Sanctuary Meeting followed by NAACP and Coming Together co-sponsored School Committee Candidate Forum March 20

 non-PGO event ... invitation from Coming Together Amherst

"On Monday, March 20th there are two events in Amherst for those who care about issues of racial justice.  Please come to one, or both, if you can. If you are interested in both events, please come to the Amherst Sanctuary Pre-Meeting at 5:30 and/or the Select Board meeting at 6:30pm and then go to the Bangs Center when it's time for the School Committee Forum. 

The Amherst Select Board will be deciding whether or not to recommend the Amherst Sanctuary Community Bylaw to Town Meeting

Select Board Meeting - Town Hall

Monday, March 20,  6:30PM

We will be meeting ahead of time for an

Art Build and pre-meeting at

5:30PM at First Congregational Church

165 Main St

Please RSVP and let us know you will be attending at

bit.ly/March20AmherstSanctuary

Please also go to the Facebook page for this event at

https://www.facebook.com/events/234787616929365/

For more information email: amherstsanctuary@gmail.com

School Committee candidates to answer questions about equity and social justice...

NAACP and Coming Together are sponsoring a special forum for School Committee candidates to be questioned by the community

Monday, March 20, 2017, 7-9 pm The Bangs Center, large activity room

For more information, please contact Alyssa Melnick / alyssa@mmelnick.com

Many of us have long believed that candidates for the Amherst School Committee should share their views about issues of race and social justice with the public prior to election day.  This is the first time for this event and a sizable audience will help show everyone that these issues are important in our community.

www.coming-together.org

Community Conversations: Planning Some Action Steps 10/27, 7 – 8:45PM at The Jones

JOIN US FOR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS – PLANNING ACTION STEPS

from Coming Together: Understanding Racism, Working for Justice & Building Connections

NAACPAmherst Racial Equity/UROC

Dear Community Members Who Care About Racial Justice,

Please join us for:


Community Conversations:

Planning Some Action Steps

Tuesday, October 27, 7:00PM – 8:45PM

We invite everyone in the community to come together at The Jones Library to brainstorm, discuss, form action teams, and plan to initiate action steps to help dismantle racism in our community and beyond.

We will invite participants to suggest action projects and the organizers will offer suggestions as well – things “ordinary” people can do locally to make a difference. After some brief discussion there will be an opportunity for each person to select a proposed action step and meet with a small group of others who are interested in pursuing that idea together.

We see this as a continuation of:

• a community conversation that happened last fall,
• ongoing discussions that have occurred in meetings and/or film showings in each of sponsoring organizations over the past year,
• the call to action at the end of the NAACP walk a few weeks ago,
• the question, “What can we do?” that has been raised repeatedly by local people who care about dismantling racism.

This is part of our ongoing work of building a powerful movement for racial justice.

Racism tries to divide us, silence us, and make us feel powerless in the face of systemic oppression. Together we can accomplish things we can’t do alone.  All of us have limited time, but many of us want to be sure we are taking some effective action. This meeting is for people of all racial backgrounds and all identities. Please join us Tuesday, October 27th at 7PM.

Yours in solidarity,

Coming Together: Understanding Racism, Working for Justice & Building Connections

NAACP

Amherst Racial Equity/UROC