Wednesday, February 9, 2021
A moment in Black History brought to you by Anajisa Robinson- Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator. Born January 28, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she was the first African American Woman and the first Native American to hold a pilot license. She was also the first African American to hold an International Pilot License. Known for performing flying tricks, Coleman earned the nicknames Brave Bessie and Queen Bess. Her goals and dreams of opening a school for African American Women to become pilots were unfulfilled. On April 30, 1926, she tragically fell out of an open aircraft, while testing it with mechanic William Willis. Yesterday's moment on Fritz Pollard was brought to you by Brandon Stewart Tomorrow we will highlight Bayard Rustin
Are you interested in publishing your artwork or creative writing, and are you passionate about environmental action? If so, consider submitting your art masterpieces to the Amherst Art for Clean Energy student anthology, co-created by Amherst Sunrise and Amherst Regional High School students. We are compiling written and visual art inspired by nature and/or environmental action, made by Amherst students or residents ages 5-18. After reviewing submissions, we will publish them and sell the final anthology to the general Amherst community. 100% of the profits will go toward converting coal energy to clean energy through the Beyond Coal™ organization. Submit your artwork here: www.bit.ly/artforcleanenergy! The deadline to submit is April 7, 2021. If you have any questions, please email artforcleanenergy@gmail.com.
Congratulations to Sofie Montti and Ruthie Weinbaum, who were accepted into the Massachusetts All-State Chorus! They scored high enough on their video auditions that they will now be participating in a virtual choral piece conducted by Dr. Jeffery Redding, 2019 GRAMMY Award Music Educator of the Year.
- The Environmental Action Club has partnered with an organization called Tree-Plenish to plant trees in the Amherst community! Our goal is 230 trees, which will offset the school’s yearly paper consumption. If you’d like to request a tree, go to https://www.tree-plenishevents.org/amherst. You can also volunteer for our planting event on April 24th. Trees are only $5, and we’re offering red oak, red maple, or river birch saplings.
- What does artificial intelligence (AI) have to do with engineering? Come find out at a free virtual AI camp hosted by Western New England University (WNE) on Feb. 15-19 from 3:00-4:15pm. Each day, you'll hear from WNE faculty about their engineering specialty and learn some AI basics. Join one day, or join all of them. Free registration here and more information here. Hope to see you at the camp!
