1:30-4 p.m., Woodbury Room, Jones Library
Commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2:30 p.m.,
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kaddish
2:30 p.m.,
The Virtues of Aging by Jimmy Carter
Climate Change Forum
Featuring local legislators and an open mike. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Amherst Regional Middle School.
LWVA Co-President letter on racism
Did you see Kathy Vorwerk Feldman's letter to the editor in the Hampshire Gazetter 5/13 or the Amherst Bulletin 5/16?
Revised 2014 Directory ‘They Represent You' Now Available
Important contact information is listed in They Represent You, the League's annual directory of elected town-wide officials and Town Meeting Members, U.S.
MA Bills to Support in this new Legislative Term
Last November, some voters in Massachusetts had to wait hours to cast their vote and many others did not vote due to our out-dated voter registration system. This must change. It is time to pass comprehensive election reform legislation -- including election audits, pre-registration for 16 and 17 year-olds, online voter registration, Election Day Registration and more. Please call your representatives today.
Please support election modernization legislation in 2013.
Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam*) Ban Passed in Amherst
A coalition consisting of the Amherst Recycling and Refuse Management Committee, the LWVA, and The Hitchcock Center for the Environment worked together to pass a new Town bylaw to ban the use of take-out Styrofoam products in the Town of Amherst. The ban will not take effect until January 1, 2014, and there will be hardship deferments if a restaurant cannot find non-Styrofoam* products to use. However, there are distributors in western Massachusetts which have many non-Styrofoam, compostable plant-based products, and there is also the possibility of a consortium for bulk buying being form