Amherst pursues reparations to Black residents
Amherst Town Hall GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Amherst is on a path toward providing reparations to Black residents for past injustices following the Town Council’s unanimous adoption of a resolution calling for the community to become an anti-racist town.
On Monday, the council voted 13-0 for the resolution stating that Amherst “is committed to engaging in a path of remedy for Black Amherst residents who have been injured or harmed by discrimination and racial injustice.”
The resolution came after a group known as Reparations for Amherst, formed following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last spring, began conversations with three town councilors, District 5 Councilor Shalini Bahl-Mile, District 2 Councilor Pat DeAngelis and At-Large Councilor Alisa Brewer.