Author: Roger Vincent Jasaitis

• Leahy Introduces BIPARTISAN Bill to Tackle Illegal Guns

  Friends, I have exciting news! Today Senator Leahy introduced a new bill, the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2016, and it already has strong bipartisan support! Please take a moment to read the press release below and then call Senator Leahy’s office at (202) 224-4242 to thank him for his leadership! (You can also contact…

  02/12/2016

  Social Justice

  GunSense Vermont, Senator Patrick Leahy

• Interfaith Criminal Justice Coalition Call

  Dear Friends, Time is running out for sentencing reform. As election season heats up, there are only a few months left to help the people, families, and communities affected by excessive and costly prison sentences. This month, thousands of people across the country are making a big push for sentencing reform legislation, before Congress heads…

  02/06/2016

  FCNL, Social Justice

  Interfaith Criminal Justice Coalition

• Winter Edition, The New England Friend

  DEAR FRIENDS,   I am pleased to share this online Winter Edition of the New England Friend. The focus of this issue is on how Friends across New England are engaged in the hard work of faithfulness—the acceptance that God is at work in the world and our participation in that work. There are reports from Friends engaged in…

  02/05/2016

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  Winter Edition the New England Friend

• Open Letter in Support of Black Lives Matter

  Open Letter In Support of Black Lives Matter “Those of us who have grown up with a white identity in America have a particular challenge in that we have been conditioned not to notice the system of racism and white privilege. Our well intentioned attempts at color-blindness can have the unfortunate result of blinding us to…

  01/17/2016

  Social Justice

  Black Lives Matter, Open Letter In Support of Black Lives Matter, Putney Friends Meeting, Quaker, Social Justice

• Pearls of wisdom, a response to Trump’s Visit to Vermont

    Friends, Below are two items from Joseph Gainza of Vermont Action for Peace concerning possible responses to Trump visiting Vermont this week.  For those that don’t know, Joseph was the VT American Friends Service Committee Program Director for many years.   One suggestion relates to a monetary protest that will support those here in…

  01/06/2016

  Social Justice

  Joseph Gainza, Trump in Vermont

• Now the Work of Christmas Begins

        Dover (NH) Friends join with their neighbors to witness for racial justice. photo: David Holt When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins.  To find the…

  12/30/2015

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  Christmas, Howard Thurman, New England Yearly Meeting, Now the work of Christmas Begins

• Global Healing Labyrinth Walk

  Global Healing Labyrinth Walk: Healing Hearts at Wounded Knee December 29th  Putney Friends Meetinghouse, 7PM,  In the wake of the events in Paris, California, Africa, Georgia (the list can go on and on), please consider joining the Native Elders as they create a Global ceremony to end massacre, and all that massacre means, and to heal our hearts. “ALL OF…

  12/23/2015

  Member Activities, Social Justice

  Global Healing Labyrinth Walk, Healing Hearts at Wounded Knee, Labyrinth Walk

• Stand with Victims of Gun Violence

  Stand with Victims of Gun Violence Saturday, Dec. 19, from 11:00 a.m. to noon Meet on the sidewalk in front of the Putney Tavern, across from the Putney Diner, Rt.5, Putney, Vermont    This will be a silent vigil, using the Gun Sense banner and poster signs (“Standing with Victims of Gun Violence”). So please, plan on joining us…

  12/18/2015

  Social Justice

  Gun Sense Vermont, vigil

• We gather. We remember. We honor with action.

  Date:  Saturday, Dec. 12 Time: 11:00 am to noon  Place:  Pliny Park, at the corner of Main and High Streets, Brattleboro

  12/05/2015

  Social Justice

  Gun Sense Vermont, Sandy Hook Elementary

• “Choosing Love in a Season of Fear”: New England Quakers Respond to the Paris Attacks

  Nov 16, 2015 The recent violence in Paris again shakes us awake to the horror and chaos that is the routine reality for people across the Middle East, and in so many corners of our world. Growing millions seek safe haven from escalating suffering caused by war, injustice and climate change. We know God loves each of us,…

  11/18/2015

  NEYM, Noah Baker Merrill, Uncategorized

  New England Yearly Meeting, NEYM, Paris attacks, Social Justice