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…
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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.
In Northampton, MA the preliminary election is quickly approaching and mayoral candidates continue their fight to make it on the municipal election ballot.
Last Sunday, hundreds of UMass students gathered outside the Theta Chi fraternity house in protest of sexual assault allegations.
Smith began its Year on Democracies with a Presidential Colloquium featuring Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. She opened the annual Colloquium series on Sep 8, answering questions from Smith students and faculty about the condition of the U.S. democracy and her position within it as one of the most politically powerful women in the country. The event was held at John M. Greene Hall, allowing a portion of the Smith community to attend in-person, while others watched the live-stream.
NORTHAMPTON -- Beneath a waving Confederate flag and MAGA banner, twenty white people shouted proudly on the corner of Elm and Prospect. Across the street, Smith students wrapped in pride flags kissed each other. A projected image declared, “Speaker Pelosi, Fight for our future!” on the Campus Center. Scattered police officers, campus safety patrollers, and Secret Service agents watched blankly.
After two days of the in-person International Student Pre-Orientation (ISP) program, the program transitioned to an online platform following a positive COVID-19 test from a student.
The Northampton Policing Review Commission (NPRC), created by the Northampton Mayor and City Council, released its recommendations for reforming “the current organizational and oversight structures, municipal funding allocations, and policies and ordinances” of the Northampton policing system. The creation of a “new Department of Community Care” should be a top priority according to the NPRC.
On April 15, Smith College announced its intention to gift the City of Northampton $200,000 to support the efforts of the Mayor of Northampton, David Narkewicz, in creating a Community Resilience Hub - a decision that poses potential risks to the efforts and goals of Northampton Abolition Now and other local abolition organizations.