One community. Many stories.
Murfreesboro Loves
A community initiative bringing Murfreesboro neighbors together across cultures, faiths, and backgrounds.
Murfreesboro Loves is a community initiative dedicated to bringing people together across cultures, faiths, and backgrounds to build a more welcoming, connected, and compassionate Murfreesboro.
At its heart, Murfreesboro Loves is about something simple: neighbors showing up for neighbors. Through community gatherings, service projects, educational opportunities, and meaningful conversations, the initiative creates spaces where people can meet one another, build relationships, celebrate what makes our community diverse, and work together on what we share.
What we do
Murfreesboro Loves encourages residents to move beyond simply living alongside one another toward truly knowing, understanding, and supporting one another. Whether through volunteering, civic participation, cultural events, interfaith engagement, or helping neighbors in need, everyone has a role to play.
The initiative is welcoming to all people, regardless of faith, culture, ethnicity, age, or background, and is rooted in respect, service, understanding, and belonging. One community. Many stories. Neighbors serving neighbors.
How it began
On the last weekend in October 2017, the Murfreesboro Public Square was a ghost town as the city prepared for a planned "White Lives Matter" white nationalist rally downtown. Murfreesboro Loves was formed by a group of activists to show that our community is about love, not hate, and the call to meet was started by MMY.
Instead of engaging in direct conflict, the group organized peaceful alternative events, decorated local storefronts with messages of acceptance, and gathered at Barfield Park to celebrate the community's diversity. Their overwhelming unity is widely credited with causing the nationalist rally to fall apart.
A living legacy
The memory of Murfreesboro Loves lives on through Love Your Neighbor, held every October in downtown Murfreesboro to celebrate our community's diversity and cultural richness.
Highlights over the years
- 2017
On the last weekend of October, MMY's call brought activists together as Murfreesboro Loves, answering a planned white nationalist rally with peaceful events, storefront messages of acceptance, and a celebration at Barfield Park.
Questions
How did Murfreesboro Loves start?
In October 2017, activists answered MMY's call to meet and formed Murfreesboro Loves to counter a planned white nationalist rally downtown with peaceful events, messages of acceptance, and a celebration of community diversity at Barfield Park.
Who can take part in Murfreesboro Loves?
Everyone. The initiative welcomes all people regardless of faith, culture, ethnicity, age, or background.
How can I get involved?
Join a gathering, service project, or conversation. We share dates on our events calendar, WhatsApp community, and social media.
More answers on our FAQ page.
Get involved
Join the next Murfreesboro Loves gathering or service project. We share dates on our calendar, WhatsApp community, and social media.