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  • PAHMUSA-PAN AFRICAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM USA

    Inaugural Art , Culture and History Fundraising Gala    (Springfield, MA)  On  Saturday, March 23rd, 2024  PAHMUSA Inaugural Art, Culture and History Fundraising Gala will be held at the Marriott Springfield Downtown.  The evening will include a three course meal, Art Auction, Documentary, Live Music and underground railroad Performance and so much more.  We invite the media to join us for this historic occasion for…





  • Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign Announces Details of 40+ Week Effort to Mobilize Millions

    Simultaneous mobilizations efforts announced for 32 state capitols, Washington D.C., to kick off campaignSubmitted by Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival BOSTON – Refusing to accept poverty as the fourth leading cause of death in America and declaring their votes are demands for living wages, voting rights and other policies to save…


  • “A Change Is Gonna Come!”

    After reading the deeply moving and authentic cover page articles about Attorney Justin Hurst in last month’s AF-AM Point of View Community News Magazine, I felt compelled to share my own perspective, feelings, and connection with Justin.


  • Welcome Back Dr. Fonza

    On Thursday, March 28, 2024, Dr. Annalise Fonza will return to Springfield, Massachusetts to present a lecture featuring interviews that she conducted with state lawmakers and staff on Beacon Hill in the early 2000’s when she worked as a legislative aide in the office of former State Representative Benjamin Swan and as co-host of his…


  • And the winner is…

    March is Women’s History Month, a time for celebrating the contributions women have made to the United States and recognizing the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields. (Womenshistorymonth.gov) Though their names may not yet appear in any history books, two women who deserve such recognition…


  • Black Health is American Health  

    It’s been almost 50 years since the first Black History Month was commemorated nationally in 1976.  Since then, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has used this month to further our commitment toward advancing equity in health and working to ensure no one is left behind. 


  • A New Season for the Symphony A New Beginning with our Community

    The past several years have been challenging for organizations of every size and stripe. The impact of a global pandemic, the upsetting of the natural order of things and the changes in work and leisure have in many ways turned the world upside down


  • Mayoral Forum

    In the second of the two Springfield candidate forums held on August 16th at Mt. Zion Baptist Church and hosted by the Pioneer Valley Project, The Pastors’ Council of Greater Springfield, Greater Springfield, MA NAACP


  • Springfield At Large City Council Candidate Forum

    As a result of the joint efforts of the Pioneer Valley Project, The Pastors’ Council of Greater Springfield, Greater Springfield, MA NAACP, the Divine Nine (D9) Fraternities and Sororities and the Springfield Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an At-Large City Council Candidate Forum was held at St. John’s Congregational Church on August…


  • JUSTIN HURST FOR MAYOR

    It should certainly come as no surprise to anyone that we endorse Justin Hurst for Mayor of Springfield. He is, after all, a “close” relative.


  • Come Ride This Train – Kids ON TRACK – July 22 & 23, 2023

    Palmer, MA – As part of the Kids ON TRACK weekend, CTrail, the Amherst Railway Society, and Springfield Union Station are working together to offer special roundtrip train rides between Springfield and Hartford on the mornings of July 22 & 23, 2023.


  • Governor Healey Kicks Off 2023 Summer Nights Program

    BOSTON – As part of its commitment to promoting the safety and health of Massachusetts’ young people, the Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the expansion of the Department of Conservation’s successful Summer Nights Program.


  • Emerging Adult Court of Hope Graduates Second Participant

    Springfield – Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni’s Emerging Adult Court of Hope (EACH) graduated its second participant, Sedale Collymore, 26, of Springfield, on Wednesday, February 16, 2023. Sedale had been facing several serious charges from an incident in August of 2019, and instead choose to participate in the EACH Court in order to turn his…


  • Keep Trying!

    Graduation indicates the ending of one season and the beginning of another or suggests a starting point. It would help if you viewed today as a starting point that where you are today is the first step of many.


  • Stroke Has Many Causes -Energy Drinks Among the Latest

    SPRINGFIELD – Eat this, not that. Drink this, not that. What’s a person to think? One day coffee is good for you, then another study a year later says it is not. Now caffeine, the popular stimulant in a person’s daily “cup of joe,” is under scrutiny again, but this time in relation to energy…


  • City Councilor Justin Hurst Calls on Mayor Sarno to Fund the Board of Police Commissioners in the FY 2024 budget

    Springfield – City Councilor Justin Hurst calls on Mayor Sarno to fund the Board of Police Commissioners in the FY 2024 budget. For the second year in a row, the Sarno administration has left the Board of Police Commissioners out of the budget entirely making it next to impossible for them to do their jobs…


  • Full STEAM ahead…

    Though I do not consider myself as having STEAM skills, I can truly recognize the value of teaching, modeling, encouraging, and inspiring STEAM in our students and schools. My husband Lee has been teaching STEAM since my children – who are now twenty and seventeen – were little.


  • AF-AM NEWS bits June 2023

    This bit was taken from the October 1, 2021 issue of POV EDITORS CAN BE FUNNY Writing is a flawed art. And if you take your mistakes personally, you’ll become creatively paralyzed which is why I so much appreciated a piece in a recent Barbara Bernard article in The Republican that my wife and editor…


  • Springfield Symphony Orchestra To Host Free Juneteenth Concert For Community

    Springfield – The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will present its inaugural Juneteenth concert, free and open to the community, at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2023 at Springfield Symphony Hall.


  • Men in Our Lives – Who Do You See?

    It is important as we begin to look forward to remember the rich and tremendous history we as African American people have been blessed to possess. As we begin to reflect on our history, it becomes increasingly important for us to honor those who have paved the way and made invaluable contributions in our lives.…


  • No More Cover-Ups – Marketing and Women’s Mental Health

    From the time I reached puberty, my mother decided it was time for me to wear a girdle. She was 90 pounds and 4’11” and considered herself gordita, a diminutive form of fat; a term of endearment to some, a compliment to others, a body judgment nonetheless.


  • New York Makes US History: Trump is INDICTED!!!

    Payoffs, impeachments, insurrections, mishandling of classified documents. The time has finally come. On April 4, 2023, former President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony charges.


  • AF-AM NEWS bits

    WHITENESS AS A COLLECTION OF HABITS The comments by Savala Nolan in a Time article (February 14/February 21, 2022) on White folks titled “Antiracists Can’t Work Alone,” were revealing. She wrote: “I think of whiteness primarily as a collection of habits and behaviors premised on the assumption that dealing with race is optional, and can…


  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    Let me begin by saying, “Happy Mother’s Day” to all the mothers worldwide. We deserve a day. We deserve more than one day. So why not give us the whole month of May? It’s a good month to celebrate mothers.


  • AFAM NEWS bits- April 2023

    ALL IT TAKES IS VISION AND THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE Although “My Point of View” article on page 24 sums up my thoughts and feelings about the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, it is important that readers know I am not alone as the author of a recent Time article confirmed.


  • What Does My Community Need?

    When I was pregnant, my husband and I wanted to give birth and welcome our baby in our home. We looked in Springfield – and then in the adjacent towns in the lower valley – for a homebirth midwife to assist us. There wasn’t one. We needed to search for that service in the upper…


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