Eesha Williams's Blog, page 26
March 24, 2022
60 at Northampton Rally
In Northampton on March 21 about 60 people attended a rally. The goal was to get the federal government to help people who want to move to the USA to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters. A spokesperson for the group that organized the rally told the Valley Post that the current law in the USA lets the government expel people who are asking for asylum. The government expels people without giving them a court hearing.
The event organizers have a web page at:
March 15, 2022
Albert Cummings Concert is April 22
Holyoke's Gateway City Arts is the venue for an Albert Cummings concert on April 22. Details are at: www.gatewaycityarts.com/event/albert-cummings
Good News for Nature
Easthampton, Massachusetts is expected to pass a fee on vacant commercial buildings in the coming weeks. Easthampton borders Holyoke. Brattleboro will likely pass a fee on vacant commercial buildings within a few months, town manager Yoshi Manale told the Valley Post.
The Brattleboro Home Depot and its vast parking lot have been vacant for 14 years. In 2019 Home Depot spokeswoman Margaret Watters Smith told the Valley Post her company would like to find someone to rent the building and parking ...
February 24, 2022
Ukraine
On February 22 the owner of the Brattleboro Reformer daily newspaper published in the Reformer an opinion article written by him. “War is the Answer” was the headline. The long article elaborated on why the multi-millionaire businessman feels Russia invading Ukraine is a good thing for the U.S. economy.
February 17, 2022
Rally for Afghanistan
A dozen people attended a Greenfield rally February 14. They were calling on Biden and congress to do more to help poor people in Afghanistan. It was very cold in Greenfield that day, Patricia Hynes told the Valley Post. She was at the rally and she's on the board of a group that has a web site at www.traprock.org.
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February 10, 2022
Black Lives Matter
The leader of a group in Springfield that has organized well-attended Black Lives Matter rallies told the Valley Post she questions a February 8 Associated Press article headlined, “Study Finds No Evidence Of Racial Disparity In Massachusetts Traffic Stops.” On February 9, Tanisha Arena told the Valley Post, “They conducted this (study) during 2020 when the world was shut down. Does that impact this data in any way? ... I find it hard to believe that there was no disparity in Hadley (near Northa...
February 4, 2022
300 March in Amherst
About 300 people marched in Amherst on February 2. The goal was justice for UMass workers. Umass professor Eve Weinbaum told the Valley Post the event went well. The group that organized the march has a web page at:
www.facebook.com/UMass-Amherst-Unions-United-1993735444211406
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Thondup Tsering works at Umass Amherst. He told the Valley Post he's planning to attend a march in Boston on February 6 to protect the people of Tibet from attacks by the government of China. March organizers h...
January 27, 2022
120 Rally
About 80 people were at a rally in Springfield on January 22. The goal was to get congress to pass voting rights legislation, Lydia Wood told the Valley Post. She runs a group that has web site at https://wmalf.org.
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About 40 people were at rallies in Greenfield and Northampton on January 22. The goal was to ban nuclear weapons. Pat Hynes told the Valley Post about 25 people were at the Greenfield rally. She's on the board of a group that has a web site at https://traprock.org.
January 20, 2022
25 Rally in Blizzard on MLK Day
In the middle of a major snow storm about 25 people attended a rally in Northampton on Martin Luther King day. The goal was to get congress to pass voting rights bills. Congressman Jim McGovern and Northampton city councilor Garrick Perry were at the rally, Debby Pastrich-Klemer told the Valley Post. She is a leader in the Northampton Democratic party.
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Green Mountain National Forest is near Brattleboro. Activists who have a web page at
are organizing a...
January 13, 2022
Albert Cummings Concert is April 21
Holyoke's Gateway City Arts is the venue for an Albert Cummings concert on April 21. Details are at: www.gatewaycityarts.com/event/albert-cummings
