Selectman Brenda Eckstrom will host a meeting for the "Stop the Violence, Increase the Peace" rally Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Wareham High School auditorium, Town Administrator Mark Andrews said during Friday morning's Ad Hoc Committee meeting.

The group has worked for the last several weeks to devise long-term goals to complement plans for a rally to end community violence, focusing on Wareham’s children.  School essay contests, anti-bullying classes, a community code of conduct, and mentoring programs are actively being pursued by volunteers as means to engage youth.

Eckstrom said the focus of Friday's meeting will be to discuss details of the upcoming rally.