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Category: HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMISSION

Supreme Court Rules Religious School Teachers Aren’t Covered by Employment Discrimination Laws

The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out two job bias lawsuits brought by teachers against their religious employers, reaffirming that religious institutions and schools have a First Amendment right to […]

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Local High School Alumni Call for Curriculum to Include More Black and Indigenous History

School officials in Sandwich and in Barnstable will meet with graduates in the coming days to discuss how to better include Black and Indigenous history and discussions on race and […]

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No One “White” Way to Organize: Conversations with White Anti-Racist Organizers – Webinar Series

Join People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) for No One “White” Way to Organize: Conversations with White Anti-Racist Organizers, a series of 5 virtual sessions – each lasting 1-½ […]

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Unmasking Racism

Watch this video “Unmasking Racism” created by the Falmouth Clergy Association. [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/FYg02WQMe48 ” height=”480″]

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Cape Cod Reopening Task Force Sees Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Cases

Cape Cod Reopening Task Force Sees Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Cases

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Free COVID-19 Testing June 17 and June 18

The Commonwealth is urging anyone who has attended a large gathering in the past two weeks to get tested for COVID-19. This testing will be provided at no cost to […]

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Congratulations Human Rights Academy Class of 2020

The Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission wishes to congratulate graduating seniors in the Barnstable County Human Rights Academy this year! As these students embark on an exciting new phase […]

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Digital Tickets Available for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival – June 11 – 20

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL is June 11 – 20. Digital tickets are available at https://ff.hrw.org/ For more than 40 years, Human Rights Watch has defended people at risk of […]

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Our Region is Talking: Police Chiefs from Cape Cod and Nantucket, Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission and Cape Community Leaders Respond to George Floyd’s Murder and Widespread Civil Unrest

Yesterday, on a Zoom call initiated by Frank Frederickson, Yarmouth Police Chief and President of the Cape and Islands Police Chiefs Association, Police Chiefs from the 15 Cape towns, Nantucket […]

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