NAACP
Berkshire County Branch
Unit #2044
“One Nation Working Together, For Justice and Equality Everywhere”
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Nonviolent tactics for community defense with Andre Henry Wed. April 9, 2025 from 7-9 PM, Great Barrington
Andre's community organizing and writing for racial justice have made him a trusted voice on nonviolent struggles for social progress. He recounts this journey into the racial justice movement in his bestselling memoir Manifesto to All the White Friends I couldn't...
Dr. Leeja Carter speaks on how to address food insecurity Thursday April 10th, 10:00-11:30 am Great Barrington
Dr. Carter and her team will be presenting their approach to addressing food insecurity in their region and facilitating a discussion of options that may be relevant to the Berkshires. Dr. Leeja Carter is a Fulbright Scholar, feminist changemaker, and expert on...
Center for Peace Through Culture presents special performance of Phoenix in the Holy Land, Saturday March 29th at 1:30 PM in Housatonic
Phoenix in the Holy Land is a powerful cry against injustice. A new play created by artist and playwright JuPong Lin, it responds to the ongoing Nakba in Palestine, transforming the agony of witnessing atrocities into spaces of deep listening and courageous...
Statewide Convening on Reparations March 27th at 6 PM
The MA Black Reparations Collective: New England N’COBRA, Black Mass Coalition, Reparations for Massachusetts, Embrace Boston, Encuentro Diáspora Afro, UMass Boston Africana Studies Dept & its partners invites you to the Massachusetts Statewide Reparations...
Celebration of life: Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, former president of the NAACP
In the words of Derrick Johnson, President of the National NAACP, "Trailblazer. Activist. Educator. Legend. Dr. Hazel N. Dukes was all of this and more. The NAACP community mourns the loss of “Mama Dukes,” one of our fiercest leaders who passed away at the age of 92...
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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.