About 500 people marched in Springfield to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, organizers told the Valley Post. The march was on March 2. One of the groups that organized the march has a web site at www.CodePink.org. The same day in Brattleboro about 150 people marched for the same cause. The march was organized by a group that has a web site at www.soVT4Palestine.org.

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In Amherst on March 7, about 235 people were at an affordable housing rally, Tim Benoit told the Valley Post. He works for a group that helped promote the rally. The group has a web site at https://SpringfieldNoOneLeaves.org.

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Shelburne, Massachusetts borders Greenfield. In Shelburne, 152 acres of farmland has been saved, Sebastian LaMontagne told the Valley Post on March 5. He works for Franklin Land Trust. Of the Greenfield Recorder newspaper's article about the deal, LaMontagne said, “This article was by and large accurate. The only thing we noticed that was incorrect was the mention of a 'stipend' in return for the conservation restriction. That terminology isn't quite accurate. The technical way to say it would be that Susan and Larry Flaccus offered us a 'bargain sale conservation restriction,' meaning that they generously accepted the purchase of a conservation restriction on their land for significantly less than the appraised value.”