Amherst Cinema to screen ‘The White House Effect’
AMHERST — As part of its monthly series Bellwether: New Directions in Cinema, Amherst Cinema will presents a special screening of “The White House Effect,” on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m., followed by a post-film discussion with archival researchers Gideon C. Kennedy and Rich Remsberg. This screening is free to the public.
“The White House Effect,” directed by Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, and Jon Shenk, travels back in time to document how a crucial opportunity to take real action on global warming was not just squandered but deliberately undermined. Woven entirely of archival material, the documentary focuses on the pivotal years of the George H.W. Bush administration — 1988 to 1992 — when the entire country was waking up to the reality of global warming and Bush had pledged to use “the White House effect” to tackle it.
Tickets are available on a first come, first-served basis at the box office, either in advance of the screening or at the door. Amherst Cinema members may reserve their free tickets online. For more information, visit: https://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/white-house-effect
Hibernian clothing, food drive underway
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Hampden/Hampshire Counties, along with the Polish National Credit Union, announce the annual Clothing and Food Drive for Providence Ministries from September to Dec. 1.
The organization will accept gently-used clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, and/or non-perishable food items at the Polish National Credit Union 270 Westfield Road, in Holyoke. Make a donation and be entered to win a raffle basket.
The items will help Providence Ministries in their effort to help those who are experiencing food insecurity.
Mount Holyoke to host talk on college leadership
SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley will be in conversation with Spelman College President Emerita Beverly Daniel Tatum for a conversation about Tatum’s new book, “Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times.”
The talk will be held on Wednesday at 5 pm in the Gamble Auditorium in the Art Building on the Mount Holyoke College campus.
Higher education is under assault from all sides. Scandals, protests and dramatic resignations dominate the news cycle, and the pressure has grown so severe that the average tenure of university presidents has fallen to less than six years. Even so, “Peril and Promise” insists, American universities provide the solutions to the ignorance and division that plague our society — but only if wise, courageous leaders step up.
Blending insights from social science with many years of experience as a college president at Spelman and Mount Holyoke colleges, Tatum celebrates the power of leadership to make higher education a force for good. Alongside an unflinching look at the financial challenges, political attacks and social problems that besiege today’s college campuses, she offers real-life leadership examples of institutions that have overcome the steepest odds and produced real transformation in ideas, student bodies and society at large.
For more information, please visit the Mount Holyoke College events calendar.
It Takes a Village receives $5K from bank ESP
HUNTINGTON — bankESB has donated $5,000 to It Takes a Village, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting families in the rural Hilltown communities. The funding will help secure the future of Hilltown Village’s vital programs and contribute to its capital project to establish a permanent community anchor in downtown Huntington.
It Takes a Village connects families with essential resources, education, and postpartum support while fostering strong community ties. In addition to sustaining these ongoing programs, the organization is embarking on a capital project that will create a welcoming, centralized space in downtown Huntington — a hub for programs, services, and community gatherings.
The donation was made through bankESB’s charitable giving program, The Giving Tree, which supports local nonprofits and initiatives that enrich communities across western Massachusetts.