“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home,” Eleanor Roosevelt famously said in a speech at the United Nations. As Coordinator of the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission, Leslie Dominguez-Santos knows the status of those rights here in our home community. In this program, she will share the data and the stories of how and where community members experience discrimination. In her overview of human rights on Cape Cod, she will focus on the roles individuals and groups can play in preserving and protecting the rights of everyone.

Leslie Domínguez-Santos is the Human Rights Coordinator for Barnstable County, working to uphold and protect the rights of residents and visitors across Cape Cod. She has a long career of community-based work and advocacy. Her fundraising efforts raised millions of dollars for critical environmental justice and public health initiatives in Chelsea and East Boston. Her policy work has impacted legislation in MA and IL in the areas of affordable and supportive housing, anti-human trafficking efforts, and health equity. She was a recipient of the Massachusetts 2024 Latino Excellence Award.

Learn more at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 26, 2026. All are welcome.

• At the Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Road in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30.
• Also on Zoom via this Zoom program link.