By: Elienishka Ramos Torres AMHERST – Many new student groups are forming at the University of Massachusetts, and among them is Black Women in Medicine. The group, which began its formation in early Spring 2020, has a mission in fostering community among pre-medical Black
Read More
By Brie Thompson-Bristol I never forget that I’m a person of color, but I especially never forget that I am a black person. The police brutality against persons of color has never ceased. One of the police’s first purposes was to be a watchman for slaves. However, now they have evolved to the extreme. They
By: Brie Bristol The public has no choice but to accept activists
By Tristan Smith The shouts of derogatory names could be heard from
By: Elienishka Ramos Torres On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, “Re-imagining Public Safety,” a zoom meeting hosted by several UMass Amherst student organizations,
By: UMass Amherst Racial Justice Coalition Recently, Victor Woolridge, a member and former Chair of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees,
By Brie Thompson-Bristol As I have continued to sit at home with family, counting the days of my life in quarantine, I
By: Elienishka Ramos Torres After a series of vague emails and unclear decisions from the UMass administration these past two weeks, thousands
By: Steven Turner-Parker Ubuntu means “I am because we are.” As black history month comes to a close, Black student organizations had
