Events – NAACP New Bedford

The Waging Liberation: The Dynamics of Race and Labor

The Waging Liberation: The Dynamics of Race and Labor UMassD-WageLaborConf-Poster Conference Details and Registration Evening Awards Event Details and Registration Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 9am to 5pm The Waging Liberation: The Dynamics of Race and Labor conference Marketplace at UMass Dartmouth Please use Parking Lots 5 or 6 ================================ Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 6:30-9:30pm Annual Awards Banquet Marketplace at UMass Dartmouth Please use Parking Lot 5

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NAACP New Bedford Freedom Fund Breakfast

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Buy Black New Bedford – Black Excellence Gala

Buy Black New Bedford - Black Excellence Gala Where: The New Bedford Whaling Museum, Downtown New Bedford When: Saturday, May 6 from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm What: An evening to spread awareness and raise funds for Buy Black NB operations & programs. VIP guests will enjoy a cocktail hour beginning at 5PM. All general admission will also include food, cash bar, auction, live entertainment & DJ, auction and more! Tickets: https://BlackExcellenceGalaNB.eventbrite.com

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34th Annual Freedom Fund Breakfast – Saturday – June 3, 2023

NAACP New Bedford Branch 34th Annual Freedom Fund Breakfast Saturday - June 3, 2023 Century House 107 S. Main Street, Acushnet, Massachusetts 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. On (Saturday) June 3, 2023, the New Bedford Branch of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”) will be hosting its 34th Annual Freedom Fund Breakfast at the Century House, located at 107 S. Main Street in Acushnet, Massachusetts from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The keynote speaker for the event will be Joseph D. Feaster, Jr., Esq., who serves as an executive committee member of the Massachusetts Association of...

NAACP NEW BEDFORD BRANCH WINTER GALA

NAACP New Bedford Branch Winter Gala Saturday, December 10th, 2022 6PM - 12 AM Century House 107 S Main St, Acushnet, MA 02743 $50 pp Dinner Included Music Provided By: DJ Nicole Lopes All Proceeds Will Go Towards NAACP New Bedford Branch Health Equity Fund For More Information Please Contact: Renee Ledbetter - rmledbetter5@gmail.com or Peggy Dias - peggy.dias@umassd.edu

Juneteenth 2021 Photo Gallery and video

Here is the link to JUNETEENTH 2021 Celebration photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yv26uT62cVy3Aw4n6 There is also the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFd_1jPR_d0

Juneteenth 2021 at the NAACP New Bedford

On Saturday, June 19th, 2021 the NAACP New Bedford branch, in cooperation with Collective 4 Change, celebrated Juneteenth from Noon until 5:00pm at the branch office, 95 Cedar Street in New Bedford. The celebration was sponsored by Senator Mark Montigny's Children's Equality and Empowerment Fund and Saturday marked the second official Juneteenth observance in the Commonwealth, having been signed into law by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Juneteenth of last year. The celebration included complementary cultural and ethnic food, beverages, and frozen treats. Attendees enjoyed community performances, African libations, and a children's corner. Give-a-ways were a staple of the events....

Reading Douglass Together

The New Bedford Historical Society is hosting a reading of Frederick Douglass' powerful speech, "What, to the slave, is your Fourth of July?" The reading will take place on July 1st from 6-8pm at the Seamen's Bethel at 15 Johnny Cake Hill. If you would like to join the reading, contact the Historical Society at 508-979-8828 or email info@historicalsociety.org. The text of Douglass' speech follows the flyer. 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...

New Bedford celebrates Juneteenth

[caption id="attachment_2269" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Houston, 1880 - the first Juneteenth celebration[/caption] What is Juneteenth? Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. has written an excellent overview of the history of Juneteenth, first celebrated in 1880 by thirty-one people in Houston's Fourth Ward. Sometimes called "Black Independence Day," Juneteenth commemorates the belated emancipation of slaves who were freed only two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln's proclamation — an emancipation denied until federal troops actually liberated the slave state of Texas on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth is now a state holiday in Massachusetts and a contender for a future federal holiday. Juneteenth...