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Democratic fundraisers confirm Harris will attend Pittsfield event this Saturday

Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Vice President Kamala Harris.

Less than a week ago, when President Joe Biden was still running for re-election, Vice President Kamala Harris had top billing at a private fundraiser, in Pittsfield, planned for the Biden-Harris campaign.

Since Harris became a presidential candidate, people in the Berkshires have wondered if she will have time to attend. But on Tuesday, Jeffrey Rothenberg and Sherwood Guernsey, who are both on the host committee, confirmed Harris will be there.

Pittsfield Mayor Peter Marchetti.
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Pittsfield Mayor Peter Marchetti.

Pittsfield Mayor Peter Marchetti, who is not part of the fundraising committee, said even the chance that a vice president — and now a presidential candidate — might be in the region, has been generating a lot of buzz.

"We don't, in the Berkshires, get the opportunity to have those experiences as often as other places. And so, when it becomes a possibility, it really gathers a lot of excitement," Marchetti said.

Besides Harris, Historian Heather Cox Richardson will speak at the fundraiser. Yo Yo Ma, James Taylor and Emanuel Ax are performing.

Although the exact time and location has not been announced, it will take place in Pittsfield this Saturday.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and his wife Diane, who live in Richmond, are part of the committee hosting the event.

Tickets for the event sold out quickly. The money raised will go to the Harris Victory Fund.

Nancy Eve Cohen is a former NEPM senior reporter whose investigative reporting has been recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Hard News, along with awards for features and spot news from the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA), American Women in Radio & Television and the Society of Professional Journalists.

She has reported on repatriation to Native nations, criminal justice for survivors of child sexual abuse, linguistic and digital barriers to employment, fatal police shootings and efforts to address climate change and protect the environment. She has done extensive reporting on the EPA's Superfund cleanup of the Housatonic River.

Previously, she served as an editor at NPR in Washington D.C., as well as the managing editor of the Northeast Environmental Hub, a collaboration of public radio stations in New York and New England.

Before working in radio, she produced environmental public television documentaries. As part of a camera crew, she also recorded sound for network television news with assignments in Russia, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba and in Sarajevo during the war in Bosnia.
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