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Burlington Peace & Justice Center

People for Peace and Justice: A Conversation with 2019 Activist Award Recipient Sarah Brown 03/08/2019

Kina Thorpe, Program Coordinator, and Kyle Silliman-Smith, Program Director, invite the Peace and Justice Center's 2019 Ed Everts Social Justice Activist Award recipient Sarah Brown, from Loving Day Vermont, to talk about her activist work and excitement for the award celebration. Peace Activist Robin Lloyd is also a recipient of the award, but she was unable to be here for the show.

People for Peace and Justice: In Honor of the PJC's 40th Birthday 02/08/2019

In honor of the Peace & Justice Center's 40th birthday, Kina, Wendy, and Gene reflect on the PJC's work.

Kina Thorpe, Program Coordinator
Kyle Silliman-Smith, Program Director
Wendy Coe, PJC founding member
Gene Bergman, former PJC board member

Burlington Peace and Justice: A Participatory Reading of Frederick Douglass’ “The Meaning of the 4th of July for the Negro” 07/02/2015

The Burlington Peace & Justice Center presents a Participatory Reading of Frederick Douglass’ “The Meaning of the 4th of July for the Negro" on the 163rd anniversary (July 5, 1852) at Burlington City Hall. As a community event, they invite you to reconsider the meaning of freedom and racial justice through a historical lens as we celebrate our nation’s Independence Day. Copies of the speech will be provided and audience members are encouraged to partake in the shared reading of this influential speech.  

For more information or to be involved in the planning as a community member, group or organization please contact Kyle at 863-2345 ext 6 or program@pjcvt.org or kyle@pjcvt.org. Everyone welcome. Click here for the medium version of the speech (this is the version we will be reading at this event).

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!

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