Category: Social Justice
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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Stop the Gun Riders!
Friends, First of all, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who made it out to our celebration this past weekend. It was fabulous to see everyone, celebrate our accomplishments and look forward to our next steps as a growing and influential grassroots movement for commonsense gun laws in Vermont.While our work has…
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“And They Lynched Him on a Tree” a documentary film
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that my documentary film will be shown at the Putney School this coming Sunday Evening at 7:30. The film is made up of interviews with white and black performers of the William Grant Still piece “And They Lynched Him on a Tree” (composed in 1940) which tells the story…
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