On Friday, September 6th from 5 to 6:30 PM on Church Street in Burlington a number of groups are gathering to protest the basing of the F-35s at Burlington International Airport. This is an expansion of a weekly protest in front of Sen. Bernie Sander's Congressional office every Friday from 5 to 6 PM.
We will convene at the top of Church Street and march down Church Street to the Democracy statue near Sen. Patrick Leahy's office on Main St before returning to rally in front of City Hall to hear from a variety of speakers about our many concerns.
This protest is being held by People for Peace and Security and has a number of co-sponsors: The Root Social Justice Center, Center for Transformational Practice, Peace and Justice Center, Citizens Awareness Network, 350VT, Catalyst Project, Vermont National Lawyer's Guild, Sunday Night Environmental Group, Kunsei Keya Tamakoce, Upper Valley Affinity Group, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF Burlington Branch), Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth, Burlington Progressive Party, Migrant Justice., Vermont Worker's Center, Extinction Rebellion Southern Vermont, Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance, Immigration Justice Team of the Burlington Unitarian Universalist Society, Vermont Veterans For Peace (Chap. 57), Showing Up for Racial Justice SURJ, National Association of Social Workers Vermont Chapter, Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series , Save Our Skies, and Brass Balagan.
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