Upcoming events
Sign Petition! Demand Resignation of 5 VT Legislators
Sign Petition! Demand Resignation of 5 VT Legislators
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYtREkGAAMOIC7g2EfYa8URQd7--xtptbmZMHR_dmOI0f_Tw/viewform
Please sign the petition demanding the resignation of the five Vermont Legislators who went on an all-expenses paid trip to Israel amidst its genocidal war. Share it with your friends, co-workers, and community members.
It states, “We the undersigned call for the resignation of Will Greer (D – Bennington-2), Matthew Birong (D – Addison-3), James Gregoire (R – Franklin-6), Sarah “Sarita” Austin (D – Chittenden-19), and Gina Galfetti (R – Washington-Orange). These five state legislators joined the “50 States, One Israel” trip to an apartheid state that is carrying out genocide in Gaza. They planted a Vermont flag on a destroyed Palestinian village, tying our state to occupation, dispossession, and ethnic cleansing.”
To read and sign the full petition, click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYtREkGAAMOIC7g2EfYa8URQd7--xtptbmZMHR_dmOI0f_Tw/viewform.
Sign the Petition: "No Appetite for Apartheid"
Make City Market, Onion River Co-op Apartheid Free!
City Market Co-op values are: kindness, diversity, responsibility, fun, learning, and positive impact. Positive impact is described on the co-op website as "Embody our purpose from the smallest to the most worldly; be optimistic". In keeping in line with these core values, and our morals as human beings, we call on the City Market Executive and Senior Management, as well as the Elected Board, to have City Market (downtown and south end) discontinue stocking products made in Israel or otherwise financially connected to the Israeli settler occupation and genocide of Palestine, potentially in a phased approach if needed. This includes products from Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Nestle, and many others.
In signing this petition, I also demonstrate to the co-op that regardless of if these products are phased out or not, I will no longer be buying products either made in Israel, or products by corporations that are complicit in and financially benefit from any form of colonization, genocide, or apartheid.
SIGN THE PETITION :
“All That’s Left of You” (UVM)
We’re hosting a free film screening of All That’s Left of You on April 10th, 6:00 PM at UVM. This is truly one of the best pieces of Palestinian cinema that captures the deepest human elements of the brutal colonial violence the US, UK & Zionist occupation have wrought upon the Palestinian people since 1948. Put it in your calendar and spread the word.
🗓️Friday, April 10th
🕕6:00 PM
📍UVM Fleming Museum (61 Colchester Ave, Burlington) Room 101
🆓Free & open to public (suggested donation: $5)
Limited parking available in the lot adjacent to Perkins Hall. Additional parking at Jeffords Lot, 436 College St lot, and street parking on College and S Williams St.
Hosted by UVM Students for Justice in Palestine with support from the UVM Palestine Solidarity Coalition and the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation.
Tom Alter Speaks: Democratic Rights Under Siege
Tom Alter Speaks: Democratic Rights Under Siege: Free Speech and Resisting Authoritarianism
Sponsored by The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series
7:00 PM April 2, 2026
John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, Room 325
Tom Alter was fired from his position as tenured professor of history at Texas State University for comments he made at a socialist conference. He will be in Vermont to talk about his experience and the inspiring campaign in defense of free speech and academic freedom that it has inspired.
On Palestinian Land Day: Host Screenings of Foragers or No Other Land
On Palestinian Land Day :
Host Screenings of Foragers or No Other Land
March 30
VCPL encourages anyone who can to host screenings of films on Palestinian Land Day. Two we suggest to choose from are Foragers or No Other Land. Palestinian Land commemorates the general strike organized in throughout historic Palestine in 1976 to defend Palestinian land and stop ethnic cleansing. Join us in commemorating this historic uprising and the continuing struggle to free Palestine!
2nd Annual Vermont Labor for Palestine Community Gathering
Sunday, March 29th, 2-3:30 pm
Fletcher Free Library, Fletcher Room, Burlington
Apartheid-free refreshments will be provided
Join Vermont Labor for Palestine for a conversational and collaborative event about solidarity actions across the state! Ongoing union and workplace campaigns will give updates on their efforts followed by group discussion on next steps, new campaign ideas and what Palestine solidarity looks like within the labor movement in Vermont today. Vermont Labor for Palestine continues to affirm that the labor movement has a specific obligation to uphold the call to not cross the global picket line in response to the ongoing occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine, regardless of any false “ceasefire” in place. An injury to one is an injury to all!
Join VCPL at No Kings 3!
Join VCPL at No Kings 3!
Stop the War on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine!
Burlington
March 28, 11am
Waterman Manor, UVM
85 South Prospect St.
Montpelier
March 28, 11am
Vermont Historical Society Museum
109 State St.
Brattleboro
March 28, 10am
Preston Lot, Flat St.
Join VCPL at No Kings in Burlington, Montpelier, Brattleboro, and throughout Vermont. We will have banners, signs, flags, and fliers for Apartheid-Free Communities. We will not let Palestine and Trump’s barbaric war on Iran and Lebanon be excluded from the rallies and marches.
The current war is the direct continuation of the joint US-Israeli genocide in Gaza. They want to impose their imperial rule over the region even if it blows up whole countries and the world economy. We encourage everyone to join us at No Kings 3 everywhere and raise the slogan, “Stop the War on Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine.”
Report-back from the West Bank
Report-back from the West Bank
Sunday, March 1st, 3 pm
Bugbee Senior Center
White River Junction
Two Vermonters recently returned from a trip to the West Bank will lead this presentation about Palestinian life under occupation. Discussion and Q&A will follow.
“No Other Land” (Richmond)
Screening of Occupied Palestine
Sponsored by Richmond Racial Equity
4pm to 6:30pm, February 22,
Richmond Free Library, Community room 2nd floor.
Come watch the Oscar-winning documentary film, No Other Land, made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four directors over the course of five years. No Other Land provides a harrowing account of the systematic destruction of Masafer Yatta, a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military. The film will be introduced by a talk by a Palestinian American living in Vermont, in retirement from a 30 year career with the United Nations development agencies, primarily the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and will be followed by a discussion with a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and Richmond resident.
Propose AFC at your Town Meeting!
Propose AFC at your Town Meeting!
Info Session on How to Raise it in “Other Business”
Saturday, Feb 21, 1PM
on zoom
We have successfully placed the Apartheid-Free Community Pledge on Town Meeting ballots throughout the state. But we can raise it in many more in-person Town Meetings on March 3. Join us on Zoom to learn on to propose AFC from the floor in “Other Business.” Let’s make Vermont an Apartheid-Free state!
A Sunday Conversation with Mohsen Mahdawi
Finding Peace in a Sea of Injustice
A Sunday Conversation with Mohsen Mahdawi
Sunday, February 15, 10am
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington
152 Pearl St, Burlington, Vermont
The First UU Society of Burlington, Vermont is hosting Mohsen Mahdawi for a conversation with our senior minister Rev. Karen at the 10 am worship service on Sunday, February 15th. Services are typically 75 minutes long. It will be followed by a Q&A session with Mohsen, also in the Sanctuary, led by the Palestinian Solidarity Team, starting at 11:30 am. (The Q&A session is one-hour long.) These events are free and open to the public. Also, the livestreamed service is at: https://youtu.be/us1OCa-NKJo.
“ONE FAMILY IN GAZA”
ONE FAMILY IN GAZA
An original play by Crystal Zevon
Sponsored by UU’s Palestinian Solidarity Team
7 pm, Friday, February 13
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington
152 Pearl St, Burlington, Vermont
We are pleased to invite you to a dramatic reading of an original play by Crystal Zevon, called One Family in Gaza. This non-fiction drama is based on the friendship between playwright Zevon and a young father in the Gaza Strip named Yasser. The story is told through their correspondence since the fall of 2023, reflecting Zevon’s efforts to help the family, intertwined with short news reports that give context to the letters. The main focus is the messages received from the young father. While telling a story that in some ways reflects universal truths about living through any war, it offers insights into this particular conflict. Not unlike The Diary of Anne Frank, the piece is a rare telling of a war experience in real time, calling upon us to never forget our common humanity.
“From Ground Zero” (West Lebanon)
Free Film Screening of “From Ground Zero,” February 9, Kilton Library Community Room, West Lebanon: Join Upper Valley for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace for this Oscar-nominated compilation of stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through Israel’s devastating and ongoing war in Gaza. Doors open at 5:30 pm with screening at 6 pm and discussion to follow. If you can, bring a food or personal care item for our donation collection for The Haven.
“The Encampments” (UVM)
Screening of The Encampments
Sponsored by the UVM Palestine Solidarity Coalition
Thursday, February 5, 5pm
UVM, Flemming Museum, Room 101
61 Colchester Ave., Burlington
The Encampments is a documentary about the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and protest movement at Columbia University as well as other pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the US. It features interviews with campus leaders like Mahmoud Khalil and documents the tireless determination of students to stand up for Palestine in the face of university and state repression. Bring your friends, fellow students, and co-workers!
Join VCPL for Lobby Day at the Statehouse
Join VCPL for Lobby Day at the Statehouse
Support Freedom of Speech, Legislative Ethics, & Justice for Palestine
Thursday, February 5, 11am – 3pm
Statehouse, Montpelier
Join VCPL at Jewish Voice for Peace’s Press Conference at 12 noon in the Cedar Creek Room. Speakers will support the ethics investigation into the five legislators that went on an all-expenses paid junket to Israel, where they got training and guidance in how to block legislation in support of Palestine and its struggle for self-determination.
The press conference will also support three bills in the statehouse: H.615 that defends freedom of speech, including on Palestine, in the education system; H.168 that guarantees the right to teach Palestine in public schools; and another that calls for Vermont to become an Apartheid-Free State.
The press conference will also speak out against the Shalom Alliance’s Zionist bill, H.310 that weaponizes the IHRA definition of antisemitism to criminalize solidarity with Palestine. After the press conference there will be a teach-in on the Jewish perspective on Palestine and Israel.
Before and after these events, we encourage supporters of Palestinian liberation to meet with their legislators and call on them to support the ethics investigation and our three bills as well as oppose H.310. Call in advance to arrange appointments with your legislators. If you cannot be there in person, call or email your legislators. Join us in our campaign to get Vermont to stand with Palestine.
VCPL Meeting
Come to the VCPL Meeting!
Eyewitness Report from the West Bank
Saturday, January 17, 1-3pm
Join VCPL’s meeting to hear from Carmela Ormando and Bethany Logan, who just returned from the West Bank. They’ll give an eyewitness report about the reality of Israeli genocide, settler colonialism, and ethnic cleansing today. We’ll then discuss next steps after our historic press conference for our campaign to get the Genocide 5 to resign and to push the Statehouse to pass pro-Palestine bills. We’ll also talk about our campaign for Apartheid Free Communities resolutions on Town Meeting Day as well as our BDS initiative, No Appetite for Apartheid. After our general body discussion, we’ll break up into our working groups—Action; Apartheid-Free Communities; Media; Collective Care; Labor for Palestine. Join us, stop the genocide, end Israeli apartheid, and free Palestine!
“Israeli Apartheid and Beyond”
Israeli Apartheid and Beyond
Presented by Hamed Bakir
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Group of the
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington
Friday, January 16, 7 pm
Top of Church St, Burlington
In person only, no Zoom
Watch No Other Land in Bristol
Watch No Other Land in Bristol
Jan 7, 2026, 6:30 to 9 PM
Holley Hall, 1 South St, Bristol, VT
Come watch the Oscar-winning documentary film, No Other Land, at Holley Hall on Wednesday, January 7. Made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four directors over the course of five years, No Other Land provides a harrowing account of the systematic onslaught of destruction experienced by Masafer Yatta, a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military.
Admission is FREE. Donations will be collected to offset the cost of licensing the film and benefit Masafer Yatta directly. The film will be followed by an information session about the campaign to have Bristol adopt the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge: https://afsc.org/apartheid-free-communities. Please contact BristolAFC@proton.me with any questions.
VCPL’s Press Conference: Demand the Resignation of the Genocide 5!
Watch & Share VCPL’s Press Conference:
Demand the Resignation of the Genocide 5!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtUu_JAiBE8
The Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation (VCPL) hosted this press conference on Tuesday January 6, 2026, in Vermont’s Statehouse in Montpelier. We brought together speakers from Vermont’s labor and social justice movements to demand two things of our legislators. First, we demanded that they call for the immediate resignation of the 5 representatives—Will Greer, Matthew Birong, James Gregorie, Sarah Austin, and Gina Galfetti—that went on an all-expenses paid trip to Israel as it committed genocide in Gaza.
Second, we demanded that they oppose the Shalom Alliance’s bill 310 that would impose a pro-Israeli curriculum on our education system, requiring teachers to indoctrinate students in Israeli apartheid. Instead of this racist bill, we called on them to support VCPL’s three bills: one that will defend the right of educators to teach their students about Palestine; another that will defend the rights of activists, including Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists, to freedom of speech, organization, and protest; and the last that will pledge Vermont to become an Apartheid-Free State.
Please watch and share the video of the press conference! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtUu_JAiBE8
Palestine Mapped: From the River to the Sea in Early Geographic Thought with Thomas Suárez
Palestine Mapped: From the River to the Sea in Early Geographic Thought with Thomas Suárez
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Vermont-New Hampshire
Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont
Screenings 1- 3 pm with an audience discussion.
Tickets and information: www.savoytheater.com.
Oct. 5: “The Palestine Exception” documents U.S. college students, faculty, and staff protesting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the extreme measures taken by
authorities to curtail their freedom of speech and assembly. Columbia University
student activist Mohsen Mahdawi will speak with the audience after the film.
Oct. 19: “A State of Passion” focuses on the efforts of a Palestinian surgeon and other health care professionals to save lives amidst the Gaza genocide. The film’s directors will join the audience afterwards for a discussion.
November 2: “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire” exposes Israel’s targeted and unlawful
attacks on Palestinian and other journalists to eliminate accurate news coverage.
November 16: “Advocate” narrates the life and work of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli
attorney who has devoted much of her career to the legal defense of Palestinians under military occupation.
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Vermont-New Hampshire
Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont
Screenings 1- 3 pm with an audience discussion.
Tickets and information: www.savoytheater.com.
Oct. 5: “The Palestine Exception” documents U.S. college students, faculty, and staff protesting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the extreme measures taken by
authorities to curtail their freedom of speech and assembly. Columbia University
student activist Mohsen Mahdawi will speak with the audience after the film.
Oct. 19: “A State of Passion” focuses on the efforts of a Palestinian surgeon and other health care professionals to save lives amidst the Gaza genocide. The film’s directors will join the audience afterwards for a discussion.
November 2: “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire” exposes Israel’s targeted and unlawful
attacks on Palestinian and other journalists to eliminate accurate news coverage.
November 16: “Advocate” narrates the life and work of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli
attorney who has devoted much of her career to the legal defense of Palestinians under military occupation.
The People’s Summit: Organizing Resistance Against Trump & the Billionaires
The People’s Summit:
Organizing Resistance Against Trump & the Billionaires
October 25th, 9am to 7pm
Winooski School District
60 Norman St, Winooski
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqTBr9R_zMFqyjOWU7C-mON7b6tdGMw2hWQpqMdahHxj-DdQ/viewform
Now is the time for workers to unite to confront Trump and the billionaires’ attack on our wages, benefits, programs, and democratic rights. The People’s Summit will bring together our diverse resistance for a day-long conference of education and training. It will include panels and workshops on everything from getting your union strike ready to organizing the unorganized, defending migrant rights, and taxing the rich to pay for programs, housing, and jobs.
Whether you are a union member, an experienced organizer, or someone who is just wondering how they can get more involved in the fight, save the date for the People’s Summit to share your perspectives and learn from others. You can find more information about the Summit, look over the panels and workshops, and register for the conference here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqTBr9R_zMFqyjOWU7C-mON7b6tdGMw2hWQpqMdahHxj-DdQ/viewform. More information to come soon. Hope to see you there!
Build the Apartheid-Free Community Movement!
Build the Apartheid-Free Community Movement!
Monday, October 20th at 7:30 p.m.
Sign up for online meeting here: https://forms.gle/5hmWNXVp6QHethns6
We made history earlier this year with 5 towns in Vermont voting to break ties with Israeli apartheid and genocide. Thetford was the first in the nation to vote to adopt the Apartheid-Free Community (AFC) pledge. We will bring the AFC pledge to dozens more towns next Town Meeting Day. We need you, organizers and leaders, to help build local AFC campaigns. This information and training session will lay out how to run successful AFC campaigns and connect organizers with one another in different parts of the state.
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Vermont-New Hampshire
Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont
Screenings 1- 3 pm with an audience discussion.
Tickets and information: www.savoytheater.com.
Oct. 5: “The Palestine Exception” documents U.S. college students, faculty, and staff protesting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the extreme measures taken by
authorities to curtail their freedom of speech and assembly. Columbia University
student activist Mohsen Mahdawi will speak with the audience after the film.
Oct. 19: “A State of Passion” focuses on the efforts of a Palestinian surgeon and other health care professionals to save lives amidst the Gaza genocide. The film’s directors will join the audience afterwards for a discussion.
November 2: “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire” exposes Israel’s targeted and unlawful
attacks on Palestinian and other journalists to eliminate accurate news coverage.
November 16: “Advocate” narrates the life and work of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli
attorney who has devoted much of her career to the legal defense of Palestinians under military occupation.
All Out for Palestine at No Kings!
All Out for Palestine at No Kings!
Saturday, October 18th
Burlington Callahan Park 10am
Montpelier 11:30am Statehouse Lawn
Locations and times: https://50501vermont.com/event/no-kings-2-statewide/
VCPL calls on all Palestine solidarity activists to build and join the No Kings marches and rallies throughout Vermont on October 18th. Our goal is to build the struggle against Trump and his attacks on all of us and specifically on Palestine, which he wants to subject to a new version of colonial rule with himself in charge. We are a key part of the anti-Trump resistance!
We call on all Palestine solidarity activists to distribute fliers for our petition against the Genocide 5 and for the People’s Summit on October 25.
Flier Against the Genocide 5: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f3lumuV2uXYb8lUzd5UsWQ-D7L35dCCP/view
Flier for People’s Summit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/160cVL1bb7anIdv1dSPObwgfUkGLp5Rwv/view
Everyone should also petition to get Apartheid Free Communities on the ballot in their towns. Bring Palestinian flags and Free Palestine banners.
We are organizing major interventions for the largest actions, which will be in Burlington and Montpelier. Everyone near Burlington join us at 10am in Callahan Park. Everyone in Central Vermont, join us in Montpelier 11:30am at the Statehouse Lawn. We’ll have flags, fliers, and petitions for each. All out for No Kings 2.0! Down with Trump! Free Palestine!
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
A Palestine-Israel Film Series
Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Vermont-New Hampshire
Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont
Screenings 1- 3 pm with an audience discussion.
Tickets and information: www.savoytheater.com.
Oct. 5: “The Palestine Exception” documents U.S. college students, faculty, and staff protesting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the extreme measures taken by
authorities to curtail their freedom of speech and assembly. Columbia University
student activist Mohsen Mahdawi will speak with the audience after the film.
Oct. 19: “A State of Passion” focuses on the efforts of a Palestinian surgeon and other health care professionals to save lives amidst the Gaza genocide. The film’s directors will join the audience afterwards for a discussion.
November 2: “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire” exposes Israel’s targeted and unlawful
attacks on Palestinian and other journalists to eliminate accurate news coverage.
November 16: “Advocate” narrates the life and work of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli
attorney who has devoted much of her career to the legal defense of Palestinians under military occupation.
Stop the Genocide! Make Vermont Apartheid Free!
Stop the Genocide! Make Vermont Apartheid Free!
Rally And Petitioning
Saturday, October 4, 11:30am
Smalley Park, Burlington
Join us for a rally to protest Israel’s interception of the Sumud Flotilla, its blockage of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and its ongoing genocidal war. After a short rally, we’ll march to Burlington’s Farmers Market to petition for our open letter to Burlington’s City Council demanding that it let us vote on the Apartheid Free Communities resolution. We’ll also gather signatures for our petition demanding the resignation of the five legislators that tarnished Vermont’s reputation by traveling to Israel amidst its genocidal war and planting our state flag on a destroyed Palestinian village. Stop the genocide! Make Vermont apartheid free! Free Palestine!
Maya Wind Speaks
Maya Wind Speaks: “Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom”
Tuesday, September 30, 7pm
UVM Recital Hall—Redstone Campus
Israel's occupation of Palestine would not be possible without collaboration from supposedly neutral entities. Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy. Drawing on extensive research and making Hebrew sources accessible to the international community, Maya Wind shatters this myth and documents how Israeli universities are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights.
Apartheid Free Communities Fair
Join us for the Apartheid Free Communities Fair!
September 21st 2-4pm
City Hall Park
Burlington, VT
VCPL will host a family-friendly Apartheid-Free Communities Fair, featuring dozens of Vermont businesses, nonprofits, and groups that have endorsed the AFC pledge to oppose Israeli apartheid.
If you have questions or are interested in getting involved, please email us at afcfair@proton.me
Burlington Apartheid-Free Community Committee Meeting
Burlington Apartheid-Free Community Committee Meeting
Saturday, September 13 at 4pm
Burlington Friend’s Meeting House
173 N Prospect St B, Burlington, VT 05401
Get to know each other, eat snacks, and hear about ways you might want to get involved as we move into a very active time period of this campaign! Come help organize to break the Burlington Democratic Party’s suppression of democracy in Burlington. Burlington needs to join with the 9 VT towns who have voted on the Apartheid-Free Community Pledge—and with the many additional towns who will be able to vote on breaking ties with Israeli Apartheid and U.S. supported genocide on Town Meeting Day. Let’s make Vermont Apartheid-Free!
VCPL General Assembly Meeting
Saturday, September 13, 1-3pm
On Zoom
We have already kicked off September with breakthroughs at Labor Day, Art Hop, and Pride. Join us to discuss state-wide plans to put Apartheid Free Communities on ballots and launch BDS campaigns in towns and institutions throughout the state. We’ll also talk about plans for our AFC Fair and Maya Wind’s Will Miller Social Justice Lecture, “Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom.”
After our general body discussion, we’ll break up into our working groups—Action; Apartheid Free Communities; Media; Collective Care; Labor for Palestine. Join us, stop the genocide, end Israeli apartheid, and free Palestine!