Nirvani Williams
Reporter/Producer/HostNirvani Williams covers socioeconomic disparities for New England Public Media, joining the news team in June 2021 through Report for America.
Prior to this, Williams was the associate editor of Seema, an online publication dedicated to spreading more stories about women in the Indian diaspora, and has written a variety of articles, including a story about a Bangladeshi American cybersecurity expert and her tips for protecting phone data while protesting. Williams interned at WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News,” WSHU public radio, and La Voce di New York, a news site in Italian and English.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Stony Brook University, where she was the executive editor of the student-run culture magazine, The Stony Brook Press.
She can be reached at nirvani_williams [at] nepm.org.
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With primary elections only a few days away, voters in the 11th Hampden District will get to decide who they want to best represent them on Beacon Hill. -
Gov. Maura Healey was in western Massachusetts recently to meet with local officials and community leaders. -
![Cornucopia co-owners Nathaniel Clifford [left] and Jade Jump [right] in front of their health and wellness store, which moved to Dwight Street in Holyoke last month.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9dfd52d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F42%2Fd4%2Fd6f755d84b4e924536bec8d8af9c%2Fimg-0748.jpg)
Health and wellness store, Cornucopia, is settling into the Holyoke community after moving from Thornes Marketplace in Northampton where they spent 40 years. -
There’s an exhibit of new photographs of the city of Holyoke – taken through the lens of a 100-year-old camera. “Pictorially Speaking’ is now on display at the Wistariahurst Museum. -
Gov. Maura Healey signed the “Freedom to Read” law on Monday in an attempt to keep book bans out of Massachusetts schools and librarians. The new law aims to strengthen protections for public school teachers and librarians. -
![The UMass campus overlooking academic buildings and the W.E.B. Du Bois library [far left].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b041c84/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa9%2F56%2F25581c7a4eb1bd73805ad27419e4%2Fimg-0521.jpg)
UMass Amherst will be among the first public universities in the country to have an electric-powered heat pump installed on its campus. -
![Springfield Police Superintendent, Lawrence Akers [left], Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble [right] and Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni [center], speaking to the press about 24-year-old Springfield resident and a mom, Celestina Perez, and her solved murder.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3dbb840/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+70/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F58%2F2c%2Ffacdb725460083a1d14ed9a079c9%2Fgulluni-cold-case.jpg)
The murder of 24-year-old Springfield resident and mom, Celestina Perez, has been solved by the Hampden District Attorney's office and Springfield Police Department. -
The Easthampton City Council passed a resolution on Wednesday calling for Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and the Northwestern district attorney to investigate and charge federal ICE agents when they violate state law. -
The forum is organized by 40 nonprofit organizations in the region and would be an opportunity for U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and his two opponents, Jeromie Whalen and Nadia Milleron to speak with residents. -
Haitians and Syrians who have been granted permission to legally work, have housing, and healthcare in the U.S. under what's known as temporary protected status or TPS are at risk of being deported.
![Cornucopia co-owners Nathaniel Clifford [left] and Jade Jump [right] in front of their health and wellness store, which moved to Dwight Street in Holyoke last month.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/06712aa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F42%2Fd4%2Fd6f755d84b4e924536bec8d8af9c%2Fimg-0748.jpg)
![The UMass campus overlooking academic buildings and the W.E.B. Du Bois library [far left].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/27e95cf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa9%2F56%2F25581c7a4eb1bd73805ad27419e4%2Fimg-0521.jpg)
![Springfield Police Superintendent, Lawrence Akers [left], Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble [right] and Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni [center], speaking to the press about 24-year-old Springfield resident and a mom, Celestina Perez, and her solved murder.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b322969/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+70/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F58%2F2c%2Ffacdb725460083a1d14ed9a079c9%2Fgulluni-cold-case.jpg)
