Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission

IAOHRA Awards Dinner…2025 Kentucky Delegation. Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Louisville Human Relations, Henderson Human Rights Commission

Civil rights tour of St. Louis day 🚌 🗺️

Executive Director, Raymond Sexton and Percy Green, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court decision Green v. McDonnell Douglas, the case that sets forth the process in which discrimination cases are investigated and analyzed.

Staff has arrived in St. Louis for the 2024 IAOHRA conference.

Today we participated in the Back to School Rally and Resource Fair at Woodhill Park!

Thank you to everyone who came out this morning to our Coffee with the Chief! It was a packed house full of great questions and dialogue with Chief Weathers. Thank you to our co-sponsors Autism Society Bluegrass, The Arc of Central Kentucky and Chesser Advocacy Group!

The Commission is hiring for an Investigator!

If you feel like you’ve been discriminated against based on the way you wear your hair, contact us today!

The CROWN Act, which ensures protection against discrimination in workplaces based on hair texture, and styles that protect African American hair, was signed into law in Lexington in 2023. Lexington is dedicated to being an inclusive city, where all residents can thrive without fear of bias or prejudice. Happy National Crown Day!

The Commission will be closed Thursday in observance of Independence Day.

Happy birthday to Executive Director Ray Sexton!

Things are hopping at the Lexington Pride Festival! We’re here until 5:00…stop by and say hello!

Enjoyed presenting today at the Tenant’s Rights Workshop this afternoon and evening!

Commission table at Police Awards Banquet.

The Commission office will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

Happy Birthday to Commission Attorney, Ed Dove 🎉🎊🎁🎂

The Commission had a great time on Saturday at the Fatherhood Initiative Resource Fair at Douglass Park.

Please join us on June 25th!

We would love for you to join us on the 21st! First open house since the pre-Covid days!

Today is the 61st anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, federal legislation guaranteeing equal pay for equal work based on gender. The Equal Pay Act is enforced by the EEOC.

The Commission now has fair housing materials translated in the following languages: Arabic, French, Kinyarwanda, Nepali, Swahili, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin. If you would like to request a copy of these resources, please call (859) 252-4931 or email [email protected]

DiverCity Festival! We’re here until 5:00. Come say hello and pick up latest HRC swag! 🌏 🎊🎉

NAMI Kentucky Stars Conference and Resource Fair

Today, we presented Anna Marasco Quibrera, a senior at Paul Lawrence Dunbar with a certificate of appreciation. For the past several weeks, Anna has been serving as an intern through Fayette County School’s EBCE program. We appreciate Anna’s service to the Commission and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors!

NAACP 70th Anniversary 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision panel discussion.

Congratulations to Investigator Emily Evans for graduating from the Lexington Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy! Emily’s graduation ceremony took place on May 7th!