We, citizens of Concord and Carlisle, dedicated to the belief that all persons are entitled to a sense of dignity and an ingrained respect for individuals as human beings, have gathered to form a Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council
Its purpose will be to foster good will, cooperation, understanding, conciliation, and to work toward personal and community […]
October 1978
The Concord Declaration
PREAMBLE: Concord, Massachusetts has historical reasons for being concerned in the year 1978 about the present climate of freedom in the town. Two centuries ago it was the leading center of resistance in the struggle for independence. Later, as America’s literary capital, it was a wellspring of spiritual expression in a young nation. Concord was […]
The Climate of the Community is the Responsibility of the Citizens of the Community