Amid safety concerns, community college labs reopen to students
read more…: Amid safety concerns, community college labs reopen to studentsCommunity colleges provide a first look at what face-to-face learning will look like.
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Is there an alternative to traditional policing?
read more…: Is there an alternative to traditional policing?When protesters call for defunding the police, they mean “people who craft city budgets…should be held accountable to explain why they believe that more policing is the answer when we have a demonstrated history of that not being the case,” said Jordan Thompson, an organizer with BLM Nashua and the ACLU in an interview last week. “That instead we are investing in the Black and brown communities in our state, in things like implicit bias training.”
New Hampshire’s racial justice organizers call for better education, reform
read more…: New Hampshire’s racial justice organizers call for better education, reformWhile not all activists agree on exactly what change would look like in New Hampshire, most mentioned a few specific areas that need to be improved: education and police accountability and policy.
CARES funding and donations could help sustain NH’s nonprofits, for now
read more…: CARES funding and donations could help sustain NH’s nonprofits, for nowOne of those organizations is Families in Transition – New Horizons, a homeless services organization with locations in Manchester, Concord, Dover and Wolfeboro. The nonprofit has seen a major increase in costs as their services were adjusted to ensure safer practices and social distancing.
Community acupuncture clinics say they can’t open under new guidelines
read more…: Community acupuncture clinics say they can’t open under new guidelinesGov. Chris Sununu approved reopening guidelines last week for acupuncture clinics, which will be able to open to the public June 1. But some community clinics in New Hampshire say they will still not be able to open because of the nature of their practice.