NORTHAMPTON Proponents of establishing a commission on reparations in Northampton for African Americans are lobbying the City Council to pass a resolution on the issue in February, coinciding with Black History Month. The Northampton Reparations.
NORTHAMPTON An online panel discussion regarding a proposed reparations commission for the city is set to take place Tuesday evening via a Zoom conference, in partnership with Forbes Library. The meeting, titled “Why Reparations? Why Northampton?.
I was recently interviewed on a local radio program about my reflections on the state of the peace and justice movement in the Valley and around the country. At the end of the show, the host asked: “So Andrea, what keeps you going? What gives you.
Two weeks before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I used Google to learn what was happening in Northampton. I wondered if the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program would be in-person this year. Although I’ve largely avoided large audiences, fearing.
In December, Andrea Ayvazian wrote a lovely column about the miracle of the human body. Her thoughtful piece reminded me of discussions I used to have with several third grade classes (I taught elementary school for over 35 years). I would pose the.