UMass students developing study of Orange’s economic development efforts
Ten students pursuing master’s degrees in regional planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Economic Development pose in a group photo with Orange Selectboard Chair Ryan Mailloux, Planning Board Chair Mercedes Clingerman and Community Development Director Alec Wade outside the Orange Armory on Aug. 28, during an initial site visit to Orange. The students are working with Wade to develop an Economic Development Self-Assessment Tool, which provides an in-depth evaluation of a community’s economic development efforts. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jennifer Doherty, one of 10 students pursuing master’s degrees in regional planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Economic Development, at a farmers market in Orange during a site visit. Doherty and the other students are working with Orange Community Development Director Alec Wade to develop an Economic Development Se
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Samuel Adams
EASTHAM A document found in the archive room at Eastham Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Museum appears to contain the signature of Samuel Adams.
The piece of paper was an official recognition of the appointment of Elijah Knowles as Justice of the Peace in Barnstable County. It is dated June 7, 1785.
An article about the discovery was published earlier this week in the Cape Cod Times and noted that Adams was a pivotal figure in both Massachusetts and national history.
A delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774, he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In 1781, he was appointed lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, and became governor in 1789.
‘Imagine if our nation was accountable’: Online talk explores racial reparations
Luisah Teish, a teacher and author, conducted a ceremony in an online presentation on racial reparations on Sunday. SCREENSHOT
Published: 12/21/2020 3:57:33 PM
GREENFIELD In consideration of its support for racial reparations, members of the local Racial Justice Rising group tuned in to a Zoom discussion on Sunday about the topic, conducted by the Grassroots Reparations Campaign, an organization with members in different parts of the country.
The basic idea of reparations is that Black people are at a social disadvantage as a result of the history of slavery and racism and that the way to repair that damage would be to acknowledge it through laws and government policies. There are different views on what exactly those laws and policies should do.
Green Social Democracy Offers the Most Viable Path Toward a Sustainable Future
A green social democracy offers a way out of economic and climate crises, says economics professor David Kotz.
The coronavirus pandemic has created both a public health and an economic crisis in the United States. More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19, with excess deaths highest among Black and Latinx populations. Hospitals across the country have passed the breaking point. And millions are struggling to eat and pay the rent. Yet, the stock market is hitting record highs and the super-rich are getting even richer in the midst of the pandemic. Yet, there is no talk among the elites of meaningful reforms, even while the climate change is driving the planet to tipping points.
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The global population 65 years and over is growing faster than all other age groups, and is expected to double over the next 30 years. As they grow older, women face the double whammy of discrimination based on both age and sex.
How can we better understand the intersection of ageism and gender, how this prejudice manifests in ourselves and others, and flip the script when it comes to society s perception and treatment of older women?
What impact can ageist attitudes have on individual health and well-bring?
How can we shed negative stereotypes and false narratives about aging gracefully ?