Cross Cultural Action Network Meeting
The Cross Cultural Action Network (CCAN) will feature a presentation on the basic legal rights of immigrants at their next meeting on Thursday, January 15th from noon to 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church, 88 South Street, Pittsfield.CCAN is committed to engaging a diverse group of community members to discuss and work on cross cultural issues. Basic information on immigrant rights is critical to our understanding of the challenges faced by our new neighbors and friends. Laura Rótolo, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and American University's Washington College of Law, will present an overview of what agencies and their staff need to know about this important topic.
In addition, the meeting will include a celebration of the Welcoming Berkshires campaign that surpassed its goal of 500 pledges in support of the statewide Welcoming MA initiative and has resulted in Welcoming Community proclamations from three municipalities in the Berkshires -- Pittsfield, North Adams and Great Barrington.
The meeting will also afford the opportunity to network with more than 40 individuals and agencies that provide services to multicultural populations throughout the county.
CCAN meetings are free and open to the general public. Light refreshments will be provided. Attendees are asked to enter the church through the side entrance near the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank. For more information, contact Brooke Mead at the Berkshire Immigrant Center at (413) 445 4881.
