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Amherst councilors lean toward anti-racism training
Amherst Town Hall
AMHERST All 13 members of the Amherst Town Council are expected to participate in a weekend-long anti-racism training workshop to help them better serve the community’s diverse racial and ethnic populations.
Proposed by District 5 Councilor Shalini Bahl-Milne and District 2 Councilor Pat DeAngelis, the virtual training, likely to take place this spring, is supposed to help build trust with the town’s Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities that don’t have representation on the council. Aside from Bahl-Milne, who immigrated from India in 2001, there are no councilors of color.
Around Amherst: Councilors may be on board for weekend anti-racism workshop
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST A weekend-long anti-racism training initiative for the Town Council, aimed at helping to build trust between councilors and the Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities, is being proposed by two of its members.
District 2 Councilor Pat DeAngelis and District 5 Councilor Shalini Bahl-Milne are suggesting the 13 members participate in the 2½-day workshop Undoing Racism, led by the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond.
Bahl-Milne said at the council meeting this week that the training would be an opportunity to develop common language, understand racism and work with constituents with more sensitivity.