New Bedford Light begins publishing

New Bedford's newspaper of record, the Standard-Times, is now owned by the Gannett Corporation, USA Today's parent company. Nationally, with newspapers slowly replacing local news with syndicated content, New Bedford news consumers are rooting for the survival of community journalism. And we have been luckier than many communities. The Standard Times has made an effort to swim against the tide, and joining the New Bedford Guide, O Jornal and Dartmouth Week in filling the local news gap are two new community news upstarts, The Scallop! — and now the New Bedford Light. After months of planning and community surveys, the...

NBCSOS to be honored with MTA’s 2021 Human & Civil Rights Award

Congratulations to our friends at NBCSOS! The MTA Human Relations Committee is hosting its 2021 Human & Civil Rights Awards Ceremony which will be held virtually via Zoom on June 18, 2021 from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM. The Human and Civil Rights Ceremony honors MTA members and others who have made substantial contributions in support of human and civil rights. This year the following organizations and individuals will be honored: Kathleen Roberts Creative Leadership Award Recipients: 2020 Sutton High School Connections Program Black Student Union of Cambridge Rindge and Latin 2021 Alice Arena, President of the Fore River Residents...

MOU Commission Teach-In

The policing reform bill created a permanent Commission to create a model Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between schools and police departments that have assigned school police (aka SROs). CfJJ and MHLAC were appointed to the Commission by statute and their respective executive directors are full voting members. These two organizations want to make sure that the perspectives and experiences of community members and advocates, who know first-hand how police in schools operate, are centered in the decision making on the MOU document, which will govern how police behave in schools and provide a basis for further grass-roots advocacy. Therefore, CfJJ...