The independent bookstore is known for offering an eclectic collection of new, used, rare, antiquarian, and out-of-print books, complemented by clever displays.
"We're designing a similar project to the one in Great Barrington. Downtown Lee is like Great Barrington's. It's a vibrant New England downtown. It's where people want to live."
-- Michael Charles of Benchmark Development
The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires is launching an annual awards program to recognize those who work in the nonprofit sector to serve the Berkshire community.
On the one-year anniversary of the iconic Women's March movement, Indivisible Pittsfield, a Trump resistance group advocating for social justice, organized a meeting of 20 local groups to "March into Action."
On the one-year anniversary of the iconic movement, Indivisible Pittsfield has organized another sister event to this year's march – what it calls a "March into Action Resource Fair and Community Forum" at the Colonial Theatre on South Street.
'March into Action' will encompass a resource fair featuring more than 20 groups, brief spoken-word performances, and a panel discussion of important issues facing the Berkshires in 2018.
"As soon as it was announced, we had people on the ground. We started speaking with people and urging them to share their stories about how this affects them." --Jeff Lowenstein, Berkshire Interfaith Organizing
'Know Your Rights' workshop presenters will offer detailed information for local immigrants on their rights as well as the legal resources available to them.
Accreditation is a long and vigorous self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain the highest standards of law enforcement practice.
Rabeh Elleithy has been involved with the the United American Muslim Association of the Berkshires for over two years, striving to teach the concepts of Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims of all ages.
The town's proposed policy says the Police Department will treat undocumented citizens like everyone else and will not be an arm of ICE (the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency).
While town and police department policy already states it will treat undocumented citizens like everyone else, a citizens' petition filed at Town Hall Wednesday lays out a more detailed set of policies modeled after and modified from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) and MiGente trust policies.
Berkshire Interfaith Organizing will feature an exchange of blessings between the Berkshire County immigrant community and local faith groups along with sharing of stories and music at Park Square in Pittsfield.
