My own experiences reporting on the Worcester Police Department have informed my perspective on community policing up to this point. (I would like to acknowledge…
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Category: Community
Public Health Meeting, June 25
There was a Board of Health special meeting last night and you can read about it in the Telegram and on the social media. I’ve been listening to the…
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Two Worcester meetings next week
On Monday night the 29th at 6:30, the Doherty building committee meets to vote on the preferred schematic design. Read the rest at Whos of Who-cester
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A Resident’s Disappointment
COMMENTARY–Jennifer’s chat. “I’m not anti-police: I’m pro-black lives.” Read the rest from Jennifer Gaskin at WoostaChat
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS UNWELCOME
Call for the Worcester Redevelopment Authority to Remove Columbus Statue and for the City of Worcester to Respond to Indigenous Community’s Call For End to…
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Worcester Police Service Aides in the 1970s
Kevin had recently shared a paper called “Police Service Aides: Paraprofessionals for Police,” which was written in 1978 about a program that the Worcester Police Department…
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Three to read on policing in schools
The past week’s episode of the podcast Have You Heard with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider looks at how police entered the schools in LA, Chicago, and Boston. If like…
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Pop It: On Anti-Racism & Amplifying Black Voices (ft. Magdelene Barjolo)
“We are working to examine our own behaviors, become better listeners, and educate ourselves about racism—particularly as it relates to toxic white feminism (:00-:23). Magdelene…
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LAW AND ORDER: THE YOKE AROUND THE BLACK MAN’S NECK.
“We don’t want no peace. We want equal rights and justice.” Peter Tosh The Trump presidency is a black comedy. His extreme distortions of reality,…
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508 #366
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk about school and childhood trauma in this time of pandemic with Audrey Smolkin, Director of…
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