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Listen to the interview with Zach Verriden. For the last six months, a committee in Longmeadow, Massachusetts has been researching issues of race in the predominately white Springfield suburb. A final report, which includes data, multiple personal stories about racism faced by town residents, and eight recommendations, was presented to the Longmeadow Select Board Monday night. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Zach Verriden, chair of the Longmeadow Coalition for Racial Justice Task Force. Tags: ....
‘We’re getting Zoom bombed’; Racial slurs shouted, swastika written on screen during Longmeadow meeting Updated Feb 06, 2021; The problems of 2020 have continued into 2021. Amid a discussion on actively recruiting more diverse candidates for municipal positions in the town of Longmeadow, a term that became all too familiar last year was the new topic of discussion. “We’re getting Zoom bombed,” said coalition member Ryan McCollum amid a series of outbursts from at least one attendee. Longmeadow Coalition for Racial Justice Task Force, a group formed to identify areas of systemic racism in the Western Massachusetts town, held a public meeting on Thursday on Zoom. During the meeting, a series of racial slurs were shouted then the screen was marked with a swastika and the phrase “[expletive] n ” ....