Springfield is the urban, cultural, and economic center of the Pioneer Valley. Did you know that basketball was invented here? Once a national hub of manufacturing, Springfield suffered from the …

Before Lynn became a nexus of diverse cultures, it was home to the Nipmuc tribe. Lynn has a long activist history, from the Nipmuc people who fought to keep their …

Our Holyoke chapter was founded in 2003.  Historically a city of working-class immigrants, Holyoke was once the world’s biggest paper manufacturer. Waves of Irish, French-Canadian, Germans, Poles, and Jews arrived …