By LARRY PARNASS
Last modified: Sunday, November 29, 2015
NORTHAMPTON - A week after the killings, women dressed in aprons and carrying pots and pans gathered at 7:30 a.m. on the Coolidge Bridge to decry family violence. It was the first demonstration of the Women’s Action Coalition-Western Massachusetts. The second came four days later, when a dozen members gathered downtown, with Yoko Kato present, to hold signs and distribute leaflets.
“There was a feeling that something was missing in the Valley, a group to take direct action,’’ member Wyeth McAdam told a reporter. “This came out of women feeling there was a void for their voices. I don’t think people realize how serious the problem is.’’
Three interfaith influencers to be honored with Lindeman awards
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Around Amherst: Immigrant, minister, monk receiving interfaith awards
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Immigration court grants ex-Florence resident legal status
Niberd Abdalla and his wife Ellen McShane sit in attorney Buz Eisenberg’s office after Abdalla’s release from Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston in January 2018 after being held for seven months. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Niberd Abdalla during his incarceration the Suffolk County House of Correction under the control of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being detained during a regular meeting with ICE on June 8, 2017. Abdalla spoke of his experiences within the correctional facility, his medical difficulties, and the possible deportment to Iraq on August 4, 2017. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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NORTHAMPTON A federal immigration judge has granted permanent legal status to a local Iraqi immigrant and former Florence resident who immigration authorities jailed and attempted to deport four years ago.
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NORTHAMPTON The Rev. Donald Morgan, pastor of Haydenville Congregational Church, said he watched bits and pieces of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd last May.
“Of course I tuned in to the verdict,” Morgan said, standing at the front of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence church on Thursday afternoon. “Since that time I have celebrated, and I have rejoiced,” he said. “But I was only able to celebrate after telling myself and assuring myself that although we celebrate and there’s nothing wrong with celebration that we have to remember that that victory, that that justice, that that accountability does not erase or eradicate all the injustices and unaccountabilities that have taken place in this nation over the years.”