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NAACP New Bedford General Body Meeting

All current and prospective members of the NAACP New Bedford Branch are invited to participate in our first General Body Meeting of the New Year via Zoom. Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:00pm https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93764563617?pwd=NURFbGdrVUZzWWxuNjk3WDc2QTgwQT09 Meeting ID: 937 6456 3617 Passcode: 1909

Martin Luther King Day, 2021

Today, the third Monday of January, is the day we recall some of the lessons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated in 1968. King lived a brief but amazingly concentrated life that corresponded to an equally brief, unfinished, phase in America's racial awakening. King's teachings had a profound effect on everyone — those who loved and respected him, and even those who loathed him and everything he stood for. Had Reverend King lived, many Republicans claim, he would have been a Republican himself, a social conservative, an ardent defender of Israel and the unborn, and would have...

Essays

Where do we go from here? Reflections on a year of reckoning and re-imagining

by Renee Ledbetter, NAACP New Bedford Vice President Has everything been placed in perspective this year? Is racial equity a priority for all, this year? Were the elections important to every single person throughout the nation, this year? Will the economy ever get better? Will the landlords that are capitalizing on this year's pandemic ever be held accountable for their lack of human dignity? Will law enforcement reform happen? Will congregations open completely so that all can worship together? Will the local, state and national government prioritize their mission and vision for our communities and country? Will we as people...