On June 14 in Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield, and Brattleboro, there will be marches and rallies to protest Trump. Details are at www.NoKings.org.

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On May 13 in the Pioneer Valley town of South Hadley, about 100 janitors, dishwashers, other workers, and supporters held a rally. “This is my second year working at Mount Holyoke college," Philip Bernashe told the Valley Post in a voice phone interview on May 21. He is one of 170 workers at the college who are members of a union, SEIU Local 32BJ.

About 13,000 people watched the Pride parade in Northampton on May 3. “About 2,000 people were registered in the parade,” Clay Pearson told the Valley Post on May 5. Pearson runs the group that organized the event. The group has a web site at:

www.HampshirePrideMA.com.

The Valley Post asked Pearson, “To what extent was this event a protest of Trump's policies?”

Pearson replied, “This year Hampshire Pride partnered with Northampton Resists to make a political rally the kick off event of our festival.”

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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