We will be joined by Williams College student Sarah Cooperman, who recently penned a great article for the Berkshire Eagle about the importance of preserving bats, and what you can do to help. Please be prompt, since Sarah has to leave by around 6:15pm. Hope to see you there!  Here’s a link to Sarah’s article: … Continue reading "June Green Drinks: Bats with Sarah Cooperman"

Speak Up Western Mass is Senator Adam Hinds' series of monthly community forums/office hours events, held in rotating locations across the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden District. They are unscripted and offer constituents a chance to meet with their state Senator and his district staff and ask questions, share their concerns or promote ideas and … Continue reading "Speak Up Western Mass with Adam Hinds & Stan Rosenberg"

Relocated to Worcester due to time constraints in Lowell. This is the quadrennial platform convention. There will be opportunities to meet candidates considering statewide races in 2018. Lowell will host the Democratic Campaign Institute in January 2018.

Across the USA, states are trying to roll back legal protections for the LGBTQ community, to undermine existing federal laws and to legalize discrimination, threatening our access to education, employment, healthcare, and more. We must stand up and speak out against these attacks on civil liberties! Come join us and rally in solidarity with the … Continue reading "Stand Out for LGBTQ Rights with Indivisible Pittsfield"

Multicultural BRIDGE Hosts Workshops on Race Education, Healing and Relations LEE, MA​ – In observance of Race Amity Day​, Multicultural BRIDGE ​invites members of the community to a free retreat for race education, healing and relations at the BRIDGE offices and the Lee Common on Sunday, June 11th​. The day’s events will include an opportunity … Continue reading "COMMUNITY RETREAT IN LEE TO COMMEMORATE RACE AMITY DAY"

New York's election laws are failing us. Join us on June 13 to demand that our state be a leader in the fight to protect and expand the most important right of all – the right to vote! To bring New York into the 21st Century, we're calling for five simple reforms to voting laws … Continue reading "Rally for Voting Rights in Albany!"

Since 1990 , Louison House Homeless Solutions has helped more than 4,000 people find permanent and transitional supportive housing in the northern Berkshires. Come and give your support as the Louison House board hosts a "Totally 80's, Totally Murder Mystery Dinner". This "radical" show includes dinner served family style and provided by Mingo's Sports Bar … Continue reading "Totally 80’s Murder Mystery Dinner"

The public is invited to join with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex communities, as we discuss what it means to be ‘out’ in the Berkshires. In rural communities, it can be challenging to find access to education, employment, housing and healthcare. For members of the LGBTQ population the challenges can sometimes … Continue reading "Out In The Berkshires – A Conversation with the LGBTQ Community"