Eesha Williams's Blog, page 151
May 18, 2013
Many Quit at School With Few Walls
A public high school near Brattleboro has about 350 students, few walls, and a high dropout rate. Most of the class “rooms” at Bellows Falls High School are separated only by makeshift barriers including bookshelves and the kind of low partitions usually found between office cubicles. “The noise was distracting,” Sam Bledsoe said. “Usually I could tune it out, but if the teacher in the next ‘room’ was talking loudly it would completely take you out of what you were supposed to be learning.” B...
May 15, 2013
Photos: A Road Returns to Nature at Robin Hood Park
These photos were taken at Robin Hood Park in Keene on May 15. The 130 acre park is less than a mile from downtown. Many historians believe that Robin Hood lived in England roughly 900 years ago. A popular book, “The Adventures of Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle was high on the Amazon.com bestseller list on May 15. A novel based on the real person, the book says Robin Hood stole from the rich and used the money to help poor people.
May 11, 2013
Peace Protest Is May 17 in Northampton
There will be a march and rally for peace on May 17 at 3:45 p.m. in Northampton. The event will start at City Hall, 210 Main Street. The U.S. spends more on the military than any other nation. “The U.S. war budget is greater than the military spending of the next 13 largest military powers combined,” said event organizer Susan Theberge.
The U.S. spends about $2,000 per person per year on the military. The global average is about one-tenth that amount. That’s according to:
May 6, 2013
Amadou and Mariam Concert Is June 24 in Northampton
On June 24 at 7 p.m., two outstanding musicians from Mali, Africa will perform a public concert in Northampton. Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia will play at the Iron Horse Music Hall www.iheg.com. A video of them performing one of their songs in concert is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbOmNakdTo
Bagayoko and Doumbia’s current tour includes stops at prestigious concert halls in Los Angeles, Boston, and Washington, DC. Bagayoko and Doumbia are blind.
Alchemystics to Perform on May 10 in Northampton
Local reggae band the Alchemystics will perform on May 10 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The band sounds like a mixture of Bob Marley and Michael Franti and Spearhead. The Alchemystics played an outstanding, sold-out concert at the Arts Block in Greenfield in 2011. Almost everyone at the concert danced.
A video of the Alchemystics performing is at
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=zDLqJjIk-cc
In the video, the sound quality is good; the image quality is literally shaky.
Workers' Victory Expected May 7
Hundreds of workers at grocery stores in Northampton, Greenfield, and Brattleboro recently formed a union. On May 7, the Northampton workers are expected to finish negotiating their first union contract with their bosses. They work at River Valley Market www.RiverValleyMarket.coop. “Then we will vote on ratification,” River Valley Market worker Gabriel Quaglia told the Valley Post on May 4. Union workers elect a few of their co-workers to meet with their bosses to negotiate a contract. When a...
May 5, 2013
Alchemystics to Perform on May 10 in Northampton
Local reggae band the Alchemystics will perform on May 10 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The band sounds like a mixture of Bob Marley and Michael Franti and Spearhead. The Alchemystics played an outstanding, sold-out concert at the Arts Block in Greenfield in 2011. Almost everyone at the concert danced.
A video of the Alchemystics performing is at
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=zDLqJjIk-cc
In the video, the sound quality is good; the image quality is literally shaky.
Photo: Hundreds March in Springfield for Immigrant Rights
On May 4 in Springfield, hundreds of people marched from the federal building on Main Street to City Hall. They were calling for passage of the so-called "Trust Act" by the Massachusetts legislature, which would reduce deportations of immigrants, and for federal reforms to help immigrants. More information about the Trust Act is at:
https://www.aclum.org/news_3.19.13
More information about the federal immigration reforms that march organizers are seeking is at:
