Human Rights Commission approves prior minutes, plans MLK and Black History programming.
Human Rights Commission · Meeting of January 5, 2026
HINGHAM — Human Rights Commission approves prior minutes and launches collaborative programming. The Hingham Anchor, a community news outlet with 65,000 monthly unique visitors, offered to partner on articles and events. Tim Miller-Dempsey will write a Martin Luther King Jr.
Day piece for the outlet; a working group will meet with Dierdre Anderson of the Hingham Historical Association on Black History Month content. A second working group will collaborate with Right TO BE on a bystander intervention training plan to be presented in February. The commission discussed diversifying its membership and ensuring marginalized voices are represented.
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Source: the Human Rights Commission meeting of January 5, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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