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Berkshire Bank Foundation provides $426K in third-quarter investments

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Oct 25, 2023 | News

October 25, 2023 The Berkshire Eagle  PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Bank provided more than $426,000 in foundation philanthropic investments during the third quarter of 2023. The bank assisted 124 nonprofit organizations with funding to support the communities Berkshire Bank...

Letter: Applause for  ‘Release’ and the women of 2nd Street

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Oct 14, 2023 | News

October 14, 2023 Berkshire Eagle Letter to the Editor  To the editor:  A few weeks ago, we were fortunate enough to witness a performance of “Release,” a powerful play performed at Berkshire Community College and created in conjunction with Second Street, Second...

Pittsfield: Panel discussion on youth mental illness

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Oct 4, 2023 | News

October 4, 2023 Berkshire Eagle  Pittsfield, MA — A group of local organizations that deal with youth issues will discuss the increasing rates of youth mental illness from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Barrington Stage, 30 Union St.  Called the Berkshire County...

Berkshire County’s first Second Chances job fair is timed to help people land on their feet after jail — and ease the labor shortage

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 28, 2023 | News

Berkshire Eagle September 28, 2023  Jane Kaufman, Community Voices Editor   PITTSFIELD — With recommendations from the sheriff’s department, Sammy Centaio landed a job at LTI Smart Glass in January 2016 starting at $10 an hour shortly after leaving jail. Since...

Release shares women’s stories of incarceration and courage

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 25, 2023 | News

September 25, 2023  BTW Berkshires  “I would have kayaks … I may not touch the fish … I will catch it , but I won’t clean it and cook it because … we live in Pittsfield.” On a spring evening, a woman imagines floating on the Housatonic, watching for brook...
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Recent Posts

  • Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.2 Million for Re-Entry Workforce Development Grants to Train Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
  • 2nd Street to Host Berkshire United Way’s “United in Conversation” Session on Criminal Justice on Oct. 22
  • 2nd Street and The Foundry to Present ‘RECLAIM’
  • 2nd Street Announces the Election of 3 Members to its Board of Directors.
  • 2nd Street Elects Board Members
  • 2nd Street Clinic on How to Seal, Expunge Criminal Record
  • Free clinic on sealing or expunging criminal records
  • Opioid Summit Highlights Collaboration, Stigma Breaking
  • 2nd Street Second Chances acquires new funding, expands its space
  • 2nd Street Second Chances Debuts Revamped Space

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