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MPHA honors two health equity leaders

Please join Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA) on June 4 at 9:00 AM for a morning of inspiration and celebration as we spotlight the accomplishments of two health equity leaders. More information about the event can be found here and you will need to register to attend. Michael Curry, Esq., CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, will receive the Paul Revere Award for his unwavering leadership and commitment to reducing health inequities in our Commonwealth. Leon W. Russell, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors, will be presenting the award to Mr. Curry. Martha Velez, Director of...

UIA Fall River Education Community Forum

Please register to attend one or two Zoom meetings with the Fall River Superintendent, Dr. Matt Malone. The first forum is taking place next Wednesday, May 26th from 5:30 to 7pm and the topic is Pandemic Year Response and Rebuild. The second forum is on June 9th from 5:30 to 7pm and the Topic is Racial Equity. To register: https://forms.gle/U2FWUFjri1ddhGEQA UIA Fall River Education Community Forum Foro comunitario de Educación - UIA Fall River Forum Comunitário sobre Educação em Fall River Please join United Interfaith Action of Southeastern MA (UIA) for two community education forums with the Superintendent of Fall...

General Body Meeting May 20 @ 7pm

General Body Meeting, May 20, 2021 @ 7pm https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97142082063?pwd=NGVzTVVUQUZ0eWhLTUo2cW8wZ1JrUT09 Meeting ID: 971 4208 2063 Passcode: 1909 One tap mobile +13017158592,,97142082063#,,,,*1909# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,97142082063#,,,,*1909# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 971 4208 2063 Passcode: 1909 Find your local number: https://umassd.zoom.us/u/acajhiFjtQ

NAACP New Bedford joins ACLU-MA and BCCJ in calling for shutdown of ICE programs in Bristol County

Bristol County for Correctional Justice, the NAACP New Bedford Branch, and the ACLU of Massachusetts jointly call upon the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and the chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary committees to take steps to support the termination of DHS’s 287(g) contract and IGSA with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office. The letter calls for the immediate termination of all immigration-related contracts between the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office (“BCSO”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). These contracts include an Intergovernmental Service Agreement (“IGSA”) to house federal civil immigration detainees in BCSO facilities, as well as a 287(g) agreement, through...

Confronting Discrimination Fall River

Confronting Discrimination Fall River meets every first and third Tuesday @ 11am to discuss why violence and discrimination still persist today and what we can do about it. The next virtual meeting will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, May 18 @ 11am and features guest speaker Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director of the Lawyers for Civil Rights. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84281031712?pwd=eUt0UEtETElTN0JmeXhjcVE3N3BGZz09 Meeting ID: 842 8103 1712 Passcode: UNFRCD

#SayHerName: Mikayla Miller

Mikayla Miller was a promising 16-year-old African American honors student-athlete at Hopkinton High School. She was a kind-hearted young lady who had dreams of attending an HBCU to study journalism. Her mother had just bought her a car. She had never been arrested or suspended from school. She was reportedly jumped by older white teenage boys on April 17 and found dead on April 18th, her body tied to a tree with a belt wrapped around her neck. Hopkinton has a Black population of 0.1%. Police have refused to investigate Mikayla's suspicious death as a murder, telling her mother that...

Statewide survey on Discipline and School Exclusion During COVID-19

The Chapter 222 Coalition, an alliance of educational advocates and attorneys and Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ), a non-profit statewide advocacy organization, are concerned that schools may be excluding and disciplining students, particularly students of color and students with disabilities, during the pandemic. We are also concerned about schools filing 51A “child neglect” reports with the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Child Requiring Assistance (CRA) truancy cases in juvenile court, if children are not able to access online school. If these things happen, we want to hear about them so that we can seek systemic and policy change...

Massachusetts Eviction Diversion Initiative

In order to better inform Spanish and Portuguese speakers about the Massachusetts Eviction Diversion Initiative (EDI), the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is partnering with NeighborWorks to host Spanish and Portuguese language virtual town halls on emergency rental assistance, free legal representation, and mediation services available to tenants and income-eligible landlords impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall River and New Bedford. The following town halls and resources are available through the Eviction Diversion Initiative. Even those who have already received assistance through RAFT / ERMA may be eligible for additional assistance under the recently launched Emergency...

Takeaways from the Chauvin trial

The Derek Chauvin Trial For many Black Americans anxiety surrounded the Derek Chauvin trial. The former police officer was charged with killing George Floyd, who died after Chauvin pinned Floyd's neck by the knee for more than nine minutes while onlookers begged the officer to stop and Floyd cried out for his mother. Our nation and most specifically the Black community have rarely seen white male officers held accountable for killing black people. So there was apprehension, fear, and anger that no matter how indisputable the charges and the evidence, our fractured criminal justice system would falter. Chauvin's guilty conviction...
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