Letter: Cutting CRESS and DEI Budgets Is A Step Backward in Town’s Progress Toward Social Justice
by The Community Safety and Social Justice Committee of the Town of Amherst The following...
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Letter: Prioritize the Wellbeing of All Residents by Continuing to Fund CRESS and DEI Departments
by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee and the former members of the Community...
Opinion: A Call for a Town-wide Conversation on the Mission and Values of the Amherst Police Department
In May of 2024, a coalition of Massachusetts State Police, UMass Police and Amherst Police...
Indy Rewind: An Introduction to Police Abolition for Amherst Residents
This story appeared originally in the Amherst Indy on April 30, 2021. by Allegra Clark...
Ferreira Resigns from Resident Oversight Board Working Group
Report on the Meeting of the Community Service and Social Justice Committee, March 12, 2025This...
Cyberattack Hits Town Website. Twenty-Nine Arrested at “Blarney Blowout.” Still No Site for New Fire Station
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, March 10, 2025, Part 1 By...
Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, February 12, 2025. ...
Town Reaffirms Support for DEI. Updates on Youth Programming Survey and CRESS
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, February 12, 2025,...
Letter: Prince Lobel Report Fails to Justify it’s Conclusion that UMass Administration Acted Reasonably in Repressing Student Protest
I’ve read the Prince Lobel report and I agree with Kevin Young’s and Helene Langerock, Emmanuelle Sussman and Ruya...
“The Administration Acted Reasonably” in Repressing Protest: Investigators Hired by UMass Chancellor Exonerate UMass Chancellor
Fact-check of Twelve of the Prince Lobel Report’s Key Claims The University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Letter: Call for Independent Investigation of Police Violence on UMass Campus
We write to voice our concerns about the university-commissioned report on Chancellor Javier Reyes’s decision...
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst: This Week, Catching Up
In spite of our best efforts, it’s been challenging, trying to keep up with the...