La alcaldesa de San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz ha sido nombrada entre las 100 personas mas influyentes en el mundo, por Time Magazine. Y uno de los eventos de la Semana de Innovación de Holyoke fue una sesión de preguntas y respuestas en Gateway City Arts,  con Carmen Yulín y miembros de la comunidad. La transmisión de este evento es una prducción de radioplasma y Holyoke Media, nuestros propios medios locales de comunicación en Holyoke. Pueden escuchar la grabación del audio de este evento, traído a ustedes por radioplasma. El vídeo estará disponible en este espacio, una vez Holyoke Media lo … Continue reading Carmen Yulín in Holyoke

Our guests are Sarah Page, Senior Vice President, Community Building, and Engagement, and Chakai Duany, AmeriCorps VISTA Member with the Holyoke Office of Wayfinders. On this episode, we talked about the Resident Leadership Program for Holyoke Residents, being held for five weeks through May and June. Also, we extended our conversation on other important services and projects in development by Wayfinders, like the housing services, Library Commons, upcoming cleanups. For more information about the Resident Leadership Program, you can see the official flyer: Resident Leadership Program Flyer Also, you can visit Wayfinder’s website at wayfindersma.org     Continue reading Wayfinders – Resident Leadership Program 2018

We welcome Insiyah Mohammad Bergeron, Holyoke Innovation District Manager, and Transformative Development Initiative Fellow for MassDevelopment. On this episode, we talk about the Holyoke Innovation Week, putting together a collaborative effort to showcase some of the assets in the city, that covers the arts, crafting, businesses, technology, venues, landmarks, food, education, wellness, media, and community, among others.

From April 22nd to the 29th, The City of Holyoke will have a series of events and workshops, in several locations across Downtown Holyoke.

For more information, schedules, events, workshops, and details of Holyoke Innovation Week, you can visit www.holyokeinnovates.com

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On the morning of April 10th, 2018, it was brought to our attention, a couple of videos posted by The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce on Facebook, promoting an event named “Margarita Madness”. Later that same morning, the videos were taken down, after a strong wave of reactions, comments, and messages, addressing the levels of racism, ignorance, cultural appropriation, disrespect, cultural insensitivity, and entitlement. However, that was more a damage control move, to eliminate any evidence, and pretend nothing happened. You can watch one of the videos posted by the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, featuring Youssef Fadel. Facebook video … Continue reading RACIST, CULTURAL APPROPRIATION BY THE AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

This is a special event coverage, produced in collaboration between radioplasma, and The Holyoke High Herald. On March 31st, 2018, there was a Teen Town Hall at Holyoke Community College, that brought several politic figures in a Town Meeting format, to engage in conversation and answering questions from teens in the Pioneer Valley. Organized by Youth Rise Together, the Teen Town Hall, gathered State Representative Aaron Vega; U.S. Representative, Jim McGovern; a representative from the office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Candidate for Congress in the First Congressional District, Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, in a session that covered issues like gun violence, … Continue reading TEEN TOWN HALL AT HCC [March 31st, 2018] Special coverage by The Holyoke High Herald, in collaboration with Radioplasma.

  One Holyoke CDC is not only doing Community Development on housing management, they also are bringing theater performances, and community engagement in different creative ways. Michael Moriarty and Israel “Izzy” Rivera are our guests on this episode, and they share the news on the recent plans for a Community Center in The Flats, cleanups, a house relocation, and the upcoming performances of “The Great Gatsby” at Holyoke High School, and Wistariahurst Museum. For more information about “The Great Gatsby” and get your tickets, you can visit The MIFA Victory Theater website at mifafestival.org Also, you can visit One Holyoke … Continue reading ONE HOLYOKE CDC: The Great Gatsby, The Flats Community Center, and their work on community development.

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