On April 25, Allison Miller and her band will play a jazz concert at the Drake in Amherst. Miller played drums in the bands of Ani DiFranco and Natalie Merchant. Miller's current tour includes stops at the Village Vanguard, the oldest jazz club in New York City, and in Europe. The Amherst concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $28. You can see a Miller concert at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8dg8hAuGI&ab_channel=AllisonMiller
In the Pioneer Valley town of Williamsburg, two land trusts are working to protect a 288 acre defunct golf course from development. If they succeed it will go back to being a forest. The land trusts need donations and volunteers. Details are on the Facebook page of one of the groups, Hilltown Land Trust. The other group is the Trustees of Reservations.
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On April 5, in the rain, about 6,000 people rallied in the Pioneer Valley, 2,000 marched in Brattleboro, and 1,500 rallied in Keene. They were protesting Trump. One of the groups that promoted the protests is the Center for Biological Diversity. According to the Center's web site, “The welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
About 2,000 people marched in the rain April 5 in Brattleboro to protest Trump. One of the groups that promoted the event has a web site at:
The Valley Post has posted many photos in the past but our "content management system" (Drupal) is not letting us post photos anymore. We are seeking donations to hire an expert to fix this problem. Meanwhile, the photos are at:
https://www.facebook.com/eeshawilliams/posts/pfbid02L5wsFkJdufkJcidwhuED...
In the Pioneer Valley town of South Hadley about 400 high school students walked out of classes on March 31 to protest public school funding cuts. The National Education Association (NEA) is the nation's biggest union, and a major donor to the Democratic party. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a Democrat and a member of congress from New York who, with Bernie Sanders, attracted 30,000 people to an anti-Trump rally in Colorado on March 21. Amy Foley is president of the NEA chapter in South Hadley. On April 1, she told the Valley Post that about 400 students took part in the protest.
In Northampton about 800 people attended an outdoor rally to protest Trump's policies, an organizer told the Valley Post. The goal was to resist fascism. “If you’re tired of the barrage of news and want to do something, you’re not alone! We strive to mobilize, and more events are coming!” according to the organizers' web page:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572916231647#
The rally was on March 9. A photo is at:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122117806232763874&set=pb.615729...
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In Brattleboro on March 2, about 175 people marched to protest Trump's policies. The march started outside 193 Main Street and ended at the food co-op. For more information, contact Dan Dewalt via https://rcpVermont.org. He helped promote the march. DeWalt told the Valley Post he's organizing a march to protest Trump's policies on March 14 at 5 p.m., starting outside 193 Main Street in Brattleboro. Sunset is at about 7 p.m. that day. The organizers of the March 2 march, and a similar march on February 21, referred the Valley Post to DeWalt. More about the February march is at:
In Brattleboro on March 2 there will be a march to protest Trump's policies. The march will start at noon outside 192 Main Street and will end at the food co-op. For more information, contact Dan Dewalt via https://rcpVermont.org.
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In the Pioneer Valley, on February 21 on the Gill-Turners Falls bridge on Route 2, about 20 people attended a rally to protest Trump's policies. The rallies will continue there every Friday at 4:30 p.m., according to a mass email from a group that has a web site at www.traprock.org.
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Lucinda Williams will play in Northampton on March 9 at 7 p.m. The venue is the Academy of Music. Tickets cost $71 to $82 including fees. A video of her performing one of her songs with a band is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRtMZDJdIIU&ab_channel=LiveFromAustinTX
About 150 people marched in Brattleboro on February 17, despite extreme cold and deep snow along some of the route. They were protesting Trump's policies. Emilie Kornheiser of Brattleboro chairs the Vermont House Ways and Means committee. She wants to tax the rich and help the poor. She was at the march and helped promote it.