MASSPIRG—UMass Amherst Chapter

03/15/2024

Results are in -- we won! Nearly 80% of students who voted in the student government elections voted YES for MASSPIRG to continue funding our chapter at UMass Amherst through the $11/semester waivable fee. Thank you for the support!

03/11/2024

We're so proud of all of the student leaders, faculty, staff, and community partners that have endorsed our MASSPIRG chapter. Please vote YES for MASSPIRG in the SGA elections - polls are open now! https://masspirgstudents.org/umass-fee/

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03/11/2024

Polls are now open to vote YES for MASSPIRG in the Student Government Elections at UMass Amherst! Voting in support of MASSPIRG means you're participating in a community decision to continue the 50-year legacy of student activism here at UMass Amherst and across Massachusetts. Learn more and cast your vote here:

How can I vote YES for MASSPIRG in the UMass Amherst Student Government Elections? If you are a current student at UMass Amherst, you can vote to continue MASSPIRG’s funding at UMass Amherst in the upcoming Student Government Elections on… Read more

04/28/2023

Congratulations Catherine Sales, our New Voters Project campaign coordinator, for being recognized in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge’s Student Voting Honor Roll!

09/07/2022

It’s time to VOTE! 🗳 Join us and our partners to learn more! Register with the link in the post below!

05/03/2022

We’re so excited to announce the new E-Board for the Chapter! Each bring amazing things to the table, and we can’t wait to see what they’ll do! 🎉

04/22/2022

on this , UMass Amherst made a historic commitment to tackle the climate crisis by committing to 100% renewable energy we’ve been working on this campaign since 2016 with students, faculty, and staff- and we’re so thrilled to see UMass being revolutionary and making our campus a 💯❤️🌏 more on how we won over the past 6 years to come!

04/06/2022

A version of the Hunger Free Campus Bill was voted favorably out of committee yesterday! Thanks to State Representative Mindy Domb for her leadership on this bill, and take action here to continue to support the bill! https://www.hungerfreecampusma.org/take-action/

03/23/2022

🥳Hump-Day Highlight! 🥳

Stephen Chatelle 😎

It’s the first Wednesday back from break, and that means the first highlight back from break! This highlight focuses on another Affordable Textbooks and 100% Intern! The Affordable Textbooks Campaign claimed him as our mascot, we love Stephen! 🤩 But enough from me, let’s hear from him!!

“My name is Stephen Chatelle and I am a Kinesiology major here at UMASS in the class of 2023. I am an currently and intern with MASSPIRG and I do work on both the Affordable Textbooks and 100% campaigns. I joined MASSPIRG in spring 2021 because I wanted to improve my leadership skills and do work I was passionate about. As time went on I started to love the work and saw myself growing as a person. I developed public speaking, organizing, and many more skills. This semester, I’m excited to work with my fellow activists to accomplish our goals.”

03/09/2022

we’re writing letters to the editors of the UMass Amherst Daily Collegian to show how students can save THOUSANDS on course materials if we used Open Textbooks in our classes at UMass Amherst! MASSPIRG Students Student PIRGs 📚

03/09/2022

WE WON! Last week we ran our vote for students at UMass Amherst to reaffirm their support for our chapter and almost 70% of students who voted, voted YES! thank you to everyone for your support! be on alert 🚨 for exciting things to come 🥳