Take action to fight the criminalization of poverty in Pittsfield!
1) Sign the petition to oppose the camping ban
2) Contact City Councilors —urge them to vote NO on the "Camping on Public Property" ordinance:
•Peter White Council President President | pwhite@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone 413-329-4194
•Earl G Persip III Council Vice President | epersip@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone 413-418-8064
•Kathleen Amuso Council Member At-Large | kamuso@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone: 413-822-6688
•Alisa Costa Council Member At-Large | acosta@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone: 413-418-0881
•Kenneth Warren Council Member - Ward 1 | kwarren@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone: 413-418-0830
•Brittany Simola Noto Council Member - Ward 2 | bbandani@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone: 413-344-8402
•Matthew Wrinn Council Member - Ward 3 | mwrinn@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone 413-248-6073
•James Conant Council Member - Ward 4 | jconant@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone 413-212-4974
•Patrick Kavey Council Member - Ward 5 | pkavey@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone: 413-841-2770
•Dina G. Lampiasi Council Member - Ward 6 | dlampiasi@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone: 413-433-8654
•Rhonda Serre Council Member - Ward 7 | rserre@cityofpittsfield.org | Phone 413-822-8568
For contacting Councilors, you can use this template—just fill in your name and any personal details, paste the council emails in the “To:” field, and hit send. If you're making phone calls, you can adapt the text for a verbal message.
A Message from our new President, Margot Page
With all the knowledge we acquired in 2024 from our own campaign team research, research from Williams College students, supporting the mobile home park tenants in opposing excessive rent hikes we commit to moving forward with action in 2025. We want 2025 to be year of action for BIO. – For organizations that do community organizing, a lot of hands are needed. Whatever we work on in 2025, we want to have wins. That is why we commit that 2025 will be a year of action for BIO.
Success will require something from each of us. Support is needed in many ways:
- on campaign teams, leadership roles, attending meetings, writing a letter to their congressperson or mayor, some will keep their congregations engaged in BIO work, some will support our fundraisers, etc. Whatever your role, you have a place at BIO and we need your involvement.