Upcoming Events
Check this out! PNPFH now has two ongoing projects to introduce you to books and people that relate to the PNPFH mission:
Bookshare Wednesday on Facebook Click here and then posted to our YouTube Channel Click here
Feature Friday (when we introduce you to a local or historical figure) on Facebook Click here
2024 Speaker Series – August 1, Karen Hutchins-Keim – IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM: The Free Black Community of Parting Ways. Pilgrim Hall Museum. Information HERE.
Check the 2024 education programs from the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe… for more info: https://www.facebook.com/herringpondtribe
NPFH Committee meetings now on Zoom. Everyone is welcome. Email NPFHChair@gmail.com
PFLAG Meetings, 4th Monday of Every Month 7:00-9:00PM, First Parish Church, 842 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA 02332. South Shore support group for parents, families, and friends of the LGBTQ+ community.
SSHAGLY Meetings 2nd & 4th Monday of Every Month 7-9PM at the First Parish Church, 842 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA 02332. A youth-led, adult-supervised social group for ages 13-22 formed for the purpose of giving LGBT+ youth a safe and positive place to meet people just like them.
Past News/Events
The Plymouth No Place for Hate Committee, a committee of the Town of Plymouth, presented
its seventh annual Outstanding Citizenship Award to two Plymouth High School students at the July 9 th Select Board Meeting.
Trevor Anderson, a 2024 graduate of the Rising Tide Charter Public School and Mackenzie Kelly, a 2024 graduate of Plymouth South High School were this year’s award winners.
The purpose of this award is to recognize a student who has shown a commitment to social justice by challenging discrimination or bigotry through his/her actions, and/or who actively works to celebrate diversity and inclusivity or to protect the civil
rights of all people in our community. A financial gift is included in the award.
March 6, 5:00 PM – 6:30PM. The Church of the Pilgrimage “Lenten Soup Supper” and talk about Islam.
Plymouth Public Library Event: New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott talked about his recent novel, Hell of a Book.
On March 28th, Plymouth North High School’s Interact Club held its 2nd annual “Be The Light” show raising $7000 in support of 3 Plymouth Veteran’s Aids Organizations.
January 15, 2024 Annual celebration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From left to right: Matilda Ligon – Church Historian for Bethel AME Church, Stephen Washburn – Retired Pastor UCC, Breyaunna Hattab – DEI Coordinator Plymouth Public Schools, Peter Matlon – PNPFH Vice Chair, Vedna Heywood – PNPFH Immediate Past Chair
Below from left to right: (1) A full house at Plymouth South High School, (2) Rev. Khaden Nurse – Pastor of Bethel AME Church, (3) David Brown – Minister of Music Bethel AME Church, (4) Paula Gregory Cenac – Daughter of Activist Dick Gregory
Heartfelt thank yous to the Plymouth Noontime Rotary and The Church of the Pilgrimage for your donations to our No Place for Hate Committee. We are humbled by your generosity and we are grateful for your commitment to our cause.
Watch the PACTV recording of the 10/23 Select Board meeting for the NPFH presentation and thoughtful responses from Select Board members Kevin Canty and Charlie Bletzer concerning the presence of The National Social Club’s distribution of recruitment leaflets in Plymouth on 28-29 September. CLICK HERE and begin at 7:25.
The Plymouth Public Library at 132 South Street has set up a table of books that have been banned elsewhere. Check out a few pictures #1 #2 #3
October 9 at 5:30 Interfaith Service of Mourning and Solidarity for war in Israel. Click for Flyer
Tuesday, April 18, 7 PM – Yom HaShoah Community Observance at Congregation Beth Jacob and on Zoom
Saturday May 6, 7-11 PM – 4th Annual NPFH “Standing on the Side of Love Coffeehouse”.
Thursday, May 11, 8 PM – Race and Song, A Musical Conversation with Reggie Harris and Alastair Mook.
*Plymouth South High School presentation of The Laramie Project, November 17, 18, 19 at 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM. For tickets and more information Click Here
October 29, 3:00-4:00 PM at the Plymouth Public Library – Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers In-Person
An interactive performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers. The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers are a group of musicians, educators, and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, and Herring Pond in Bourne. Their performances of eastern social songs and dances have both educated and entertained audiences of all ages in museums, schools, and various multi-cultural events. The group dresses in their traditional clothing, and songs are accompanied by a water drum and handcrafted rattles. Audience participation is highly encouraged.
April 7. 2022 at 7:00 PM at Plymouth Town Hall – Refugees and Resettlement: A Local Perspective sponsored by NPFH and LWV. To find out how you can help within our community Click Here.
See PNPFH at the 2021 Plymouth Pride Festival starting at 55 seconds HERE . Thanks PACTV and the Local Scene.
View PACTV video of Powerful Vigil sponsored by NPFH, PPD, LWV and IP June 3 Event HERE and see pictures by clicking Galleries Tab
Plymouth Public Library recording of their program Lessons from Apartheid can be found HERE
June 19th @ 12-2pm @ Brewster Gardens: Indivisible Plymouth is partnering with PNPFH and other groups to hold another Juneteenth event
June 26th @ 11:15am @ Brewster Gardens: PNPFH promotes Plymouth Pride’s Pride festival
June 27th @ 12-5pm @ Mayflower Brewery: PNPFH promotes Plymouth Pride’s Pride festival and NPFH will be a vendor with a table to sell t-shirts/pins
January 18, 9-10:30 AM, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Virtual Celebration Click for information and registration. This was followed by service at Bethel Plymouth AME Church. Click here.
Active Bystander Training on Zoom October 3 10:00 AM -12:30 PM – Click here for information
September 30, 6:00 PM, Zoom webinar , Voter Education Series,”Who Represents You?”. Click here for information.
September 26 Plymouth 400 Wampanoag exhibit. See on Youtube Click here
New Program September 23 7:00-9:00 PM. Intergenerational Conversation to Guide Antiracist Learning and Action. Sample video of conversation. Click here for event flyer.
DIVERSITY ART CHALLENGE: Email submissions by August 31, 2020. CLICK HERE for more info.
Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward (August 6 and 20) is a series of three 90-minute Zoom sessions with the goal of assisting individuals to eradicate racism in their community Click here to register
Program of Racial Healing, Learning and Good Trouble, August 20 (raindate 21), 6-7 PM at Brewster Garden.Click here for more info. Pictures and video can be found at the Galleries tab.
Special NPFH Committee meetings on Zoom. July 23, 5:30 PM
JUNETEENTH Celebration of Racial Healing, Solidarity and Learning – June 19th weekend. CLICK HERE for information and CLICK HERE for extensive educational packet.
June 19 3:00 PM Opening of Harriet Tubman Museum, Cape May. CLICK HERE
June 17 – 3:00 PM: Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee presented social justice educator Dr. Monique McIntosh.
View PACTV video of Powerful Vigil sponsored by NPFH, PPD, LWV and IP June 3 Event HERE and see pictures by clicking Galleries Tab
Monday, January 20, 8:00-10:30 AM MLK Breakfast. Kick off 2020 in America’s Hometown with a unity celebration of MLK’s vision for America in a time of divisiveness!
Saturday, January 11, 2:00-4:30 PM – Active Bystander Training Hosted by NPFH – Falmouth. FREE. RSVP to npfhfalmouth@gmail.com. For More Information Click here.
JUNE 11, 2019 – 7 PM SPECIAL EVENT – Outstanding Citizenship Award Presentation to two high school students at the Select Board meeting, Town Hall.
May 14, 7-9 PM – PFLAG and NPFH sponsor Building Safer Communities at Plymouth Public Library. Click here for more information.
May 1, 7 PM at Christ Church Episcopal, Holocaust Remembrance. Check Gallery tab for pictures.
April 27, Saturday – The NPFH MLK COFFEEHOUSE. Click here for more information. Check Gallery tab for pictures.
March 17, 2019 – 2-4 PM. Plymouth Public Library presents Antisemitism: Before, During and Beyond the Holocaust. Click for more info.
March 19, 2019 – 7:00 PM. Interfaith event in memory of those who were murdered in last Friday’s attacks on more than one mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. With the participation of the Plymouth Area Interfaith Community Alliance (PAICA) and the Town of Plymouth’s “No Place for Hate” Committee (NPFH), at Beth Jacob Synagogue, 8 Pleasant St.
February 24 – Bethel AME Church, 4 PM, honored MLK Day with guest preacher Rev. Khaden Nurse, an Associate minister at the Historic Charles Street AME Church of Boston.
2/21/19 – 12:30 PM – Local lecture of interest – Woods Hole Black History Month, Black Migrations.
2/3/19 – Monday morning, MLK Day of Service.
12/13/18- 7pm. NPFH Committee Meeting, Guest- Ken Tavares, Select Board Chair. Shallop Room, Town Hall.
11/13/18 – Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 PM – “Teaching Social Justice Values through Children’s Literature”, Congregation Beth Jacob, 8 Pleasant St., Click here for more information.
11/1/18, Thursday, 7 pm at The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square, Plymouth, Ma. Plymouth Stands (and Prays) with Pittsburgh
A service of compassion, of comfort and outrage, of words and music, of strength and hope. PAICA, Plymouth Area Interfaith Clergy Association along with Plymouth No Place for Hate will offer a multi-faith service, of compassion for and solidarity with victims and members of the Tree of Life Congregations in Pittsburgh.
All are welcome to be present in a show of support for those who died in Pittsburgh and to OUR OWN cherished Jewish community.
10/28/18 at 7:00 Duxbury Vigil.
10/29/18 Vigil for Victims of Synagogue Shooting, Falmouth Village Green, 7-8 PM