NAACP New Bedford

Black Addiction Counselor Education program

Enroll Today! Now taking applications for classes beginning September 2020 Black Addiction Counselor Education Program (BACE) is established to train Black people in addiction and mental health treatment, while creating access to addiction treatment credentials: Licensure and Certification. to increase the number of Blacks with addiction treatment credentials to increase the Black community’s access to culturally competent care to increase the capacity of the publicly funded system to serve Blacks while improving treatment outcomes Please note: For this academic year, we will be conducting virtual classes Contact: Program Director Della Blake 413-348-3452 Website: BlackCounselors.org

Video: Young Voices of the Movement

https://youtu.be/TctAtrqEr8o   On July 9th the New Bedford Branch hosted a panel featuring Young Voices of the Movement featuring: Akia S. Callum, M.Ed; President, CT State Conference NAACP Youth & College; National NAACP Youth Work Committee Drea Moore, President, Collective 4 Change Livia Fonseca, Vice President of Administration for Collective 4 Change Charlemya Erasme, NAACP Education Committee Chair Amanda Kuffoh, NAACP Education Committee Liaison Kamiya Parkin, President, NAACP UMass Boston College Chapter

NAACP New Bedford Youth Council Dance Crew

Taken at the 2018 Cabo Verde Independence Day parade. The Dance Crew was founded in 2002 by Branch VP Renee Ledbetter. As members have grown older they have added African-American, Cape Verdean, and ethnic dances to their repertoire — all while representing the NAACP Youth Council. 80% of the Crew pictured have graduated from high school or college, or are college-bound. The NAACP Youth Council itself was re-established in 2015, and is an ongoing effort to develop youth leadership experience and knowledge of problems facing African-Americans and other racial and ethic minorities. Love those berets!

NAACP New Bedford Branch Issues Demands to Protect Communities of Color

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: LaSella L. Hall, Ph.D.: (404) 422-2543 Date: July 7, 2020 – 10:20 a.m. president@naacpnewbedford.org NAACP New Bedford Branch Issues Demands to Protect Communities of Color The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. The horrific death of George Floyd and, more recently, the deliberate shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta along with Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black citizens too numerous to name,...

Statement by South Coast leaders of faith and social equality

We, South Coast leaders of faith and leaders for social equality, come together to affirm the heart of our different traditions - we all are made equally in the image of the divine, all life is sacred, and every human being is our neighbor, worthy of love. Despite this common truth, we as a nation consciously or unconsciously deny that our society is structured in ways that gives privilege to people who are born white and disfavors those who are not. The pain, anger, and heartbreak manifesting today in the United States of America started 400 years ago when human...

Defund White Supremacy in Bristol County

The Bristol County Sheriffs Department is a human rights horror show. The suicide rate at the jail is the highest in the state. Prisoners receive substandard food and, recently, a riot occurred after prisoners had been demanding cleaning and safety equipment to protect themselves from COVID-19. If this were not enough, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson has numerous links to White Supremacist and milita groups, and he spends most of his time lobbying for Trump's anti-immigrant policies in conjunction with a group set up by White Supremacist John Tanton. While the Bristol County Sheriff is an elected position and funding...

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?

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 keep its unfulfilled promises. Douglass's words are, sadly, as relevant today as they were when he spoken them 86 years after American Independence. Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my...

NEAC Policing Advocacy Issues

Today we received the following note from Juan M. Cofield, President, NAACP-New England Area Conference, regarding policing policies and re-imagining policing. The note also references a policy document that can be downloaded from our website. NEAC Family, NEAC members and the Executive Committee have gone through a process to address urgent policing issues our communities are facing. The process included significant discussion by NEAC members, which resulted in recommendations to the Executive Committee. With some tweaking and minor changes, the recommendations were adopted. The adopted policing policies provide guidelines for NEAC and our Branches to address. Some relate solely to...

Extend the Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures

The Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium ends August 18. But unemployment due to COVID-19 will unfortunately continue into the Fall and Winter for many hundreds of thousands of families. The NAACP New Bedford Branch is supporting Massachusetts House and Senate Legislation "An Act to Guarantee Housing Stability during the COVID-19 Emergency & Recovery" (HD.5166 / SD.2992). These bills protect tenants, assist homeowners, and stabilize landlords. Organizations — add your support here: https://homesforallmass.netlify.app/#org-sign-on-form Individuals - add your support here: https://www.housingguarantee.org/ An Act to Guarantee Housing Stability during the COVID-19 Emergency and Recovery meets the challenge of this moment, ensuring housing stability by:...
Copyright @ 2022 NAACP New Bedford | TA Mag - By Themesarray.