NAACP New Bedford

Six reasons to scrap Qualified Immunity

From a note by Juan Cofield, NAACP New England Area Conference, to area Branch Presidents The [Massachusetts] House leadership is most concerned about is the Qualified Immunity issue. This issue is the one that the police interests are most opposed to. Accordingly, I have attached a fact sheet, prepared by NEAC's Legal Redress Chair, Stephanie Soriano, to explain Qualified Immunity (QI). The Senate adopted bill, which NEAC is now strongly supporting, along with several bills proposed by the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus is the message we want to send. NEAC's adopted Policing Reform Package seeks the outright elimination of...

Support the Reform, Shift + Build Act

In response to resounding calls for racial justice, the Senate’s S.2800 An Act to Reform Police Standards and Shift Resources to Build a More Equitable, Fair and Just Commonwealth that Values Black Lives and Communities of Color—the *Reform, Shift + Build Act*—proposes a number of reforms. The bill is a product of the Senate’s Racial Justice Working Group on which I’ve been proud to serve at the request of the Senate President. You can also download a summary of the bill here. The bill seeks to: Encourage the use of de-escalation techniques by police officers Foreground work to better resource...

Black Addiction Counselor Education program

Enroll Today! Now taking applications for classes beginning September 2020 Black Addiction Counselor Education Program (BACE) is established to train Black people in addiction and mental health treatment, while creating access to addiction treatment credentials: Licensure and Certification. to increase the number of Blacks with addiction treatment credentials to increase the Black community’s access to culturally competent care to increase the capacity of the publicly funded system to serve Blacks while improving treatment outcomes Please note: For this academic year, we will be conducting virtual classes Contact: Program Director Della Blake 413-348-3452 Website: BlackCounselors.org

Video: Young Voices of the Movement

https://youtu.be/TctAtrqEr8o   On July 9th the New Bedford Branch hosted a panel featuring Young Voices of the Movement featuring: Akia S. Callum, M.Ed; President, CT State Conference NAACP Youth & College; National NAACP Youth Work Committee Drea Moore, President, Collective 4 Change Livia Fonseca, Vice President of Administration for Collective 4 Change Charlemya Erasme, NAACP Education Committee Chair Amanda Kuffoh, NAACP Education Committee Liaison Kamiya Parkin, President, NAACP UMass Boston College Chapter

NAACP New Bedford Youth Council Dance Crew

Taken at the 2018 Cabo Verde Independence Day parade. The Dance Crew was founded in 2002 by Branch VP Renee Ledbetter. As members have grown older they have added African-American, Cape Verdean, and ethnic dances to their repertoire — all while representing the NAACP Youth Council. 80% of the Crew pictured have graduated from high school or college, or are college-bound. The NAACP Youth Council itself was re-established in 2015, and is an ongoing effort to develop youth leadership experience and knowledge of problems facing African-Americans and other racial and ethic minorities. Love those berets!

NAACP New Bedford Branch Issues Demands to Protect Communities of Color

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: LaSella L. Hall, Ph.D.: (404) 422-2543 Date: July 7, 2020 – 10:20 a.m. president@naacpnewbedford.org NAACP New Bedford Branch Issues Demands to Protect Communities of Color The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. The horrific death of George Floyd and, more recently, the deliberate shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta along with Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black citizens too numerous to name,...

Statement by South Coast leaders of faith and social equality

We, South Coast leaders of faith and leaders for social equality, come together to affirm the heart of our different traditions - we all are made equally in the image of the divine, all life is sacred, and every human being is our neighbor, worthy of love. Despite this common truth, we as a nation consciously or unconsciously deny that our society is structured in ways that gives privilege to people who are born white and disfavors those who are not. The pain, anger, and heartbreak manifesting today in the United States of America started 400 years ago when human...

Defund White Supremacy in Bristol County

The Bristol County Sheriffs Department is a human rights horror show. The suicide rate at the jail is the highest in the state. Prisoners receive substandard food and, recently, a riot occurred after prisoners had been demanding cleaning and safety equipment to protect themselves from COVID-19. If this were not enough, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson has numerous links to White Supremacist and milita groups, and he spends most of his time lobbying for Trump's anti-immigrant policies in conjunction with a group set up by White Supremacist John Tanton. While the Bristol County Sheriff is an elected position and funding...

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?

On July 5,1852, Frederick Douglass delivered the following speech in Rochester, New York. It is a fiery reproach of American independence — "your 4th of July" not "ours" — demanding that White America keep its unfulfilled promises. Douglass's words are, sadly, as relevant today as they were when he spoken them 86 years after American Independence. Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my...
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