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Sekou McMiller and Friends Dance Company invite you to Help Bring “Urban Love Suite” to Life
A message from Sekou McMiller who is the featured speaker at our June General Meeting and a featured performer at our Juneteenth Celebration on June 15th. “Sekou McMiller and Friends are on the brink of something truly special with the world premiere and tour of Urban...
Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity is celebrating! save the date – July 19th
FOUNDATIONS & FUTURES: A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AND VISIONINGFOR WHAT COMES NEXT “This isn’t just a party,” said Carolyn Valli, CEO of Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity. “It’s a joyful affirmation that homeownership can and should be the norm....
“1781” a play that celebrates Elizabeth Freeman, portrayed by Wanda Houston, will be presented in Falls village, CT on Juneteenth (June 19) at 7 PM
Written by playwright, Lonnie Carter with Linda Rossi, the play is titled 1781 for the year that Elizabeth Freeman and another enslaved person, Brom, won their freedom in the Great Barrington Court of Law, both represented by Theodore Sedgwick of Sheffield. Upon...
Celebrate “Lift every voice and sing” at 6 PM on June 5th at Monument Mountain Regional High School
Please mark your calendars for June 5th at 6 pm for a presentation celebrating the 125th anniversary of James Weldon Johnson's hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and the writer's legacy and connection to the Berkshires. In the spirit of the DowMel Lecture...
Elizabeth Freeman will be memorialized with a bust in the Statehouse
The Senate is commissioning a bust of the first enslaved woman to gain her freedom under the State Constitution. The bust will sit in the Senate Chambers. To learn more, read this article in the Berkshire Eagle that provides background information with commentary from...
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Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, campaigning for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization.