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663 SPRINGFIELD The Children’s Study Home will host a virtual panel discussion, “The COVID Vaccine: Personal & Professional Perspectives within African-American and Latino Communities,” on Friday, March 5 from noon to 1 p.m. in partnership with the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts. Click here to register for the event. Panelists include Ronn Johnson, president and CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services Inc.; Dr. Sarah Perez McAdoo, Population Health Capstone director at UMass Medical School – Baystate; Dr. Miguel Rodriguez, pulmonologist at Holyoke Medical Center; and Frank Robinson, vice president of Public Health for Baystate Health. Jessica Collins, executive director of the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, will moderate the panel discussion. William Dávila, executive director of the Children’s Study Home, will host the event. ....
‘What are you doing for others?’: Springfield celebrates legacy of slain civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Updated Jan 18, 2021; SPRINGFIELD The annual celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. might have taken a different form this year it was presented online, instead of in an event at the MassMutual Center that typically draws hundreds but the message of continuing to work for equality and justice remained the same. Gov. Charlie Baker used his remarks to highlight the state’s recent police reform legislation which he called a “big step forward” for racial justice while other speakers called for continued advocacy for racial and social justice in the aftermath of the recent riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald J. Trump. ....
Arson investigators are inspecting the scene of a suspicious church fire The Springfield, Massachusetts fire began on Monday morning at Martin Luther King Community Presbyterian Church Springfield arson and Bomb Squad members responded to the scene, along with Massachusetts State Police and the ATF It took crews an hour to put out the blaze, which has left the church unusable Springfield Fire Commissioner said: It s a church that burned at nighttime, so it s a potential hate crime Investigators are looking at surveillance video as part of the investigation ....