’t racism in Vermont. The staff and board…