“Make some noise. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” — John Lewis |
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The Reformer estimated nearly 2,000 turned out in the rain for Saturday’s “Hands Off” rally in Brattleboro. Image below is from the Reformer’s website. |
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Tuesday, 4/8/2025 at 10:30 amOrganizer: Vera Riley The Commons, Park Place, Brattleboro
Every Tuesday at 10:30 for a half hour join us 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 |
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Thursday, 4/10/2025, 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
Contact: jliesl@myfairpoint.net |
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Friday, 4/11/2025, at 3:30 pmOrganizer: Chris Scypinski I-91 Bridge at Exit 2
If you believe in the Power of Free Speech and Peaceful Protest If you believe in Remaining a Democracy instead of having a King If you believe in Supporting your Fellow Community Members and ALL Americans impacted by current DC Policies NOW is the time to voice your concern. Join Us in Protest of What’s Happening! Please do not park or stand anywhere near the deli. Find parking on Brattle Street and areas east of the overpass on Western Ave.
Full text of the original announcement can be found here.
Contact: cmscypinski@gmail.com |
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Friday, 4/11/2025, at 4:30 pmOrganizer: Vera Riley The Commons, Park Place, Brattleboro
On every Friday at 4:30 for a half hour, there will be people to protest 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: iamaminimarch@gmail.com |
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Resistance Power HourSaturday, 4/12/2025, at 9:00 am Organizer: Jennifer Jacobs Weekly (some exceptions) time to get together with others to focus your energy and efforts. 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. What you do is up to you. Meet others, do some resistance work, then go on with your day. Saturdays, 9:00-10:30. Some exceptions to the schedule and location so be sure to get on the email list, one message per week for location, reminder and updates. Fill out the form below to get on the list.
Contact: https://forms.gle/UrRW6V5V8evjiXNq8
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Saturday, 4/12/2025, at 10 amOrganizer: Chris Scypinski I-91 Bridge at Exit 2
If you believe in the Power of Free Speech and Peaceful Protest If you believe in Remaining a Democracy instead of having a King If you believe in Supporting your Fellow Community Members and ALL Americans impacted by current DC policies |
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Gaza Protest Saturday, 4/12/2025, at 12 pm 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 |
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Future Actions and Activity |
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Ready Response TeamWednesday, 4/16/2025, at 5:30 pmOrganizer: The Root Social Justice Center and Lost River Racial Justice Location: The Root Social Justice Center, 28 Williams Street, Brattleboro, VT (also virtual) Join us for the next Ready Response Team meeting! The Ready Response Team, a collaborative initiative of The Root Social Justice Center & Lost River Racial Justice, is a volunteer-led group dedicated to supporting BIPOC, QTBIPOC, LGBTQIA+, asylum seeker, refugee and immigrant individuals and families facing identity-based harm or harassment. We’re building a safer, more connected community, and we need you to join us!Masking: Masks on at 6:00p (meeting agenda beings at 6p!).
Virtual Option: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83810556284
Potluck Style – Bring a dish to share!
Contact: Adriana Negron: BTN@therootsjc.org or (802) 451-0499
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Tuesday, 4/22/2025, 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.Organizer: Windham County Natural Resources Conservation DistrictHarmony Lot, Harmony Place, Brattleboro
Do you want an easy way to help our planet this Earth Day? Bring your Earth Day spirit on April 22nd at 5:30 to downtown Brattleboro! We will be sharing how the community-based Adopt-a-drain program can help keep our water clean.
This project is a community-wide effort in the Brattleboro area to connect volunteers to our storm drain systems. These drains provide a means for water to travel across the land and into our rivers and/or lakes. We want YOU to adopt a catch basin, culvert, or pipe outlet to monitor and remove debris before heavy weather events!
Please RSVP by filling out this form or emailing sullivan.wcnrcd@gmail.com. |
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Local Information Sessions |
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| Mondays at 6 pmOrganizer: Inclusion Center, online For those taking actions and for those who want to take actions but don’t know what you, personally, could do. At our weekly, Monday, 6 p.m. Action Support Group we meet to discuss individual non-violent actions we took during the past week, and to receive technical or emotional support related to those actions. |
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Walled Off’ at the Palestine Film SeriesSunday, 4/6/2025, at 4 pm Organizer: Southern VT for PalestineLocation: Latchis Theater, Brattleboro |
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Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel, art gallery, and history museum overlooking Bethlehem’s graffiti-filled apartheid wall serves as an anchor for this eclectic documentary (2022) which features profiles of Palestinians engaged in creative resistance, pro-Palestinian Jewish activists, clips of an interview with Arafat, a behind-the-scenes look at the Oslo “peace” process, and young idealistic Palestinians describing what “freedom” means to them.
Contact: Shana Frank, shanaf@sover.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/svt4palestinefilmseries/home |
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Sunday, 4/6/2025, at 6 pm Organizer: Nelson Legacy Project & Living Earth Action Group Location: Congregational Church of Westminster West, 44 Church St.
On April 6th at 6pm the Congregational Church of Westminster West (44 Church St.) will host the audio documentary, “Eyes on Freedom,” on the lives and legacy of beloved peace and civil rights activists, Wally and Juanita Nelson, who lived on their homestead in Deerfield, MA.
This is a repeat of a program on March 12 and more information is available here.
Contact: Betsy Williams, laladust@gmail.com
Website: https://www.nelsonhomestead.org/home/get-involved
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| Understanding Palestine & IsraelWednesday, 4/9/2025, at 6:30 PM Organizer: Southern Vermont for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace Vermont-New Hampshire Location: Latchis Theater, Brattleboro |
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Author and policy analyst Phyllis Bennis will speak to the current situation and the role of the U.S. in Israel/Palestine.
Bennis is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where she focuses on the Middle East, particularly Palestinian rights, U.S. militarism, and the United Nations.
She will be introduced by her colleague and local author, Chuck Collins. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Contact: info@sovt4palestine.org |
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| Below is what it has cost to setup and run WeCAN for February and March. Any donations would be appreciated. Easiest way is probably via PayPal.
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02/18/2025 | MailChimp | $13.00 | 02/23/2025 | DreamHost | $8.95 | 02/24/2025 | GoDaddy | $42.59 | 03/07/2025 | ClickSend | $20.00 | 03/18/2025 | MailChimp | $19.50 | 03/23/2025 | DreamHost | $8.95 | Total | | $112.99 |
(There is one expense not shown above that was covered by a reader early on.)
WeCAN CalendarThere have been some requests to see the WeCAN actions on a calendar. Many of the requests also asked that we not use Google Calendar. We are trying an embedded calendar that you can see using this link: https://www.wecantogether.net/calendar/ You can download the event or subscribe to the calendar on that page. Calendar events are linked to the wecantogether.net site, but there may be a delay before those links are functional. |
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Local and National Organizations |
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Resist Tyranny 05344A place to share events, actions, gatherings, happenings & information with our Marlboro VT friends & neighbors. Site covers more than local events. Here is the link. |
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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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