After a hiatus caused by COVID-19 and the departure of Whitney Hadley, the former Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs, the Mwangi Cultural Center reopened its doors on Wednesday, Nov. 3.
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Smith moved back to the pre-pandemic Interterm model this year, offering 14 classes on campus and two classes in experiential learning and abroad. This model offers 292 spots for students to enroll in classes on campus. Each class has a waitlist between five and 41 people.
Smith College students marched through the streets of downtown Northampton backed by a chorus of honking cars as they chanted, “We don’t want a prison nation, stop mass incarceration!” on Saturday, Dec. 4.
Long lines at dining halls. Fewer dining halls open. Long GrubHub waits. What is behind these issues in dining services this semester?
Northampton Abolition Now (NAN) and Western Mass Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) co-hosted a city council candidate forum on Oct. 27 to ask the candidates for City Councilor At-Large about their plans to advocate for racial equity in Northampton if elected.
Northampton mayoral candidates responded to a survey about racial equity and their plans to address racism in schools, policing and the local community.
REAL (Racial Equity and Learning) Northampton is an organization funded by the Northampton Education Foundation that works to create an anti-racist culture in Northampton public schools (NPS). In October, REAL distributed a survey to the mayoral candidates Gina-Louise Sciaara and Marc Warner about their views on racial equity and what they would do to further that agenda if elected. The full questionnaire is available to read on REAL Northampton’s website.
A small group of protestors conducted a demonstration against drone warfare outside of L3Harris, a local defense contractor Oct. 1.
Planned Parenthood Advocacy of Western Massachusetts partnered with the Valley’s Women’s March to hold a protest against Texas’s restrictive abortion law that came into effect…
People stood on a street corner outside the Northampton Senior Center waving colorful signs, hoping to raise awareness for their candidates on Sept. 28. This preliminary election narrowed the number of mayoral candidates from four to two and City Councilor At Large candidates from five to four.
On Sept. 16, Dean of the College, Baishaki Taylor, announced that UMass Amherst reported 371 positive COVID-19 cases in the week of Sept. 8-14. Hampshire County has since been designated very high risk for COVID-19 by Covid Act Now.