De-ICE Citizens Bank: Stop financing concentration camps!
Saturday, June 6 | 2:00-3:00 PM
48 College Street | Burlington
The Trump Administration's inhumane warehousing of people without adequate food, space, healthcare or access to legal representation is largely contracted to The GEO Group and CoreCivic. More than half of the 60,000 ICE detainees nationally are trapped in these two companies’ facilities. Citizens Bank has played a key role in helping the companies access more than $2 billion in financing, despite well-documented, egregious human rights and safety violations at their facilities. Meet at Citizens Bank's Burlington office to tell them to stop financing concentration camps.
Protest Book Event
Friday, June 5 | 6:30 PM
Patagonia Burlington | 191 College St, Burlington
An evening with Annie Leonard and Andre Carothers, authors of Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It (Patagonia Books), a tribute to the long history of ordinary people changing the world by showing up, speaking out, and refusing to comply. Fill your cup with inspiration and meet likeminded folks ready for action. Free.
Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment
Sunday, June 14 | 7:30 PM
Town Hall, Manhattan or free online
An uplifting evening of song, solidarity, and action. Featuring an all-star line-up of performers, this 90-minute concert will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment—of speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest—and the people power that fuels these rights and is essential to guarantee them. Even as authoritarians increase their attacks on our freedoms and communities, we see examples across the country of people rising up together, taking action, and turning back those forces.
Rufus Wainwright, Bette Midler, Patti Smith, Jane Fonda, and more. Details here.
A Conversation with Bill McKibben: Resilient engagement and climate action in our era
Monday, June 15 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Fletcher Free Library | 235 College Street, Burlington
Register here.
Sponsored by Queen City Indivisible, Third Act Vermont, and Fletcher Free Library.
