Letter: School Committee Rejects Notion That Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Students Should Be the Most Impacted by Budget Cuts
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 6, 2025. I...
Allegra Clark
Youth Leaders Shine as Good Trouble Lives on in Amherst
Good trouble lived on in Amherst Massachusetts on the afternoon of July 17, 2025 as...
Opinion: Equity Under Attack by the Town of Amherst #4: Saving Amherst’s Community Responders Alternative to Policing
By Allegra Clark, Debora Ferreira, Pat Ononibaku, Darius Cage, Russ Vernon-Jones, Brianna Owen, Ellisha Walker,...
Opinion: Equity Under Attack by Amherst Town Government #3: A Request For Inclusive ARPA Funds Distribution
By Allegra Clark, Debora Ferreira, Pat Ononibaku, Darius Cage, Russ Vernon-Jones, Brianna Owen, Ellisha Walker,...
Opinion: Equity Under Attack by Amherst Town Government #2: A Call for Inclusion
By Allegra Clark, Debora Ferreira, Pat Ononibaku, Darius Cage, Russ Vernon-Jones, Brianna Owen, Ellisha Walker,...
Amherst Welcomes New CRESS Director
The CRESS department welcomed its new director, Camille Theriaque, on April 8. The community welcomed...
Students And Parents Come Out in Force to Protest Elementary School Budget Cuts
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee and Public Forum on the School...
Letter: Gallery Opening for Wildwood Students at Mead Art Museum
With all of the sadness and outrage felt around the Title IX fallout ,I wanted...
Issues & Analyses: CRESS Re-envisions Public Safety In Amherst
Amherst has been engaged in re-envisioning its public safety services since the summer of 2020,...
Letter: Proposed Cuts Of Paraeducators Will Hurt School Libraries
My Wildwood Kindergartener gets so upset on early release Wednesdays. He misses library, his favorite...
Opinion: Amherst’s Community Safety And Social Justice Committee On The Killing Of Tyre Nichols
by Allegra Clark and Demetria Shabazz Amherst’s Community Safety and Social Justice Committee (CSSJC) issued...
Opinion: Council Offers Small Step Forward With Resolutions On July 5 Incident. Town Still Has Much Work To Do
I joined the special meeting of the Town Council on November 14 after the Town...