Justice – 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

Bristol County DA Candidate Forum

On September 1st the NAACP New Bedford hosted incumbent Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III and challenger Atty. Shannon McMahon. Both candidates had the opportunity to make general campaign statements and answer a few questions. https://youtu.be/R1wD-US9TKQ Related Documents Anthony Harden Investigation - Bristol County District AttorneyBristol County District Attorney- Audit of the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office | Mass.gov Brockton Choy murder case: Racist emails between prosecutors exposed Call to Action: Remove Unapologetic Racist Karen O’Sullivan from the Bristol County DA’s Office Complaint - Removal of BCDA Quinn.pdf - Google Drive Dangerous Legislation - Bristol County for Correctional Justice...

NAACP New Bedford Branch commends the nomination of the nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court justice

The NAACP New Bedford Branch commends the nomination of DC-native Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and fully agrees with a statement by the NAACP DC Branch, the city where the first Black woman nominee for the Supreme Court was born. For two and a half centuries and through 115 Supreme Court justices, only three have been people of color and only five have been women. President Biden's appointment of Judge Jackson is not only a promise kept but a wise choice since, as the DC Branch points out, so many issues directly impact Black families and women. It's...

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...

#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...