Count Down – Freedom Fund Awards Dinner

The NAACP Berkshires Freedom Fund Awards Dinner is just a week away.  Tickets are available at the regular price until October 31st.  Tickets may be purchased at the door for a premium price.  Get all the information about the dinner AND purchase your ticket at the...

Color of Change reports on another police shooting

A message from Color of Change  https://colorofchange.org/ A family is in mourning. Chinedu Okobi was a son, brother, father, and graduate of Morehouse College. On October 3rd, the 36-year old Nigerian-American went into cardiac arrest and died after being tackled and...

Kavanaugh under investigation; recommended reading

Juan Cofield, President of the New England Area Conference of the NAACP, has called our attention to an article in the latest Forbes Magazine about an investigation into Brett Kavanaugh’s fitness to serve on the Supreme Court. Click here to read the article:...

The Reverend William Barber has won a MacArthur Genius award.

The North Carolina pastor who led “Moral Mondays”  civil rights protests in the State capitol and in 2014 founded  Repairers of the Breach, has won a MacArthur Genius Award. The award given annually to 25 individuals for their inspiring creativity provides...