CSSJC Raises Concerns About Cameras In New Elementary School And Failure Of Town To Resolve July 5 Incident
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety And Social Justice Committee (CSDSJC), November 9,...
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Banner Drop In Support Of The Equal Rights Amendment
Source: Generation Ratify Generation Ratify Amherst, the local chapter of a national, youth-led, intersectional organization...
Marathon Session Of Town Council Produces No Action On July 5 Police Incident
This was a hybrid meeting held both in the Town Room of Town Hall and...
A Gallery of Voices From The Joint Meeting Of The Town Council And The CSSJC, November 1, 2022
Forty-one people spoke during the public comment period of the joint meeting of the Town...
Know Your Rights Training Prepares Local Youth For Safe Engagements With Police [Updated With Video]
Around 20 people gathered on a Zoom call and at New Africa House at UMass...
Amherst Residents Rally On The Town Common In Solidarity With The Amherst 9
A group of about 15 community members assembled on the Amherst Common across from Town...
The Human Toll Of America’s Air Wars: The First Annual Ellsberg Lecture, Featuring Pulitzer Prize Winner Azmat Khan, November 15 At UMass
Source: UMass Amherst Department of History Pulitzer Prize winner Azmat Khan will present the first...
Letter: Retired Teacher Questions The Integrity Of Hiring Processes In Amherst Public Schools
The following letter was sent to the Amherst School Committee, the staff at Amherst Public...
Opinion: Feedback From Parents Of BIPOC Youth On The Naming Of The Amherst 9
I am submitting this article on behalf of parents of BIPOC youth known as the...
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...
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...