Ellisha for Amherst

On Monday night, I was officially sworn in for my final term on the Amherst Town Council, alongside some truly amazing colleagues, including and
I’m also incredibly honored to share that I was elected unanimously as Vice President of the Town Council. Stepping into this leadership role is both humbling and exciting, and I’m grateful for the trust of my colleagues.
The work is ongoing, and I’m deeply committed to continuing to build the community we love and call home - together. Please keep reaching out, sharing ideas, and staying engaged. We’re in this together. 💙
Onward.

❤️ I am overflowing with gratitude today. To every supporter, volunteer, neighbor, and friend who believed in our vision and showed up in so many ways — thank you. And deepest appreciation to the Amherst for the People slate — it has been an honor to stand alongside you in this work for our community.

This was a monumental win.🌟

Beloved Community,

🗳️ It’s Election Day! Vote Ellisha Walker for Amherst Town Council At-Large! | ¡Voten por Ellisha!

Let’s stand together for:
- Affordable Housing | Vivienda asequible
- Racial Justice | Justicia racial
- Climate Action | Acción climática
- Transparency & Equity in our town budget | Transparencia y equidad en el presupuesto municipal

👉 Find your polling place: https://lnkd.in/eat9VeaK

📸 After you vote: snap a photo with your “I Voted” sticker and tag or email it to [email protected].

🚗 Need a ride to the polls? Email me: [email protected]

With deep gratitude and commitment,
Ellisha Walker
Candidate for Amherst Town Councilor At-Large

Learn more about my campaign at www.ellishaforamherst.com! 💌

❤️ We’re in the final stretch! With just two days until Election Day, I’m feeling deeply grateful and energized by the incredible support this community has shown. So many of you have contributed to this campaign in so many ways: knocking doors, sharing posts, giving, hosting conversations, texting friends, and showing up with heart and commitment. I see you and I appreciate you.

We’ve built something powerful together, and now it’s time to finish strong.✨

If you’re able, please consider making a contribution — every donation truly matters in these final days and helps us reach more voters and get folks to the polls on Tuesday:
👉 Make a contribution to the campaign here: https://www.ellishaforamherst.com/contact

You can still make a big impact by:
- Encouraging friends, classmates, coworkers, and neighbors to vote
- Asking folks to make a plan to vote on Tuesday
- Sharing our campaign on social media and tagging (with this image)
- Offering to bring a friend or neighbor to the polls
If you or someone you know needs a ride to the polls, please reach out to me as we will have rides available and I’m happy to help coordinate.

📩 Email me any time: [email protected]

Not sure where to vote?
✅ Check your polling location here: www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote

Thank you again for supporting my campaign. I am truly humbled and honored to be doing this work alongside you. Let’s move ahead with hope, determination, and community at the center.

With deep gratitude and commitment,

Ellisha

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Catch me this morning at 9am on Black in the Valley (101.5 WHMP) with Dr. ! We’ll talk about why I’m running for a third term as your Town Councilor At-Large in Amherst and how I’m meeting the challenges ahead. Tune in here: https://player.amperwave.net/7907 🎙️

📣UMASS STUDENTS: As a public policy grad student and candidate for Amherst Town Council, I’m hoping that students will attend the student led debate on Monday at 6:30pm on UMass campus in the CHC events hall. Student voices matter and I hope to see as many of you there as possible! ❤️

to my very first campaign season in 2021 out in the community with my daughter, handing out lawn signs and talking with neighbors about the kind of Amherst we want to build together. ❤️

Sometimes people don’t always see how policies and the language we use in government connect to real-life experiences on the ground and how those decisions show up in people’s everyday lives. That’s part of why I’m running for re-election. ✨

I’ve lived in Amherst my entire life, I have three children in our public schools, and as a graduate student studying public policy at UMass, I bring both lived and learned experience to this role.

🌷Our Town Council should reflect the true diversity of our community in race, age, income, and family structure. As a single parent, I understand the challenges many families face here. Over the past four years, I’ve shown up across Amherst from Village Park to Rolling Green (and if you’re old school, from North Village to Southpoint) listening, learning, and amplifying the voices of my constituents.

It’s been an honor to serve our community and I’m grateful for your vote on November 4th so I can continue doing this work with and for you. 🗳️

🌱 On Indigenous People’s Day, I co-facilitated the Cambridge HEART Retreat: a powerful day grounded in collective healing, accountability, and community visioning. During our time together, we asked difficult questions about the organization’s future given the current social, political, and economic climate. One thing was clear—the Cambridge community wants, needs, and deserves HEART.

🌟This work connects deeply to my work in Amherst: as Co-Chair of the Community Safety Working Group (CSWG), and as a member of the CRESS Implementation Team. The CSWG led the courageous recommendation to create CRESS (Community Responders for Equity, Safety & Service)—an unarmed responder model rooted in trauma-informed, anti-racist frameworks that can respond to low-level, non-violent calls and connect people to services.

It’s not enough to imagine community-care or reinvestment as theory: we must practice it in real spaces, in real towns, with real people.

Let’s keep building toward community care, transformative accountability, and futures where safety is rooted in justice, dignity, and care.❤️

I’m honored to be supported in a new Amherst Indy opinion piece by Julian Hynes, a young Amherst resident who calls for investing in schools, infrastructure, and affordable housing - and argues that voters should choose me (and Allegra Clark) for Town Council. 🌟

🌱 Having voices like this in our public conversation is exactly why I do this work: to serve everyone, to listen, and to act with integrity. Just like it’s essential to hear the voices of students and young people in our political discourse, it’s critical to have parents and renters on our Town Council.

Thank you Julian and all of you who believe in this vision. 🫶🏽

⬇️ Read the full article below! ⬇️

Opinion: To Invest in Roads, Schools, and Affordable Housing, Walker and Clark are the Right Choice for At-Large Town Council - Amherst Indy During our third Town Council Election since adopting a new form of government in 2018, Amherst is facing many new opportunities, as well as a few challenges. We are seeking leaders who will guide us through these times with social justice, climate action, and financial responsibility in mind. In my...

Want to show your support for a more equitable, thriving Amherst? 🏡 Request a lawn sign! → www.tinyurl.com/helpelectellisha

Every sign helps build momentum and community across town. Plus, delivering lawn signs is my kids’ favorite activity during campaign season! ✨