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Food for Thought Books and
Western MA Coalition for Immigrant & Worker Rights present:

DETAINED: THE NEW BEDFORD IMMIGRATION RAID
A film by Jenny Alexander

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The Center for New Americans is holding their Third Annual Four on the Fourth Road Race on Friday, July 4 at 8:30 am. The four mile course tours downtown Northampton. Early registrants will receive a t-shirt.

All proceeds will benefit CNA's free educational programs for immigrants and refugees in the Pioneer Valley.  read more »

The Western MA Coalition for Immigrant and Worker Rights has been fortunate to connect with Food for Thought Books, a worker-owned collective in Amherst, which has been holding a monthly Films for Thought series open to the public. Last Wednesday, June 11th, we teamed up with Food for Thought's Javiera Benavente and Casa Latina's Edgar Cancel to screen Morristown: In the Air and Sun and hold a conversation about the issues of immigration, labor, ethnicity and economics brought up in the film.  read more »

Out here in Western Massachusetts (yes, there is more to this state than the greater Boston metropolitan area), we have a problem. It is transportation. Or rather, lack of public transportation.  read more »

As I sat down to my morning coffee, I finally accepted the fact that I need to catch up with my news. What I read made me want to scrap the coffee and go back to bed.  read more »

After some technical difficulties (the official camera of the day broke and erased all photos), we've found another source. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend. The rallies were diverse, interactive and festive. And now we have the pictures to prove it!

For more on the rallies, please visit the Western MA Coalition for Immigrant and worker Rights Blog.