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Peace, Health & Gratitude this Mother’s Day

5/6/2021

 
​“joy is an act of resistance” ~ Congresswoman Pressley
We have had an eventful Spring so far with Happiness Toolbox and our Climate Action work! 

Enjoy our Earth Day celebration photos here! As our Happiness Toolbox families and friends gathered together again (reunited!), we went foraging in an original “Trailgrazing” program with Maya Richards at Bartholomew’s Cobble. Also, we returned with our BRIDGE youth leaders and team and played games, challenged ourselves with trivia about our Mother Earth, made herbal remedies, practiced our Spanish, and positive psychology & growth mindset skills in person and over Zoom in our hybrid program. Stay tuned for our summer dates.
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Thank YOU!!! Mutual aid at its best!

We cannot tell you enough HOW you as a community lifted up the collective work of BRIDGE during this pandemic and how your collective time, treasure and talent have lifted the health of our community in ways that go beyond basic needs and reach the scale of our local humanity! We ask that you continue to commit to working alongside BRIDGE, making meaningful financial gifts in the form of 
sustaining pledges for mutual aid, speaking up and against injustice and insensitivity, and that you continually educate yourself and others.
​“I now genuinely believe that self-knowledge and self-reflection is invaluable to doing good work in this world.” ― Parker Palmer
Tomorrow we end one year of our Food Sovereignty and Empowerment Program and renew with Year 2 late May within an expanded network of mutual aid including an expanded partnership of local farms! Thank you to Sweet Freedom Farm, Three Sisters, Indian Line Farm, Full Well Farm, Colfax Farm, Taft Farms/Gideon’s Garden, Random Harvest, Greenagers, Square Roots Farm and Off the Shelf Farm. Many thanks to our sponsors, donors and once again to all of  you whose resources flow right through our hearts and hands to the local farms and in to our local families! 

Finally Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Month this month-  read more here: 
https://asianpacificheritage.gov

​Climate. Action. Resilience. Equity!

TONIGHT- FIELD TRIP (VIRTUALLY)! Our monthly Racial Justice and weekly Women to Women Meet up for the Town of Great Barrington MVP GB Project

6:30-8:30 PM | Zoom

EVERYONE - Feel free to join us for dinner (you can bring your own!) and an engaging session at the intersection of community, environmental justice and racial justice! Together we will decide on priorities for the town’s climate action work! 
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Join us for this series of three to watch our community put our thoughts and wisdom into action 
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​“Climate change is a fundamental problem that we must solve and not merely pass on to the generations to come…We can’t let our children and grandchildren look back on this critical period in time and say that we failed them.” ~Mary Robinson
See the 10 priorities that our intergenerational, cross-cultural community members and municipal leaders highlighted in our work to date: ​
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In loving memory of community members Mabel Hamilton and Jahaira deAlto.
We will miss you both.
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I believe in the power of the human heart—in its capacity for truth and justice, love and forgiveness. ~ Parker Palmer
In People Magazine: Transgender activist Jahaira DeAlto "touched the lives of everyone around her with her passion, drive, humanity, humor, and fierce vision." Read here

Join us! We have openings in  board committee service, our volunteer network, and even on our staff! Also you can join in the fun with  fundraising activities like Patsy and Dottie’s Coffee Lounge (see pics below) and also our community navigator, Colleen, offering to all of her clients  a free hair shine with a donation to BRIDGE.

Email [email protected] for any questions, suggestions, or ideas you might have.  
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Member Spotlights: Greylock Federal Credit Union and Guido’s Fresh Marketplace!

HOT! Job Opportunities at Greylock! Take time to review the benefits and multiple levels of job opportunities. Greylock, a BRIDGE partner, and client, has committed to equity and accessibility in their diversity and inclusion efforts. Give them a call!
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https://www.greylock.org/careers.html
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​Thank you Guido’s for rounding up to support us in March and April!
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In case you missed it - in the news

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Two articles about BRIDGE:
  • "Bridge faced the pandemic by leading with partnerships, care and mutual respect." Gwendolyn VanSant in the Berkshire Eagle
  • Read this article about vaccine equity in The Berkshire Eagle and view the photo slideshow

Upcoming Dates:
  • Williamstown Chamber of Commerce Bias & Belonging 4 Part Series:
    • Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcuygqzkpGd145I-OIbDeB-vQadM7Vq88 
    • Tuesday, May 11th 9-11AM
  • W2W & TRJ MVP Care Dinner:
    • Thursday May 6th @ 6:30pm (Agaves)
    • Tuesday May 11th @ 6:30pm (Traditional meals made by W2W group)
    • Wednesday May 19th @ 5:00pm (Koi or Steam) 
    • Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83429368176?pwd=aEkxaUcvZDVQUTVDWHhnSjJEcDBUUT09
  • Women2Women: Thursday, May 13th 6-8PM
    • Guest: Carmen Baker
    • Topic: Chapters 7-8
  • Women2Women: Thursday, May 20th 6-8PM
    • Guest: Carmen Baker 
    • Topic: Apreciación de la belleza y Esperanza Asistencia
  • Women2Women: Thursday, May 27th 6-8PM
    • Guest: Berkshire Housing
    • Topic: RAFT
  • White Caucus for Racial Justice: Thursday, May 27th 7-9PM
Please email [email protected] to attend any of the above engagements

Wishing you all the best and a Happy Mother’s Day,

- Gwendolyn, JV and the BRIDGE team

P.s. Don’t forget to vote in your local elections! It matters! Ayanna Pressley states… "policy is my love language. Because policy has created hurt and harm, but it can also create equity and justice. That’s what we deserve, and that’s what we’re going to need in order to recover from all the hurt that has been caused…”

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