Eesha Williams's Blog, page 17
April 13, 2023
Joe Bataan Concert
Brian Foote works for the city of Northampton. He told the Valley Post that in August or early September 2023 at 6 p.m. there will be a free concert. Joe Bataan will play at Pulaski Park in Northampton. By June 1, Foote will have the exact date, he said. You can hear one of Bataan's songs at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQr3-AQKLL8&ab_channel=MuddyScience
Win for Nature
Environmental activists in Northampton had a major victory April 10 when the city bought 229 acres of forestland and wetlands to protect them from development. The USA is losing 6,000 acres of open space to development every day. The Northampton land is on Sylvester Road. It will have hiking trails that will be open to the public.
April 7, 2023
Joe Bataan Concert
Brian Foote works for the city of Northampton. He told the Valley Post that in August or early September 2023 at 6 p.m. there will be a free concert. Joe Bataan will play at Pulaski Park in Northampton. By June 1, Foote will have the exact date, he said. You can hear one of Bataan's songs at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQr3-AQKLL8&ab_channel=MuddyScience
Photos: 145 People March, Rally
On April 5, about 100 people marched in Amherst to abolish the UMass police. In Holyoke, about 45 people attended a rally for high quality, affordable housing. More information on those two events is below.
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On April 15 at 9 a.m., there will be a climate rally two miles from Brattleboro in Dummerston, Vermont. The public is invited to attend. The world's leading scientists say climate change is a major threat to earth's ability to support human life.
March 31, 2023
Joe Bataan Concert
Brian Foote works for the city of Northampton. He told the Valley Post that in August or early September 2023 at 6 p.m. there will be a free concert. Joe Bataan will play at Pulaski Park in Northampton. By June 1, Foote will have the exact date, he said. You can hear one of Bataan's songs at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQr3-AQKLL8&ab_channel=MuddyScience
Keene, Greenfield, Amherst Rally
In Keene, New Hampshire about 45 people attended a climate rally, Karen Seaver told the Valley Post. “It was cool to see it happen on just a few days' notice,” she said. Seaver was at the rally. She is a professor at Keene State College and she works at the Harris Center for Conservation Education. The rally was organized by a group that has a web site at https://ThirdAct.org. The rally was on March 21.
March 22, 2023
Joe Bataan Concert
Brian Foote works for the city of Northampton. He told the Valley Post that in August or early September 2023 at 6 p.m. there will be a free concert. Joe Bataan will play at Pulaski Park in Northampton. By June 1, Foote will have the exact date, he said. You can hear one of Bataan's songs at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQr3-AQKLL8&ab_channel=MuddyScience
170 Rally
About 150 people attended a climate rally in Northampton on March 21. The rally was outside Chase bank's new location in the middle of downtown. Chase supports climate change by loaning money to oil companies. The rally was organized by a group that has a web site at http://ClimateActionNowMA.org. The March 22 edition of the Gazette had no coverage of the rally. The number one cause of climate change is overpopulation.
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