Community

Women for UMass (WFUM) grants give students the opportunity to grow and impact their communities at the same time.

At the Women for UMass Amherst (WFUM) Conversations with Women of UMass event, successful alumnae share how they built their careers and help others secure a seat at the table.

Lindsay Rando grew up on the counter of her grandmother’s consignment shop, the Treasure Chest, and was instilled at a young age with a love of fashion. After attending the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Lindsay moved across the country to Los Angeles, CA.

A strong foundation in art education helps form 21st-century skills that they will need later in life, like critical, analytical thinking, communication, selecting tools and materials,” Ferrari believes.

“Journalism and Jim Crow” documents how white newspaper publishers and editors collaborated with white political, industrial, and business leaders to build violent white supremacist political economies and social orders in the South from 1875-1920 and beyond.