Eesha Williams's Blog, page 28
December 2, 2021
Dozens Rally
In Brattleboro and Northampton about 45 people attended abortion rights rallies. The Brattleboro rally was on December 1. About 10 people were there, organizer Tracy Donahue told the Valley Post. “It was cold but we were happy we gathered together because we were all angry about the U.S. supreme court deliberations,” she said.
November 25, 2021
Protest at Whole Foods
On November 23 in Hadley, Massachusetts there was a protest rally outside Whole Foods. Hadley borders Northampton and Amherst. Whole Foods is owned by Amazon. About 10 people were at the rally, organizer Jackie Velez told the Valley Post. They handed out fliers to customers. Velez works for Massachusetts Jobs With Justice.
According to a press release from the group, Amazon's “demands are so high that people working at Amazon warehouses collapse from exhaustion and some have died on the job. Al...
November 20, 2021
Albert Cummings Concert is Jan. 29
Holyoke's Gateway City Arts is the venue for an Albert Cummings concert on January 29, 2022. Details are at: www.gatewaycityarts.com/event/albert-cummings
November 18, 2021
Peace Rallies, Workers' Strikes
Eighty-five or so people attended peace rallies in the Valley November 12 and 13. About 50 people were at the November 12 rally in Northampton. Sanctions against nations like Cuba, Palestine, and Venezuela “have become a new type of warfare,” a spokesperson for one of the groups that organized the rally told the Valley Post. One of the group's web site is https://MassPeaceAction.org.
About 35 people were at the Greenfield rally on November 13, organizer Emily Greene told the Valley Post. The g...
November 11, 2021
Holyoke March is Nov. 14
In Holyoke on November 14 there will be a climate march. It starts at 1 p.m. at Crosier Field. The number one cause of climate change is over-population. The average American uses much more fossil fuels than the average resident of a poor nation like Mali or Afghanistan. On average, in the USA and globally, the more education, and the more money, a person has, the fewer kids they will have. One of the groups that's promoting the Holyoke march has a web site at https://350vermont.org.
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November 4, 2021
150 Acres Saved
On October 31 a land trust announced 150 acres of open space in Amherst has been permanently protected from development. The USA is losing 6,000 acres of open space to development every day. Kestrel Land Trust said the town of Amherst had saved the land. The land is along West Pomeroy Lane.
October 28, 2021
How to Get Faster Trains
Activists in Northampton are working to make passenger train service between Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, Springfield, Boston, and New York City faster, more frequent, and cheaper. Ben Heckscher is a spokesperson for the group Trains In The Valley. On October 25, he told the Valley Post, people should tell their “elected officials that you want more frequent passenger rail service north of Springfield, and fares that are comparable to the fares offered on the Hartford Line for travel south ...
October 21, 2021
Seven Arrested
At least six people from the Pioneer Valley, and at least one from Brattleboro, were among 655 people arrested for non-violent civil disobedience outside the White House between October 11 and October 15. The protests were to call on Biden to do more about climate change. The six Pioneer Valley residents are Paki Wieland, Priscilla Lynch, Marty Nathan, Sofia Perrotto, Sue Donaldson, and Russ Vernon-Jones.
Six Arrested
At least six people from the Pioneer Valley were among 655 people arrested for non-violent civil disobedience outside the White House between October 11 and October 15. The protests were to call on Biden to do more about climate change. The six Pioneer Valley residents are Paki Wieland, Priscilla Lynch, Marty Nathan, Sofia Perrotto, Sue Donaldson, and Russ Vernon-Jones.
October 17, 2021
Underground System Concert is Nov. 20
Underground System will perform in Holyoke on November 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25. A video of the band performing, and more information about the venue, are at:
www.gatewaycityarts.com/event/laudable-productions-presents-underground-...
