Jun

21 2017

Not In Our Town!

3:30PM - 5:30PM  

Kimball Farms Auditorium 235 Walker Street
Lenox, MA 01240

Contact Dara Kaufman
413-442-4360 x12
dkaufman@jewishberkshires.org

Not In Our Town! is a film that launched an Anti-Hate Movement

Townspeople of all races and religions found common ground against hate based attacks against their African American, Native American and Jewish families and congregations.  Religious and community leaders, labor union volunteers, law enforcement, the local newspaper and concerned residents united in action and spoke loudly against hate and intolerance, proclaiming in no uncertain terms

Film screening followed by Panel discussion with:

Dara Kaufman, Executive Director, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
Dan Levenson, Deputy Director, Anti-Defamation League, NE region
Eleanore Velez, Multicultural Center Director, BCC
Dennis Powell, President, NAACP of the Berkshires
Moderator: Gwendolyn VanSant of, CEO and Founder, Multicultural BRIDGE

Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Multicultural Bridge, ADL, and NAACP