Six Stockbridge ladies joined together to form a club to save at least one Hungarian refugee. Their plan was to invite a refugee to Stockbridge to be housed and fed during the winter. Henry Sedgwick sent Ferdinand Hoffmann.
To be honest, [the movement] is on summer vacation… Meetings have been less attended. We're gearing up for more intensity in the fall."
-- Michael Wise, chair of the Great Barrington Democratic Town Committee who has facilitated much of the movement over the last few months.
There was no shortage of ideas, starting with the unseating of a Republican Congressman John Faso, whose New York district, the 19th, borders Berkshire County. A complete list of organizations with contact information and links included with this article.
I proudly plan to vote for Bernie Sanders for president in next week’s primary on Tuesday, March 1st. He is the one candidate who refuses to play the billionaire game to buy the election.
