Things to do, people to meet, places to be in April.

Indivisible, St Johnsbury

Meets Wednesday’s 11-12pm Location: The UU Church on Cherry Street, St J

Indivisible, E. Burke

Meets Sat at 3 at Café Lotti, East Burke

NEK Indivisible 

To be added to the NEK Indivisible emergency PHONE TREE, please send to peacekingdom@vtlink.net: first & last name, if ok with that, town, and cell phone & landline, if you have both.

 

Bread and Puppet Museum Opens

Sunday June 1 at 2pm

Join us Sunday, June 1 at 2pm for a celebratory afternoon of performances, bread, and museum appreciation to mark the beginning of the summer season at the Bread & Puppet farm. Guest performances will feature throughout the afternoon, concluding with a performance of Oh You Beast Descendants.

Bread and Puppet: Oh You Beast Descendants  

Performances in June Friday June 6 at 7pm Friday June 13 at 7pm Friday June 27 at 7pm

Summer is here and our Cathedral show is set for the month of June: Oh You Beast Descendants Performed on the Bread & Puppet Farm in the Paper Maché Cathedral. Limited seating, $15 tickets, no one turned away for lack of funds. We human beasts, descendants of revenge and elimination gods, and of the gods of love who preach by killing love, how can we survive while our very own evil empire promotes incinerations and starvation warfare and supreme inhumanity is performed in front of our eyes? We, the numerous people here on the face of the earth, we occupants of not knowing where else to be, living in the jungle of beastly minutes, need Mother Dirt to rebirth our joy muscles, strip us of our horror inhumanity, and make water and bread of life obligatory.

 

 

Unite for Veterans:

Friday, June 6 

Friday, June 6 Unite for Veterans: If you are interested in helping to organize or participate in a trip to Washington, D.C. for the June 6 Unite for Veterans’ protest of cuts to the VA, and to protect veterans’ jobs and benefits, please contact peacekingdom@vtlink.net. More info: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/17/veterans-organizing-call-action-rally-d-day-anniversary-nations-capital.html **Related actions to stop draft-dodger Trump’s $100 million military parade for his birthday, while he cuts veterans’ earned services, benefits and jobs, and tries to politicize and destabilize the military:

• Send letters to Congress: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-stop-trumps-wasteful-and-authoritarian-birthday-military-parade
• Call Congress: 202-224-3121 and tell Senators and Representatives to stop Trump’s military parade.
• Send a personal letter to the editor to your local paper. Example: https://www.ourmidland.com/opinion/letters/article/military-parade-trump-s-birthday-stop-madness-20316279.php
• Write Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, 1000 Defense Pentagon, Washington DC 20301-1000 and The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

 

EcoGather’s Vermont

Jun 7, Sat 3-5pm the topic is In the Shell of The Old

EcoGather’s Vermont based facilitators of community learning are collaborating with Hard-Pressed Community Print shop in West Danville, Vermont to offer a series of EcoGatherings in the Northeast Kingdom. They have 5 sessions scheduled, each with a different focus topic. On Feb 22, Sat 3-5pm the topic is Rage/Joy On Mar 20, Thu 6-8pm the topic is Solidarity On Apr 19, Sat 3-5pm the topic is Work On May 17, Sat 11am-1pm the topic is Language On Jun 7, Sat 3-5pm the topic is In the Shell of The Old

Breakfast Club 

June 8th 9-11 am. at Wandering Vine on Railroad St. Focus on environmental issues in June.

 

NO KINGS DAY RALLIES

June 14

Please see https://indivisible.org/statements/indivisible-and-partners-announce-no-kings-nationwide-day-defiance-flag-day-during for background information. Veterans are encouraged to join in uniform if possible. NEK Indivisible June 14 Events:

• 11am – 1pm in Barton Village Square https://www.mobilize.us/nekindivisiblevt/event/787956/
• 2pm – 4pm in Newport municipal parklet https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/787481/
• Statewide event in Burlington: https://www.mobilize.us/freedomoverfascism/event/784865/

 

NEK PRIDEFEST

Sunday, June 22, 12-4pm

Gardner Park, Newport. NEK Indivisible will be marching in the parade and have an information table; please let us know at NEKIndivisible if you want to march with us or help at the table. More info and/or sign up with NEK Rainbow Coalition as an event volunteer here: https://nekrc.org/pridefest

 

VOTE FORWARD – Help get out the votes! Nationwide action center.

Waterford’s Banned Book Book Club

Meeting at the Davies Memorial Library Meets every two months

Do you have any idea how many books have been banned or challenged in the United States of America? The answer: Countless. A quick Google search will enlighten and disappoint you; give it a try. All are invited to participate in Waterford’s Banned Book Book Club (you don’t have to live in Waterford). We will meet once, every 2 months, to discuss our past read and to pick our next book. Most books will be available at your public library-YAY for public libraries! Our first book is The Handmaid’s Tale. I read this when it was first released and look forward to revisiting it. Context and timing will certainly play into my 2025 perception. I ​a​m curious to hear how ​others feel about it. Hope to hear back from you. – Robin Migdelany  

Upcoming events with Rights & Democracy

https://www.mobilize.us/rightsdemocracy/event/755065/ Hope to see you at one of these upcoming meetings!

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Visit https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ to find out more

 

Climate Café Monthly Gathering:

Monday, June 28, 2025

7 pm for 90 minutes

A place to connect with others and share feelings about our changing climate and associated impacts. This is not a therapy group, but is focused on deep listening and our shared humanity. Facilitated by Sara Demetry and Judith Springer To get the zoom link or with questions, contact Judith, see poster for contact information. No charge! This will be a monthly offering. -Jen Here is the flyer: