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Around Amherst: Councilors may be on board for weekend anti-racism workshop


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. ....

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