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Calling in the Calling Out Culture, with Loretta J. Ross

Virtual New Bedford Lyceum Lecture presents: Calling in the Calling Out Culture, with Loretta J. Ross Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT Registration required - http://bit.ly/june10ROSS Can we build a unified and strategic human rights movement that weaves our strengths together and uses our differences as a platform for modeling a positive future? Loretta J. Ross, an award-winning, nationally-recognized expert on racism and racial justice, women's rights, and human rights, believes we can. But to build this movement, we need to make a commitment to recognize and support each other. Calling people in, rather than calling them...

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...

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

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...

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

4/27/21 - 6/1/21 Tuesdays- 5:30pm -7:00pm Facilitated by Andrea M. Garr-Barnes, MSW, Equity and Inclusion Practitioner & Facilitator 50 Person Max Capacity Register by April 22 at: http://bit.ly/communityreadingcircle Binding these essays together is Hong’s theory of “minor feelings.” As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. With sly humor and a poet’s searching mind, Hong uses her own story as a portal into a deeper examination of racial consciousness in America today. This intimate and devastating book traces her relationship to the English language, to shame and depression, to poetry and...

REMINDER: Racial Profiling and Policing of Youth in New Bedford

A Community Conversation Wednesday, April 14th 5:30pm - 7:00 pm Register Here bit.ly/wearetheprey The YWCA together with numerous co-sponsors listed below are pleased to host a community conversation where Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CFJJ) will launch its report, "We Are the Prey: Racial Profiling and Policing of Youth in New Bedford." Analyzing New Bedford Police Department data, the report documents how the NBPD targets young people of color in lower-income neighborhoods in a white-majority city. The report contains recommendations from CFJJ and from New Bedford youth to reform policing in the city, including in the areas of racial profiling, gang...

Community Educational Forum on the Eviction and Housing Crisis in Southeastern MA

Community Educational Forum on the Eviction and Housing Crisis in Southeastern MA Tuesday, April 13th 6:30pm-8:30pm RSVP by calling or texting Diana at diana@coalitionforsocialjustice.org or 208-232-5942. Since January there have been more than 730 evictions initiated in Southeastern MA. The Coalition for Social Justice has been reaching out to people and here are just a couple of stories: One woman had started the RAFT application process but her landlord has refused to participate. After first saying he would accept the RAFT program, he then refused to produce documents to complete her application. The tenant had been living in the same...

COVID-19 Survey

We received this notice from Angela Navarro, who is working under the supervision of Andrea Klimt at UMASS Dartmouth’s Department of Health & Society. The department is trying to track who has been receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as understanding the fears, concerns and obstacles preventing New Bedford residents from receiving the vaccine. This information will be shared with Health Departments, community leaders engaged in outreach, and will also be made available to the public. Please take the time to respond to this brief survey in the language of your choice. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Please feel free...

School Resource Officers MOU Commission meets TOMORROW

Please forgive the last-minute notice. We just found out about this. The first meeting of the School Resource Officers MOU Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, March 24th at 9am to 11am. The zoom link and agenda can be found here. The meeting is open to the public. Pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 30A and 940 CMR 29.00 et seq, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the School Resource Officers MOU Commission to take place on March 24, 2021, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. virtually at zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81074760083?pwd=Z1BnU29GVkc4U2x4UGtSZDVaSDVpZz09 What's at Stake? While we all celebrated that...