educating social change leaders
Many of our classes are offered on Zoom while others will meet in person at locations in Greenfield, Northampton, Easthampton, Holyoke, and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Zoom classes: registered participants will receive an email with instructions for Zoom access the day before the scheduled class.
Registration is required for all Truth School classes.
Join Pat Romney in an informative, interactive and engaging workshop designed to help participants create and sustain joy in their daily work and personal lives. Participants will have opportunities to interact with others and gain access to resources and strategies to stay positive and find joy while they do the work of social change.Register Trainer:Dr. Patricia …
Despite the increased attention to interrupting racism in the past few years, race and racism are still topics that can be challenging to address. This workshop provides an opportunity for individuals anywhere on an antiracist journey to explore their thoughts and feelings, broaden their thinking, and increase their tolerance for discomfort. Discover your stumbling blocks …
What is the role of the white ally to Black and BIPOC communities? How can you shed the cape of the savior to become the warrior ally? Becoming an ally is a process, and it is not always easy or comfortable. It requires one to recognize the power and privilege that being part of the …
Class participants for this workshop will gather at 6:00 PM at the Hub for a shared community dinner meal, which is free and open to all. Following the dinner meal, …
With the world turned upside down, worry, uncertainty, and negativity are dulling our senses. This workshop is an opportunity to buff up the creative muscle within you so you can …
Young people are inheriting a world with a lot to handle. How can adults act as accomplices to youth in their early lives learning about and taking action toward halting …
Part 1: As the U.S. experiences this latest collective cultural reckoning with systemic racism and racialized violence against Black and brown people, organizations and businesses have been more vocally espousing …
Generation Ratify Amherst invites the community to an interactive, multigenerational discussion and crash course on the Equal Rights Amendment, from its founding in 1923 to its current work in 2022. …
If you have ever been part of a conversation about race (or a racialized topic) that ran off the tracks before it even got started, filled with assumptions, misunderstanding, judgment, …
What is Calling Out? Calling someone out is the public practice of criticizing a person or a group for something they’ve said or done that you think is politically incorrect. …
Non-Muslims often struggle with how to be an effective ally to members of the Muslim community. Lack of understanding about the faith, self-consciousness about what to say and not say, …
This special offering is a guided tour via the Florence African American Heritage Trail, which provides an opportunity to see the homes and historic places where a rich legacy of …