HULL IS NO PLACE FOR HATE
RESOLUTION
Right to Marry Resolution.docIn January, 2000, Wellspring, Hull's non-profit social service organization, acting on its mission to promote respect in the community with the support of others in the community, asked the Hull Board of Selectmen to join the No Place for Hate Program which was started by the Anti-Defamation League, the Mass Municipal Association and numerous regional and state-wide community and religious organizations.
The Hull Selectmen enthusiastically embraced the program and made a proclamation supporting diversity and tolerance. They then established our town's No Place for Hate Committee. Hull was one of the first communities in the state to become an official NPFH Community.
This is the NPFH Committee's third year and checking out our schedule, you can see we have a lot planned.
The NPFH program is underwritten by the Maxwell V. Blum Family; the corporate sponsor is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; the corporate supporter is Shaw's Supermarkets Inc.
IT'S OFFICIAL
To be officially designated a No Place for Hate Community by the ADL, the NPFH committee was required to sponsor a minimum of four activities or programs that spread the message of tolerance and understanding in the community. Among the NPFH activities since 2000 were the community diversity trainings the committee held for adults and students at both the Hull Public Schools and the South Shore Charter Schools, a "Diversity of Belief Month," A Diversity Fair and Film Festival held at the High School," An Art of Peace" Art show held in conjunction with the Charter School, and of course, the "Take A Stand in the Sand" event where more than 600 people spelled out, in a human letter chain, that Hull is No Place for Hate.
Since last Spring, the committee sponsored the well-attended "Be-Leaf Walk" which took participants on a walk to the religious institutions in town where we learned about the different congregations' beliefs through their music. Attendees also gathered for a spiritual meeting of the minds and learned about other belief systems and religions. The committee also supported the Charter School students in their successful bid to name the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge on Fitzpatrick Way.
The Hull committee is a member of the South Shore NPFH Coalition and supports the Coalition's events as well as those of its member communities.~ The NPFH program is underwritten by the Maxwell V. Blum Family; the corporate sponsor is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; the corporate supporter is Shaw's Supermarkets Inc.
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