From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#34). Featured This Week: The Police
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UMass Research Shows Black Lives Matter Protests Associated With Decrease In Police Homicides
Source: UMass News And Media In the five years following the beginning of the Black…
School Reopening Plan Is Very Limited As Most Teachers Choose to Stay Remote
Residents Urge Amherst To Fill Regional School District Budget Gap With Police Department Funds The…
Barbara Love Advises Community Safety Working Group On Implicit Bias Training
Barbara Love, UMass Professor Emeritus of Education, spoke to the Community Safety Working Group at…
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#32). This Week’s Focus – News From Amherst That You Might Have Missed And More On Alternatives To Policing And On Reopening The Schools
This column offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to Amherst readers….
Defund 413 Demands (And Receives) Assurance That No Amherst Police Participated In Insurrection At Capitol
On January 7, Defund 413, an Amherst-based citizens organization working to defund the Amherst Police…
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#29)
“From Other Sources” is back after a four month hiatus. This column offers links to selected…
Second Community Forum On Public Safety: Testimony Emphasizes Need For New Budget Priorities And Community Oversight Of Police
A public forum on public safety and the Amherst police was held as a Zoom…
First Forum On Public Safety: Small Turnout, Big Questions
The Town’s Community Safety Working Group (CSWG) held the first of two public forums to…
Opinion: Seven Brief Perspectives In A Difficult Time
Here are some assorted thoughts — from the Presidential election to the Senate runoff elections…