Opinion: Keep Showing Up. Reflections On The Latest Emergency School Committee Meeting
I just got home from the emergency joint meeting of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School &…
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Town Reports Progress On Racial Justice But Considerable Work Remains
Report On The Joint Meeting Of the Human Rights Commission, Community Safety And Social Justice…
Fort River Farm Community Garden Registration Is Open
Source: amherstma.gov Fort River Community Garden in Amherst is currently accepting applications for garden plots…
Jennifer Moyston Honored At State House As Black Excellence On The Hill Nominee
Source: amherstma.gov Jennifer Moyston, Amherst’s Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was recently recognized…
Open Call For Artists. $10K Grant For Kendrick Park BIPOC Art Project
Source: amherstma.gov The Amherst Public Art Commission (APAC), in partnership with the Amherst Business Improvement…
Opinion: Difficult Truths And Democracy In Amherst
by Andrea Battle and Jeff Gold The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire…
Opinion: Tyre Nichols’ Murder Is A Call To Action
On January 10th, 2023, Tyre Nichols died just three days after he was brutally beaten…
Opinion: BBAA Mourns Tyre Nichols And Condemns Police Culture Of Violence
The Black Business Association of Amherst Area (BBAA) express our deepest sympathy to the family…
Opinion: BID Responds To Black Business Association Of Amherst
The Amherst Business Improvement District (BID) and the Downtown Amherst Foundation (DAF) offer this response…
Opinion: Distribution Of ARPA Funds In Amherst Was Not Equitable
The Black Business Association of Amherst Area (BBA) calls upon Amherst town leaders to engage…
Becoming Human: Fight And Build – Envisioning Solidarity Economies As Transformative Politics
by Penn Loh and Boone Shear The following article appeared in Nonprofit Quarterly on December…
Community Responder Department Receives Crisis Systems Learning Grant
Source: amherstma.gov Amherst’s Community Responders for Equity Safety Service (CRESS) Department is one of eight…