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Category: HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMISSION

Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center Grand Opening

The Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum & Cultural Center promotes the history, culture, and contemporary life of Cape Verdean migrants as well as other Lusophone communities and their families in […]

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Meeting Notice: August BCHRAC Board Meeting

Please note the date change for the August BCHRAC Board Meeting. More information on the agenda & registration for the virtual meeting will be posted soon.

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2021 Malcolm McDowell Award Ceremony

Last month BCHRAC awarded two outstanding activists on the Cape the 2021 Malcolm McDowell Award. We are proud to recognize Morgan James Peters II (Zyg), a senior at Mashpee Middle […]

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Thank you Rev. Kate Epperly

Thank you Rev. Kate Epperly for your dedication to human rights, especially your work on the Barnstable County vaccine equity task force. Your colleagues at the BCHRAC are all incredibly […]

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Morgan Peters II Ready For Next Step In Music Career

Only a few weeks ago BCHRAC awarded Morgan J. Peters II one of the 2021 McDowell Awards for his work as an outstanding human rights activist. Today, we celebrate this […]

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Notice Regarding Future Board Meetings

To All Town Boards, Committees and Commissions:   On June 16, 2021, Governor Baker signed into law Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021 (the “Act”), which, among other things, […]

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For Immediate Release: Race Point Beach Name Change

For Immediate Release June 9, 2021 BARNSTABLE COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMISSION Media Contact: Susan Quinones, Barnstable County Human Rights Coordinator susan.quinones@capecod.gov or (508) 375-6611 BCHRAC SUPPORTS THE WAMPANOAG ADVISORY […]

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Announcing the 2021 Malcolm McDowell Award Recipients

2021 Malcolm McDowell Award Recipients June 9, 2021 The BCHRAC is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the Malcolm McDowell Award, who are Morgan James Peters II (Zyg), a […]

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Congratulations to the newest Commonwealth Heroine, Vaira Harik

The Human Rights Advisory Commission sends its warmest congratulations to the newest Commonwealth Heroine, Vaira Harik, named by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women for her extraordinary work […]

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