Anti-Hate Statement of the Wellfleet Public Library Board of Trustees

 The members of the Board of Trustees of the Wellfleet Public Library support the Director and Staff in all efforts to adhere to principles of freedom of speech, intellectual freedom, and free library access while at the same time opposing hateful conduct, in accordance with Federal and State anti-hate laws and with policies of the American Library Association. These policies address hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity... and can also encompass a person’s color or national origin, (and) overt acts that can include violence against persons or property, violation of civil rights, conspiracy, certain 'true threats,' and acts of intimidation."

For further information, please see:

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/hatefulconduct

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/libraries-respond-hate-crimes-and-libraries

Robin A. Robinson, Chair
Kathleen Shorr, Secretary
Andrew Freeman, Treasurer
Yvonne Barocas
Adam Miller
Dian Reynolds