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Wellesley Plans Community Event After Hate Speech Surfaces Online
The town is holding a "Solidarity Family Gathering" next Sunday in the wake of reports of high school students engaging in hate speech.
WELLESLEY, MA – Wellesley is holding a neighborhood event next weekend to further dialogue on race and community as the town grapples with reported incidents of online hate speech that surfaced last month.
The Solidarity Family Gathering will be held next Sunday, Aug. 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. on the Town Hall Green. According to a flier for the event, the space will be an outlet for Wellesley residents to gather in community and peace.
It will conclude with a program "offering words of peace and solidarity as we begin a new school year with our children and grandchildren," the flier states.
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The gathering comes after a Wellesley student posted screenshots of several Facebook messages involving students from Wellesley High School and other areas on his Facebook page. In them, the students used racial and homophobic slurs and made jokes about lynching and genocide, the Globe reported at the time.
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