HOLYOKE A small crowd gathered on Main Street on Monday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit Puerto Rico, which caused the deaths of more than 3,000 people in part due to a poor.
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BENNINGTON â On Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m., former Mayor Carmen YulÃn Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will join Bennington College faculty member Judith Enck and WAMCâs Joe Donahue to discuss âClimate Change and Communities: Impacts in Puerto Rico and Beyond.â
This event is free, open to the public, and will take place virtually via Zoom. Register at https://tinyurl.com/jajas5fw by March 17 to join the event.
The CAPA Interview Series, which began in February and focuses on social justice, features interviews followed by Q&A with the Bennington community. The conversations are broadcast later on WAMC to its regional audience.
Former San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz takes post at Mount Holyoke College
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Carmen Yulin Cruz, then mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, answers questions Nov. 7, 2019, during an hourlong press conference at Mount Holyoke College. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
SOUTH HADLEY Carmen Yulín Cruz, the former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will join Mount Holyoke College as a fellow focused on leadership initiatives for the next year.
Cruz will work directly with students in her role, according to a college spokeswoman, and will remain in the post through December 2021.
Former San Juan mayor takes 1-year position at Mount Holyoke
January 26, 2021 GMT
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (AP) The former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and critic of former President Donald Trump’s hurricane relief to the island, Carmen Yulín Cruz, will take a one-year post at Mount Holyoke College.
Cruz, who has had a relationship with the college established by prior speaking engagements, will hold a fellowship at the college’s Weissman Center for Leadership, the Hampshire Daily Gazette reported on Monday.
She will design “leadership programming at the Weissman Center inviting truly exciting special guests to speak through virtual and on-campus visits, working with local community organizations and mentoring and supporting students in myriad ways,” Amy E. Martin, the center’s director and a professor of English, said in a statement.