On Thursday, October 24, no place for hate (NPFH) members got together to record videos to promote their school-wide initiative. 

Linganore senior Cael McKinney was a part of the recording process. 

“We are recording these videos to spread our message in an interesting way,” McKinney said. “The videos being on the [morning] announcements are important to furthering our message, because they give us a platform to speak out against bullying in front of the entire school.”

On March 15, 2024 No Place For Hate was launched at Linganore High School. 

The program was first created in 1999 and now has around 1,800 schools participating. ADL was created in 1913 “To stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment for all.” Within ADL created no place for hate to remove bias and bullying inside and outside schools. 

Another reason the group is creating videos is to promote the pledge signing.  Members of the Linganore community will have the opportunity to sign the pledge, stating that they will provent any form of hate they may see or hear, which has taken place during all lunch shifts on October  29-31. 

NPFH focuses on removing bias and bullying in the school environment. At Linganore, members of the club tend to focus more on racism. 

After having NPFH at LHS for over a year, students shared how the school’s environment has been changed.

“We’ve set a record for how many students have gotten involved in No Place for Hate,” Curran said. “About 30 people have joined this year. And I’ve noticed that people seem more aware of how their words and actions affect others, showing there’s been pretty significant progress since we’ve started this club at Linganore.”

The pledge is put out at lunches to encourage people to sign and do their own part to keep Linganore a more positive place.

In the past year, the school has received over 800 pledges during lunch shifts. This year, Linganore got 900 pledges for No Place for Hate, showing just how successful the club is.