Music In Common's annual Raise the MIC gala will honor founding board member Elaine Mack for her tireless efforts to combat the hate responsible for the murder of Daniel Pearl with a focus on fundraising and fiscal sustainability.
To ease the transition and make tap water more readily available, the Berkshire Women’s Action Group’s Environment Committee is planning a gradual rollout of modern, hygienic water-refill stations around Great Barrington and Housatonic.
By creating original music together, participants wage peace, expand understanding, build confidence, strengthen communities and -- yes -- change the world.
The organization’s mission is to empower diverse cultures and faiths to discover common ground through collaborative songwriting, multimedia and performance.
Canadian journalists Joanna Slater followed Syrian refugees on a train across Hungary last year and, for her coverage, was named 2015 Journalist of the Year at the Canadian National Newspaper Awards.
Now in its twelfth year, FODfest was started by singer/songwriter and producer Todd Mack started FODfest as a way to honor his friend and bandmate after Pearl was abducted and killed by terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2002.
Created in the memory of Daniel Pearl, Music in Common performs here in the Berkshires, across the country, and in Israel, where they work with Arab and Jewish students.
The Francis W. Sargent Conservation Award has been presented Berkshire Natural Resources Council, the first time the award has been presented to an organization instead of an individual.
Sheffield-based Music in Common will lead a delegation of six American high school students Israel in February to collaborate with students from Jewish and Arab schools, to write and record a song and to create a multimedia project.
"Now more than ever we are compelled and driven to work even harder towards dismantling the hatred and acts of terror that took my friend’s life."
-- Todd Mack
