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…

Chris Hedges: Death of Empire

Chris Hedges: Death of Empire

Join us on Wednesday, March 20th at 7:00pm at Ira Allen Chapel for a special presentation by Chris Hedges, as part of the Cost of War Speaker and Film Series.  Award winning foreign correspondent for nearly two decades in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans, Chris Hedges has reported from more than…

Who is Asa Philip Randolph?

Written by PJC Intern, Jack Mulderrig Asa Philip Randolph was a leading civil rights activist in the fight for racial justice in the United States. A man who was ahead of his time, Randolph enlightened many by claiming that socio-economic advancement was the African American’s ticket to equality and human rights. Randolph’s belief of a…

Peace & Justice Center Supports Consistent Application of Livable Wage Ordinance

The Peace & Justice Center works toward social justice and has focused on economic justice issues as a core factor in addressing social injustice.  The Center’s Vermont Livable Wage Campaign successfully reframed the debate on how to address the income gap in Vermont from incremental increases to the minimum wage to a livable wage –…

Anna Guyton, Manager of Mission & Programs, Resigns from PJC

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…

Celebrate Earth Day! Events on April 21 and 22

Each year, April 22nd marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement. Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin in the 60’s and 70’s, took inspiration from the student anti-war movement and announced the idea for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media….