LEWES, Del. - Nearly every pew at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lewes was full as people learned of a new state wide initiative, hate has no home here.
The state wide initiative was launched on Thursday by local organization Speak Out Against Hate. Their goal is to have the windows and or lawns of every home, business, faith house and public facility displaying a sign or banner displaying this statement.
Attendees listened to politicians, faith leaders. students. social workers, police and business leaders all talking about the organization's mission.
Bonnie Tamres-Moore with the local organization speak out against hate says "we live in a time where hatred is so prevalent and where it's increasing and particularly it's increasing from people with power. so we have to really stand up against hate, and we have to do it in a way that people see it and make sure that heat is not normalized in our country."
Emerson Sheldon, a 17 year old student at Cape Henlopen High School encourages his peers to be agents of change.
"The real change is going to be made by the people. The government, they rely on our votes. We need to let them know how we feel and they aren't going to make the right decisions without us telling them what we need them to do," Sheldon explained.
As the lights at St. Peter's Episcopal Church turned off and the doors began to close, one thing remains as a community faith house and that is their pledge that hate has no home here.
"It tells people who we are both as citizens and as human beings. when we stand up and say that hate has no home here," shared Tamres-Moore.
Lewes Mayor, Amy Marasco now has a "hate has no home here" flag flying outside of City Hall.
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