The LWVA, the Town Council and other co-sponsors are celebrating Race Amity Day this year on Sunday June 11th. Race Amity Day is joining with the Human Rights Commission’s Annual Youth Hero Awards at Mill River Recreation area (95 Montague Road), and the annual Town Basketball Tournament.

A picnic will start at 12 noon. The picnic will be followed by a program honoring youth who have shown outstanding care and compassion to those in need, and the Town Council will read a Proclamation on Race Amity Day. The Proclamation recognizes the reality of the oneness of humankind, commits Amherst to become a town free of prejudice and racism, and celebrates the beauty and richness of our diverse cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds so as to strengthen bonds of respect, appreciation, compassion, and amity between one another. A program of music, dance and the spoken word will follow.