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New Organization, Same Social Justice Mission For Northampton Activists

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The western Massachusetts branch of the American Friends Service Committee is no more. But, the pacifist activism that its members espoused for nearly a half century continues through a new organization: The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice. 

The Northampton-based nonprofit is headed by Jeff  Napolitano, the past director of the American Friends Service Committee of Western Massachusetts.

He spoke with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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