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“If you claim to be someone’s ally but you aren’t getting hit by the stones thrown at them, you’re not standing close enough.” – Stan Mitchell |
| | Tuesday Protest on the CommonsTuesdays, 6/24/2025, at 10:30 am Organizer: Vera Riley Location: The Commons, Park Place, Brattleboro
Holding signs protesting the war in Iran and the current administration
Contact: Vera2847@gmail.com
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| Vigil in PutneyThursday, 6/26/2025, at 12 noon every week Organizer: Janet LangdonThe Green, PutneyVigil for Sanity and Compassion in Putney on The Green – Bring signs. Every Thursday from 12-12:30 pm
Contact: jliesl@myfairpoint.net |
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| Tri-State Overpass for Democracy
Friday, 6/27/2025, 3 to 6 pm, most, but not all, locationsOrganizer: Indivisible Brattleboro
Best location for many people:Brattleboro: Western Ave. I-91 Exit 2 bridge overpass
This is the best location for a large group of protestors. Do not park near the deli
Best locations for banners, flags and fewer people:Vernon: Tyler Hill Road I-91 bridge overpassBrattleboro: Black Mountain Rd. I-91 bridge overpassPutney: I-91 Exit 4 bridge overpass 5 to 6 pm Do not arrive earlier.Putney: Route 5 I-91 bridge overpass near Santa’s LandWestminster: Kurn Hattin Road I-91 overpass south of Exit 5
We will once again participate in the multi-state coordinated effort “Overpasses for Democracy.” This will include overpasses from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. The time is extended for many, but not all, overpasses. This Tri-State event is planned for the fourth Friday of each month. You can register here to get updates.
Heads up for holiday weekend:
We will shift from Friday to Thursday, July 3, since there will be way more traffic on Thursday due to the July Fourth holiday. Times will be the usual 3:30 – 4:30 except Exit 4 Putney (which remains 5 – 6).
Contact: indibrattleboro@gmail.com
Website: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/805756
Click here for more detailed information
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| Friday Protest on the CommonsFriday, 6/27/2025, at 4:30 pmOrganizer: Vera Riley The Commons, Park Place, Brattleboro
On every Friday at 4:30 pm for a half hour, there will be people to protest the war in Iran and the illegal actions of the Trump administration at the Commons in Brattleboro (which is on Park Place) from Route 30 to Putney Road.
If this time/place is inconvenient for you, consider starting your own protest area/time which works for you!
Contact: vera2847@gmail.com |
| Gaza ProtestSaturday, 6/28/2025, at 12 noon Organizer: Bert Picard and Nancy Braus Location: in front of Brattleboro post office This has happened every Saturday since November 2023 – and will continue as long as people are being killed.
Contact: nancy: vermontactivist@proton.me |
| Saturday Vigils for Sanity and CompassionSaturday, 6/28/2025, at 12 noon Organizer: Janet Langdon Location: On the Green, Putney, VT
Bi-weekly Vigil – bring signs. The plan is to hold this vigil on the second and fourth Saturdays, in addition to the Thursday vigils.
Contact: jliesl@myfairpoint.net |
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| Community PRIDE ServiceSaturday, 6/28/2025, at 2 pm Organizer: BAILA Location: All Souls Church UU at the West Village Meetinghouse
A celebration of music, readings and reflection! Sponsored by the BAILA in collaboration with Out In the Open whose mission is to connect rural LGBTQ+ people to build community, visibility, knowledge and power. They are a multiracial, majority working class, grassroots, movement and capacity building organization based in Wabanaki territory throughout the states of Vermont and Maine
Contact: office@ascvt.org
Website: Click here for service or read more at weareoutintheopen.org
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| Future Actions and Activity |
| Vermont Canada DayTuesday, 7/1/2025 (Canada Day)Location: State-wideHow about if (just for one day) Vermont became the 11th Canadian province?
Let’s show our friendship and support for our neighbors to the north and celebrate their independence with them by declaring Vermont (just for one day) to be a province of Canada. Let’s welcome everyone arriving in Vermont that day with signs and flags welcoming them to Canada.
Organizer: Franz Reichsman
To get involved contact: vermontcando@yahoo.com |
| Save the USA CroquetFriday, Saturday, 7/4 & 7/5, at 10 am Organizer: Southern Vermont Sister District Location: 79 Westminster Street, Putney |
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| Midway between Putney center and Putney Central School
Southern Vermont Sister District offers this fun and inspiring fundraiser over the 4th of July weekend. It’s patriotic. Bring family and friends to play on our whimsical croquet course in Putney and help raise money for a 2025 Virginia State Legislative Candidate, Joshua Cole. States Matter!
Contact: geoffburgess2@gmail.com
Website: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sister-district-southern-vermont
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| Resistance Power HourSaturdays, 7/5/2025, at 10 am Organizer: Jennifer JacobsBrooks Memorial Library (Meeting Room B) Semi-weekly meet-up to focus your energy and efforts with other Resistors. We gather to exchange resources and ideas, share what we intend to do for the hour, work on our own, then gather to share what we did. This is a choose-your-own-adventure work time for collective action. Meet others, do some resistance work, then go on with your day. Bring laptop, smartphone, paper and pen.
Get on our email list: https://forms.gle/UrRW6V5V8evjiXNq8
Contact: jenniferjacobs14@gmail.com
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| Indivisible Brattleboro July MeetingSaturday, 7/12/2025, at 10 am Organizer: Indivisible Brattleboro Location will be shared with members via newsletterContact us to sign up!
Brattleboro Indivisible is having its next group meeting on Saturday, July 12. We’re a local chapter of the national organization – fighting for democracy, combating fascism, and fighting back in defense of our rights, our communities, and our values. We work through five action groups, enabling members to lead and contribute to activities that most interest and energize them. Our action groups focus on: Organizing direct actions such as marches, protests, sit-ins, and strategic boycotts Supporting and partnering with already existing local rapid response teams in response to ICE targeting members of our community Grassroots power-building, voter engagement, local coalition-building, and policy influence Raising awareness within our communities and pushing back against disinformation Building mutual aid networks and support structures
Our monthly meeting is an opportunity for members to connect, share updates, and take action.
Contact: indibrattleboro@gmail.com
Website: https://indivisible.org/groups?terms=05301
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| | | | Lost River OrientationSunday, 6/22/2025, at 1 pm Organizer: Lost River Racial Justice Location: The Root Social Justice Center 28 Williams Street in Brattleboro or on zoom |
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| This is a chance for folks to gain a better understanding of how Lost River and the Root, the two orgs that coordinate the Ready Response Team, work together. And how we, as individuals working to dismantle white supremacy, can work to center and be accountable to the voices and needs of BIPOC people in our organizing and in how we communicate and work together.
Contact: LostRiverRJ@gmail.com
Website: https://mobilize.us/s/g1lO6e |
| | BIPOC Legal Aid ClinicThursday, 6/26/2025, at 2:30 pmOrganizer: The Root Social Justice Center Location: The Root: 28 Williams Street, Brattleboro VT |
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| The Root Social Justice Center, in collaboration with Vermont Legal Aid, is proud to continue to host the BIPOC Legal Aid Clinic, a space offering free BIPOC-centered legal support open to all identities.
These will be he held every last Thursday of the month
Support offered:
✔️ Guidance on tenant rights and eviction support for tenants
✔️ Help addressing unsafe or substandard housing conditions
✔️ Support with clearing criminal records & navigating legal forms
These clinics are here to break down systemic barriers, promote equity, and empower our community with tools for justice, housing stability, and self-determination.
👉🏽 Note: While this clinic centers BIPOC communities, all identities are welcome to access support.
Contact: For more information, call Jeannette at Vermont Legal Aid: 802-885-5181
Website: https://www.therootsjc.org/ |
| Signs availableOrganizer: Indivisible BrattleboroMany have asked for one of the “RESIST” lawn signs that were sold at the Hands Off! Rally. We are putting in an order for 100 signs and will sell them for a suggested donation of $15 a piece ($10 is materials cost, $5 donation to Brattleboro Indivisible).
If you’d like to purchase any, please sign up here so we can reserve one for you. Otherwise first come first serve!
Pre-Order “RESIST” Signs Here
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| | Some generous donations have helped cover our costs. As of the end of May we are out-of-pocket only $47.64.
WeCAN Calendar going awayWe are trying an embedded calendar that you can see using this link: https://www.wecantogether.net/calendar/ You can download each event or subscribe to the calendar on that page. However, since it is not seeing much use we will discontinue it at the end of June if there is no outcry. It is a fair amount of work to maintain. |
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| | Local and National Organizations |
| Source for posters, signs and ideasJon Sachs, a Swing Blue Alliance member is pouring energy into a Trump Tragedies website that has a page devoted to free, downloadable 8.5 x 11 in. protest-themed posters. These are protest messaging that can be posted on America’s streets and easily shared by a website link could help get much more protest messaging in the public eye. Eighteen posters are now available on the site. There’s also an online suggestion box for additional posters that people think should be added.
Click here to get to the site. |
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