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| Click here to visit our fair trade, local, and educational store! March 22nd, 2022 PJC Book Club: Author Series!  March 24th, 6-7pm – Sad Black Girl with Harmony Edosomwan. Join the Peace & Justice Center and author, activist, and business owner Harmony Edosomwan for a discussion of race and mental health and hear works from Harmony’s debut book of poetry Sad Black Girl. Follow Harmony (@weird.kid.harm) and support Harmony’s businesses Harmony’s Kitchen and Heaux’s Defense. April 7th, 6-7pm – Scattered Clouds with Reuben Jackson. Reuben Jackson, poet and beloved former host of Friday Night Jazz on VPR joins the PJC April 7th for a poetry reading from his recent collection Scattered Clouds and Q+A. Learn more about Reuben here. April 21st, 6-7pm – One Bead at a Time with Beverly Little Thunder. One Bead at a Time is the oral memoir of Beverly Little Thunder, a two-spirit Lakota Elder from Standing Rock, who has lived most of her life in service to Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in vast areas of both the United States and Canada. Support Beverly’s organization Kunsikeya Tamakoce here. May 5th, 6-7pm- Brilliant Imperfection with Eli Clare For more than two decades, Eli Clare has woven hope, critical analysis, and compassionate storytelling together in his work on disability and queerness, insisting on the twine of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. Learn more about Eli here. Purchase Sad Black Girl, Scattered Clouds, and One Bead at A Time and Brilliant Imperfection at the PJC store and register our Author Series events using the link below. Please note that all of our Author Series events are held virtually via Zoom. Register here!  Welcoming Our New Allied Groups!  Peace & Justice center is so excited to welcome two new wonderful groups to our Allied Group program! The People’s Farmstand The People’s Farmstand is a weekly payment-optional pop-up farmstand that aims to get delicious, local produce in the hands of the people, regardless of ability to pay. The People’s Farmstand operate under the belief that access to vegetables and fruit are a basic human right. In partnership with The People’s Kitchen, they set up weekly markets in target neighborhoods to break down barriers to the typical farmers market experience. In 2021, their first operating season, The People’s Farmstand distributed $22,000 worth of local surplus produce to the families they work with. Learn more about The People’s Farmstand here. Vermont Student Anti Racism Network The Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network (VSARN) is a statewide group of students working to promote anti-racism in Vermont schools. VSARN believe in deconstructing white supremacy and racism starting with the youngest generation. VSARN works on multiple projects, including The Elementary School Book Project, which is aimed at educating elementary school students on race and racism through books and Zoom discussions led by VSARN. Learn more about VSARN here. We so appreciate the work that these groups are already doing in our communities and are looking forward to supporting them! Join Milk with Dignity Organizing Meetings  Hosted by Community Voices for Immigrant Rights and Migrant Justice Thursday, March 24, 2022, 6:00 – 7:30 pm The Milk with Dignity Program ensures much needed rights and protections to dairy farmworkers. Ben & Jerry’s has joined and agreed to these improvements in its supply chain. Farmworkers now want Hannaford to join the program. Despite two years of public campaigning, Hannaford has ignored farmworker’s call to join Milk with Dignity. Join this organizing meeting to learn how to take action in your community to get Hannaford to heed farmworkers’ call and join Milk with Dignity. Speakers: Farmworker activist from Migrant Justice Shannon Lucy, Community Voices for Immigrant Rights Daria Cullen, Migrant Justice Maine Support Coalition Meg Farley, Middlebury Student Activist Ben Brownel, VP, United Electrical Workers 203, City Market You’ll hear them: Explain how Milk with Dignity guarantees farmworkers rights, better wages, and safe working conditions Give tips on how to organize in your community to get Hannaford to join Milk with Dignity Share their experiences of organizing campaigns for Milk with Dignity Talk about upcoming events & actions in the run up to May Day With spring coming, now is the time to connect with each other, get skilled up to take action, and up the pressure on Hannaford to join Ben & Jerry’s in Milk with Dignity! Register here! Center and Store Hours Wednesday-Saturday:10am-5pm Remote Work Hours Tuesday – Friday: 9am-5pm Location 60 Lake Street, Suite 1C Burlington’s Waterfront (Next to Skinny Pancake) Want to see more of the PJC more often? Follow us to see pictures, read articles, and be in the know about what we’re up to, community issues, events, and more. Donate to the PJC Transplants Plant Sale and Block Party  Saturday May 7th, 11am-3pm Come by the Pride Center’s parking lot (corner of Maple and South Champlain, across from Advance Music) on May 7th from 11am – 3pm to pick up some new plants or cuttings to brighten your garden, yard, or indoor spaces! This year we are expanding the event to include workshops, community activities, food trucks, and live music. We are asking our communities to donate some plants, cuttings, or both so that there is stock to sell for the event! If you’re interested in donating plants or have any questions please reach out to phoebe@pridecentervt.org. Learn more here Want to submit something for a future edition of our e-news? Click here! #housed802 Community Meeting  Tuesday March 22nd, 7 – 8:30pm on Zoom As the Housing Crisis continues to affect more and more Vermont residents from the unhoused to families that simply cannot find any housing to rent or buy in an affordable fashion, VAHC wants to incorporate all voices at our table. Over the next several months, these meetings will work to meet three objectives: 1) Education and updates on what is going on with housing at the State House, 2) Discussion about VAHC’s priorities and how they affect you, 3) and how we can advocate together to make these housing priorities into realities. Learn more Got Grass? Grow Wild Initiative Survey  Survey for Residential Properties in Burlington Students at the University of Vermont, in collaboration with Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront and the city’s “Grow Wild” initiative are gathering information about mowed spaces in the city that have the potential for conversion into native pollinator habitat. Students will be analyzing data to help the city determine logical next steps for making pollinator friendly changes to mowed properties. Fill out the survey Covid-19 Booster Shot  It may be time for your booster shot! If you are homebound, call your local home health agency or 802-863-7240 to schedule an appointment or register below. Register Here LGBTQ+ Virtual Mixer  Join the Pride Center of Vermont for a virtual LGBTQ+ community mixer March 30th from 6-7pm. Strengthen connections and find community during the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. Learn more here! |