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Kelly Strickland has been appointed by a vote of the Executive Board to the vacant position of Legislative Coordinator. Kelley Strickland Legislative Coordinator Microbiology 413-545-1358 … [Read more...] about Kelley Strickland appointed as Legislative Coordinator

Dear USA members, At 3pm today, students will be staging a walkout in conjunction with over 130 other campuses to demand that the Chancellor Subbaswamy declare UMass Amherst a Sanctuary Campus. Several letters in support of this action have been circulated this week by students and faculty. In accordance with the non-discrimination article of the agreement between the … [Read more...] about Message from USA’s Executive Board regarding call to make UMass a sanctuary campus 11/16/16

Passed unanimously, 4/12/16 Whereas, the campus community at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has suffered cowardly acts of racism and intolerance, most recently the Islamophobic message painted on the Fine Arts Center; and Whereas, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim rhetoric has become increasingly prevalent; and Whereas, we recognize that this rhetoric … [Read more...] about USA EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION AGAINST RACISM AND BIGOTRY