Listening Session Explores The Experiences Of Being Black In Amherst
The African Heritage Reparations Assembly (AHRA) held its first in-person listening session at the Hitchcock...
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Letter: Police Report On July 5 Interaction With BIPOC Youth Omits And Distorts Facts
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on October 22, 2022 I...
Opinion: Why The Conversation About Policing Cannot Stop
On October 17, an obscure and poorly-constructed provision of the Amherst Home Rule Charter was...
Opinion: I Regret That This Is The Way It Is
All American atrocities were once protected by the law. Slavery, segregation, lack of women’s rights,...
Opinion: The Shoulders We Stand On
by Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker and Anika Lopes As descendants of African American enslaved people...
CCSJC, Town Councilors, Continue To Spar Over Prioritizing The Needs Of Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Residents
Report On The Meeting Of The Community Safety And Social Justice Committee, October 12, 2022...
Securing Safety Rally And Ritual Celebrates Immigrant Stories
“I didn’t leave when they threatened my life. I left when they threatened my eight-year-old...
Know Your Rights Training To Be Offered October 9
Citizens For Juvenile Justice, a Boston based youth-justice organization, will offer a “Know Your Rights”...
Opinion: A Better World Is Possible. A YES Vote On Question 1 Will Improve The Lives Of Massachusetts Residents
Source: fairsharema.com Next month, Massachusetts residents will have the opportunity to enact an amendment to...
Lecture: The Imperialist Roots Of The USA
Source: UMass Department of History Manu Karuka, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Barnard College...
Immigration Justice Event In Celebration Of Jewish High Holidays
Source: Jewish Activists For Immigration Justice In 2019, Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice brought over...
A Better World Is Possible: Greyston Bakery Tackles Generational Poverty, One Blondie At A Time
The following article by Kate Cox, appeared originally in The Counter, on 10/27/15 under the...