Ben & Jerry’s: Buying Almonds is Sooo Not Enough
-The BDS Committee, Vermonters for Justice in Palestine In 2013, VTJP launched an international campaign calling on Ben & Jerry’s to end its Israeli franchise’s…
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Leaving the Peace & Justice Center
-Rachel Siegel, PJC Executive Director My class and race privilege limit my ability to do this work with the expertise and authenticity that this organization…
Time to Act: Burlington Must End Collaboration Between Police and ICE
-By Betsy McGavisk and Ashley Smith (PJC Member) Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ashley Smith, of Burlington, a socialist writer and activist who writes…
Free Trade vs. Fair Trade
-Hannah Stumpf, PJC Intern As technology advances, it becomes easier and easier for people and companies to interact on a worldwide scale. This concept is…
Spring 2020 Interns!
Every semester the Peace & Justice Center brings on interns to be a part of our work. Our interns are a crucial part of our…
The Christmas Truce – An Outburst of Peace During War
-Richard Czaplinski, President of Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans For Peace, Chapter 57 Christmas, 1914. The First World War had started only months before on…
Compensate POC
Click here to contribute to our campaign to better compensate the people of color (POC) that work with the PJC and keep our work alive!…
The Burlington Authorities are out of conTROLL
photo from 7 Days By Kahlia Livingston, PJC Board of Directors Oh, no Brandon Del Pozo, your recent headlines have almost brought me to a…
The (True) Story of Thanksgiving
-Garrett Donnelly, PJC Volunteer In 1863, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a congenial national holiday. But the first harvest fest in 1621 would have been solely…