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We seek to promote in-person dialogue about systemic issues that affect human dignity with a goal of fostering a more inclusive community.

The Hingham Unity Council is a non-partisan, nonprofit group started by members of the Hingham community in fall 2019. All are welcome to participate in our conversations and planning. Please read more about our vision, purpose and guiding tenets here. At this time, we are focusing on programming to address issues affecting our town such as diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, socioeconomic disparities, and standing with our LGBQTIA+ community. If you are interested in getting more involved, please contact us.

Upcoming Events

Chanukah Menorah Lighting

December 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Recent Events

Chanukah Menorah Lighting

December 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

HUC Monthly Meeting

December 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Let’s Talk: A Community Night Out

November 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUC Monthly Meeting

October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

HUC Monthly Public Meeting – Sept 2024

September 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

News

POSTPONED: Mr. Joy at Hingham High School

The Hingham Unity Council is excited to promote the ArtsEmerson presentation of Mr. Joy, a play that explores issues of race and class in America to help us find our common humanity, being brought to Hingham High on March 12 at 7 pm by Hingham METCO.  The students will also being seeing this powerful one-person play. The evening performance is free and open to the public.

January 27th, 2020|Categories: Hingham Unity Council Events, Past Events, Upcoming Events|

January 19, 2020: Gospel Concert – The Morning Star Baptist Church Gospel Choir 

Sunday, January 19 at 4 pm
Place: The First Parish Unitarian Universalist Meeting House on Cohasset Common
This FREE concert (donations welcome) is part of Cohasset’s MLK weekend celebration! Supported by the Cohasset Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is being presented by the Cohasset Diversity Committee and First Parish Unitarian Church. 

January 14th, 2020|Categories: Past Events, South Shore Unity Council Events|

February 5, 2020: Author Event – Jared Hardesty, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England

Shortly after the first Europeans arrived in 17th-century New England, they began to enslave the area’s indigenous peoples and import kidnapped Africans. By the eve of the American Revolution, enslaved people comprised only about 4% of the population, but slavery had become instrumental to the region’s economy and had shaped its cultural traditions. Slavery existed in Hingham and its neighboring towns. In this concise yet comprehensive history, historian Jared Ross Hardesty focuses on the individual stories of enslaved people in New England, bringing their experiences to life. He also explores the importance of slavery to the colonization of the region and to agriculture and industry, New England’s deep connections to Caribbean plantation societies, and the significance of emancipation movements in the era of the American Revolution.

January 12th, 2020|Categories: Past Events|

Please enjoy this video of highlights of our first two years (Aug 2019- Nov 2021)

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