Springfield – Liberty Bank and Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services are proud to announce a $10,000 investment from the Liberty Bank Foundation to support the organization’s transformative Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Tour—the longest-running initiative of its kind in the Northeast.

HOLYOKE – Marjorie Pagan Robles describes her experience in public high school as “complicated.” She liked learning, she says, but not how or what she was being taught. “Schools often have curriculums that don’t reflect or engage the students they serve yet expect a positive response,” she said. “They fail to promote critical thinking and…