"Moving Toward Zero Waste" Campaign Launch on October 19

Celebrate the launching of a Zero Waste Amherst public education campaign! 

Thursday, October 19 at 6 PM

Hitchcock Center for the Environment

845 West St., Amherst

Free, Registration Appreciated

6 PM – 7 PM: Refreshments and tour of Hitchcock Center

7 PM – 9 PM: Learn about what’s being planned and share your ideas for helping to reduce waste and promote recycling in Amherst.

Sponsored by the Amherst Recycling and Refuse Management Committee,
Amherst League of Women Voters, Sustaining Amherst,
and The Hitchcock Center for the Environment.

“If you’re not for Zero Waste, how much waste are you for?”

Contact the Hitchcock Center (413-256-6006) or the Recycling and Refuse Management Committee (rrmc@amherstma.gov) for further information. More details are available in this Gazette article.

THREATS TO THE SAFETY NET: A Community Conversation with Amherst LWV

LEARN ABOUT THREATS TO THE SAFETY NET: A Community Conversation

in collaboration with the Amherst League of Women Voters

Wednesday, April 5

6:30pm-8pm

at the Amherst Survival Center, 138 Sunderland Road, North Amherst

on the #33 bus

Presenters:

Michael Knapik, Director of Governor Baker’s Western MA Regional Office

Keith Barnicle, Regional Manager for Congressman Jim McGovern

Michelle Geoffroy, Advocacy, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts

Please contact Mindy if you have any questions. Thank you!

Mindy Domb

Executive Director

Amherst Survival Center

P.O. Box 9629, 138 Sunderland Road

North Amherst, MA 01059

tel: 413.549.3968 x107;  fax: 413.549.5860

Website: www.amherstsurvival.org

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: @AmherstSurvival

Join UMass' Dash & Dine 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, April 8 - proceeds benefit the Amherst Survival Center, registration & info here: www.runumass.com

LWV Amherst Civics Fest Coming March 24 - Call for Teams

Plan now to attend the First AnnualCivics Fest celebrating government and politics on Friday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium. This event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Amherst, will include food, music, theater and competition. The theme for the 2017 event will be “American Institutions”. State Representative Solomon Goldstein-Rose will preside as Master of Ceremonies.

Teams are invited to register for one of the two competitions:

• High schoolers in teams of 3-4 will compete in a round of debates. Each team (in pairs) will be given a topic and position they have to argue, and get about 10 minutes to prepare an argument. The two teams will then argue opposite sides of the issue.

• Adults in teams of 4 will compete in one of two separate rounds of trivia, with a series of 10-15 questions in each round, writing answers on whiteboards and adding up points.

No preparation necessary! Register your team today! For more information, contact Cynthia Brubaker at 253-6679.

Meet Your Town Meeting Candidates on March 18

Meet Your Precinct Town Meeting Candidates on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Amherst Regional Middle School. The meeting will give Amherst residents the opportunity to meet Town Meeting Candidates and learn their views on issues facing Amherst.

Here is a link to the Precinct map: https://www.amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1145

Precincts 1-5 candidates will be present from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Precincts 6-10 candidates will be present from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The event is sponsored by the Town Meeting Coordinating Committee and moderated by the League of Women Voters of Amherst.