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Community Outreach in Holyoke MA

Changing the World, One Writer at a Time: Community Outreach in Holyoke MA. By Kathy Dunn

Changing the World, One Writer at a Time: Community Outreach in Holyoke MA. By Kathy Dunn

Posted on June 13, 2015October 1, 2021

Changing the World, One Writer at a Time: Community Outreach in Holyoke MA Guest Blogger: Kathy Dunn   For the first half of the twentieth century, Holyoke was one of the wealthiest and most arts-rich cities in the nation. Today, its citizens have the lowest average income and the lowest literacy rates in the state. Since Read More

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