Past Events
FAIR Housing Presentation - (english)
FAIR Housing Presentation - (spanish)
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The Human Relations Commission has included special guest presenters at its monthly meetings. Presenters have included Angela Natho, Director of Human Resources, City of New Bedford, Dr. Mary Louise Francis, Superintendent of NB Public Schools, Chief of Police, Ron Teachman, Steve Beauregard, Director of NB Housing Authority, and more recently the newly appointed Chairman of MCAD, Julian Tynes. Tynes stated that he plans to add more investigators to the New Bedford office in the near future. He also indicated an interest in collaborating with the New Bedford HRC on community meetings. The commission is seeking information on how various agencies are addressing issues related to discrimination within the city of New Bedford and also seeking ways of collaborating with these agencies on matters important to our city. District Attorney, Sam Sutter will be the guest in April. For more information call the HRC office at 508-979-1464 or check the city’s webpage for meeting announcements and agendas
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The Human Relations Commission in collaboration with the Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee co- sponsored the Annual Martin Luther King Program. Winners of the MLK Essay Contest were
Hana Haskell, 1st Place, a 6th grade student at Keith Middle School. Tiana Young, an 8th grader at Roosevelt Middle School won the second place award and Emily Riviera-Melendez also an 8th grader at Roosevelt Middle School won 3rd place. The monetary awards were $100.00 for first place, $75.00 for second and $25.00 for third place. Congratulations to the winners. The commission supports contest of this kind that encourage students to express their thoughts on discrimination.
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The Human Relation Commission honored longest serving commissioner and civil rights activist, Bill Do Carmo at its January meeting. Mayor Lang presented a citation to Bill Do Carmo, most of the city councilors were on hand to add their sentiments on a well deserved honor.
JACK SPILLANE: DoCarmo a civil rights giant in New Bedford
The Human Relations Commission in collaboration with The Women’s Center of New Bedford has made available informational brochures addressing domestic violence.These materials were provided through a grant awarded to The Human Relations Commission by Greater New Bedford COAST mini grants. The brochures were prepared in the Mayan language of K’iche. These materials will be available at the Women’s Center for service providers. For more information you can contact The Women’s Center at 508-996-3343.
The New Bedford Human Relations Commission to host Community Dialogues. For more information call (508)979-1464.
The Human Relations Commission supports changes in the Anti- Bullying Laws effective in the 2011-2012 academic year. Bullying is against the law. If you are a victim of bullying we want to hear from you. Contact the human relations commission at 508-979-1464 . We will advise you on resources within the community available to you.
Press Release
The Human Rights Commission of New Bedford is offering to the schools and community organizations the opportunity to utilize the film series” Race: The Power of an Illusion” as a venue for conversations and discussions on diversity.
The film series is provided as a guide by the W.K.Kellogg Foundation and is a unique opportunity for conversations with faculty, parents and students on the significance of race as an issue in our society. The series comes with a question guide, potential lesson guide and is a great tool for thinking and addressing this issue within our school district.
I strongly encourage school leaders to review the materials and use this resource as a departure point for conversations for January and for Black History month. For further information please contact the human relations office at (508)979-1464
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