Amherst ABC Celebrates 40 Years
ABC is a national high school program which prepares academically talented and highly motivated African American, Latino, Asian, and Native American students for college and future leadership roles in the broader community. Since the program began, over 100 students have graduated from Amherst Regional High School and have attended more than 50 colleges and universities.
Amherst A Better Chance Resident Director position available and a rewarding opportunity for one or two adults interested in providing leadership and a role model for motivated young men of color. Applicants with children are encouraged. ABC is a residential program providing up to 8 scholars with the opportunity to attend Amherst Regional High School and live in a structured and supportive environment in the center of Amherst. The program has an excellent record in placing its graduates in top colleges and universities. More details>>
Amherst ABC held it's Fortieth Anniversary Gala event on Saturday, May 2, 6:00 p.m. at the University of Massachusetts Marriott Center.Three people were honored who have played key roles over the years: Frank Anderson, one of the Amherst ABC founders and board president for five years, Phyllis Lehrer, Staff Writer for the Daily Hampshire Gazette and affiliated newspapers, and Terry Medley, Amherst ABC alumnus who graduated from Amherst Regional High School in 1970, and currently serves as Global Directory, Corporate Regulatory Affairs at DuPont. More details>>
Frank Anderson's stories from the founding of Amherst ABC. “Forty years? That sounds about right. I’m eighty now, and I was forty when we founded Amherst ABC.” The math is clear and easy, as clear and easy as the stories that come back to Frank Anderson today, along with the reasons that he brought ABC to Amherst, back in what some might call a different era...more>>
In celebration of the Amherst ABC Program on its 40th Anniversary and the role of Amherst College's class of 1969 in helping to found this extraordinary program, a workshop will be led by Dick Aronson '69 on Friday, May 29, 2009, 2 pm, Fayerweather Hall, Pruyne Lecture Hall (Room 115), Amherst College. Read excerps from members of the class of 1969 including Dick Aronson, Fred Hoxie, Jonathan Tobis, Bob Brown, Robert Fein...more>>
The ABC House invites you to be a part of our Annual Fund Drive initiative. Please help us continue to forge the path for educational equity in our society as we have done steadily for so long in Amherst. As the promise of hope and change sets in nationwide, we at Amherst ABC reflect on forty years of persistence and care in the kind of work that has brought us this far!
Make a donation in memory of Herbert Joseph Leary, Jr. who believed strongly in education and the economic empowerment of young men of color. Please read Dr. Leary's obituary at this site>>.
Help us reach our fundraising goal as we celebrate 40 years!
PleasPleasee help us reach our goal by contributing to our Annual Fund Drive.
Thank you to our corporate sponsors!
Michael S. Bulman, Attorney at Law
Financial Development Agency
Klondike Sound
Mass Humanities
The Pub
The Advocate
Amherst Farmer Supply
Blair, Cutting, and Smith
Collective Copies
Richard Halgin
DOT and LINE Design
Jones Town and Country
Kelley Farm
Klondike Sound
New England Environmental
Ostenberg and Associates
Seewald, Jankowski & Spencer
Singer Potito and Associates
Sunraise Printing
Ziomek and Ziomek
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