The Four Freedoms Coalition and MCLA present: Step Up: Empowering Ourselves Saturday, April 28, 9-4 MCLA, North Adams Free and open to the public Please join us and invite your friends and colleagues to a day of free advocacy workshops. Twenty-three workshops offered, including Conversations with Senator Adam Hinds and Mayor Tom Bernard Environmental Activism … Continue reading "Step Up! Free Day of Civic Advocacy Workshops"

You can save a life with a spray. Give someone a second chance to recover and live. Free overdose prevention training May 17, 2018 11:00 am - 1:00 pm The Christian Center 193 Robbins Ave., Pittsfield At the end of this training, you will receive a free Narcan kit.

Do you have ideas for making Pittsfield a better place for everyone? Pitch it to the group and build your network to make it happen. Are you looking to get connected to local change makers? Join us at Working Cities Wednesday, a cross sector collaboration between Pittsfield residents, organizations, businesses, and government. All are welcome. … Continue reading "Working Cities Wednesday"

Come join us for a leisurely, scenic bike ride from the Controy Pavilion to Pittsfield State Forest and back along the same roads; just under 6 miles round trip! Saturday, May 26, 2018 Ride begins at 10:00am Registration begins at 9:30 am Meet at the Controy Pavilion on Onota Lake at Burbank Park Additional event … Continue reading "Community Bike Ride"

Rain or Shine! Join us for the 14th annual Morningside Neighborhood Pride Night! Get to know your neighbors, learn about the many resources available in our community and sign up to get involved! FREE games, demos, bounce house and more! The Neighborhood Pride Walk begins at 6:30pm. Let's walk together and show our community that … Continue reading "Morningside Neighborhood Pride Night"

In 2016, residents shared our goals for Pittsfield: a just, thriving, and safe place for everyone. This is a shared community goal for all who are part of Working Cities Pittsfield. But how do we get there? Working Cities Pittsfield adopted the concepts of Bridges Out of Poverty(BOP) as a tool to get us there. … Continue reading "FREE Bridges Out of Poverty Training"

Join residents of Dower Square for a non-violence summer cookout. Celebrate community, get to know your neighbors. Make sure to bring the kids for art activities, face painting, community gardening, raffles and more!

"Finding Home" - a community-building workshop that will explore the many meanings of 'home' through guided memory sharing, movement, and more. FREE - EVERYONE WELCOME. No former experience in dance required! Led by Drew Herzig. Sunday, June 17th, 2 - 4 pm, at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, MA. - … Continue reading "Finding Home"

For this event, the poet’s challenge is to use their art to explore and share personal stories centered around working in America - the challenges, triumphs and realities - from work we love to work that doesn't love us back. (Information for poets interested in sharing their work) “Work is about a search for daily … Continue reading "Working in America – Word X Word Fesitval"

Do you have ideas for making Pittsfield a better place for everyone? Pitch it to the group and build your network to make it happen. Are you looking to get connected to local change makers? Join us at Working Cities Wednesday, a cross sector collaboration between Pittsfield residents, organizations, businesses, and government. All are welcome. … Continue reading "Working Cities Wednesday"