Eesha Williams's Blog, page 133
August 29, 2014
Kris Delmhorst Concert Is October 23
Kris Delmhorst will perform a concert at the Parlor Room in Northampton on October 23 at 7 p.m. A Boston Globe staff writer called her music "sterling," which means excellent. You can hear one of Delmhorst's best songs for free at:
http://grooveshark.com/s/Broken+White+Line/2J1mv5?src=5
Mass Marches Work
Free round-trip bus tickets from Holyoke to a September 21 climate march in New York City are available. President Obama and the leaders of other nations will be in New York City that day to try to come up with an agreement to reduce pollution. The march is being organized by the Service Employees International Union, the Sierra Club, and other organizations. More information about the march, including how to get bus tickets from the Valley, is at www.PeoplesClimate.org. The Sunday march star...
August 23, 2014
Kris Delmhorst Concert Is October 23
Kris Delmhorst will perform a concert at the Parlor Room in Northampton on October 23 at 7 p.m. A Boston Globe staff writer called her music "sterling," which means excellent. You can hear one of Delmhorst's best songs for free at:
http://grooveshark.com/s/Broken+White+Line/2J1mv5?src=5
Photos: Seven Arrested at Springfield Rally
On August 22, police arrested seven people for non-violent civil disobedience in Springfield. They were protesting the decision by a bank that pays its CEO millions of dollars a year to force a low-income family out of their home. The protest was organized by www.SpringfieldNoOneLeaves.org.
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photos by Joe Oliverio
August 18, 2014
Kris Delmhorst Concert Is October 23
Kris Delmhorst will perform a concert at the Parlor Room in Northampton on October 23 at 7 p.m. A Boston Globe staff writer called her music "sterling," which means excellent. You can hear one of Delmhorst's best songs for free at:
http://grooveshark.com/s/Broken+White+Line/2J1mv5?src=5
August 17, 2014
100 at Amherst Rally for Michael Brown
On August 16 in Amherst, more than 100 people attended a rally to call for accountability for the white policeman who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed, 18-year-old African American in Missouri one week earlier. Witnesses say Brown was standing with his hands raised above his head when Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed him.
The Amherst rally was organized by the Amherst chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The...
August 10, 2014
Workers Strike
On August 4, striking workers held a rally outside the Market Basket grocery store about two miles from Keene in Swanzey, New Hampshire. About 10,000 people attended a rally for the striking Market Basket workers near Boston on August 5. Market Basket has about 25,000 workers at its grocery stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
August 2, 2014
Civil Disobedience Set for August 4
On August 4 at 8:30 a.m. in Springfield, activists will risk arrest for non-violent civil disobedience. Their goal is to stop a bank that pays its CEO millions of dollars a year from evicting a low-income family from their home on Rochelle Street. Dozens of homes in Springfield whose poor owners were evicted by rich banks have remained vacant and abandoned for years. The August 4 protest is being organized by a group that has organized civil disobedience in Springfield before. Photos of one o...
