About
What is Hug Don't Hate?
Hug Don't Hate is a student run, not-for-profit, grassroots peace-building organization. Our mission is:
Our initiatives promote kindness and respect in a community, making the environment feel warmer and more welcoming. Our activities transform respect into an ethos in local communities. This is done through a variety of different activities organized by every Hug Don’t Hate Wing. Hug Don’t Hate operates with activities carried out on a weekly basis as well as with few special programs organized throughout the year. In addition, we produce merchandise to be sold and/or gifted by the Wings to allow communities to express the Hug Don’t Hate ideals of common ground.
Weekly Activities - The Four Branches
We provide service to the community through weekly activities organized into four different Hug Don't Hate Branches:
Special Programs
Alongside with the messages of kindness and respect expressed weekly, we also organize overarching Hug Don't Hate Special Programs . These programs educate the community on the greater message of Hug Don't Hate: peace-building through happiness, respect and understanding. Special programs include conferences, lectures, informational pamphlets and any outlet that can be used to provide this education.
Products
Hug Don’t Hate also produces several different articles that allow the community to wear and decorate their lives with the message of respect and peace. An example of a Hug Don’t Hate product is the Peace Dove Shirt. The purpose of the Peace Dove Shirt is to give people the opportunity to wear a message of cross-cultural and unifying peace. The design on the shirt is that of the word "Peace" in 108 languages in the shape of a dove.
Products such as the Peace Dove Shirt not only spread the Hug Don’t Hate message, but also allow Hug Don’t Hate to fundraise. Hug Don't Hate articles are not limited to clothing and can include any merchandise that spreads respect in a community.