We Speak Out

One of our goals is to be timely and thoughtful in response to major issues of injustice in the Berkshires, the region, and the country.

Below are links to letters, op-eds, and other statements from the Executive Committee, other Committees, and on occasion individual members in response to issues that have arisen.

July 4th reflections on Douglass and keeping up fight for equality, an op-ed written by President Dennis Powell and published in the Berkshire Eagle on July 3, 2021

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Read in the Berkshire Eagle The 4th of July

President Dennis Powell is a participant in James Mars Day on May 1, 2021 in Norfolk Connecticut. https://youtu.be/P9z8CXMa3Ro

Letter to the Editor from Executive Committee member Kamaar Taliaferro “A Black Woman Leading Pittsfield Public Schools would be a boon for underrepresented kids” March 18, 2021

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Letter to Governor Charlie Baker from Branch President Dennis Powell in support of Police Reform Bill December 2020Download

Branch President Dennis Powell is featured in the Berkshire Eagle’s “Executive Spotlight” October 23, 2020

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/business/executive-spotlight-dennis-powell-president-naacp-berkshire-county-branch/article_0f431fe6-121c-11eb-861c-173a92d2c585.html

Proclamation in Support of the Proposed Homeless Shelter at First United Methodist Church August 2020Download
Ending Police Violence: Demanding Both Accountability and Justice sent to the Berkshire Eagle June 2020Download
Pandemic-inspired Bigotry Against Chinese-Americans: What Would W.E.B. DuBois Say? Published in the Berkshire Eagle April 20, 2020Download
Letter to Mayor Tyer from the Social Justice Action Committee about appointing members to the Pittsfield Police Advisory Committee January 2019Download
Assault Weapon Magazines Fly Off the Shelves: Activist’s Statement 2018Download
Gun letter to Big-Y 2018Download
Letter to the Editor in Response to a Berkshire Eagle headline “Man Shot Dead in Durant Park” July 2017Download
Letter addressing issues of concern about the Community Connection Program August 2016 Download