Religious Discrimination in Employment Workshop
Profit or Prophet?
Effectively Addressing Religious Discrimination in the Workplace

Thursday, May 20, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hilton Lexington/Downtown
369 West Vine Street
Lexington, KY
$45 per person
Continental Breakfast provided

**CLE Credit Provided**

For more Information and Registration, please click here

The LFUCHRC is proud to introduce the Speaker's Bureau. 

The Human Rights Commission Speakers Bureau exists to make a wide range of educational resources on diversity available and accessible to audiences in Lexington and surrounding areas. For more information, please click here.

Regardless of Income, African-Americans in Lexington Remain at Risk of Receiving High-Cost Home Mortgage Loans

Research by federal agencies, academic institutions, community organizations and others continue to document significant disparities in loan pricing based on race, ethnicity, age and income levels of neighborhood residents.  Unlawful discrimination remains a significant factor as well. This paper looks at disparities and the ongoing presence of barrier of high cost lending patterns associated with mortgage lending in our community.  To read the report, please click here.

Fair Housing Advertising Audit

For a period beginning in May of 2008 and concluding the end of June 2008, the staff of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission attempted to undertake an audit or review of advertising and marketing of the local housing market with the various media sources for compliance with fair housing laws. Said audit included rental, sale of homes, homeownership insurance, and lending.

To read the report, please click here.

Publishers Guide to Fair Housing Advertising

Outstanding Achievement in Fair Housing Award

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission is sponsoring the Outstanding Achievement in Fair Housing Award to recognize individuals and/or organizations that have shown exemplary performances in fair housing practices. These individuals and organizations have profoundly impacted the way that fair housing is conducted over the course of their entire lifetime or who have made significant contributions that support the spirit and letter of Fair Housing Laws which they have demonstrated through words, deeds, business policies, or other means.

For more information, please click here.

2009 Recipients   2008 Recipients   2007 Recipients

Anti-Hate, Bias and Violence Initiative

As part of the Commission's Diversity Initiative, beginning in October of 2006, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission Community Relations Committee began to update the Commission’s anti-hate and bias plan and address the stated concern of the lack of identifiable community resources devoted to combating hate, bias and violence. 

To learn more about the Commission's Anti-Hate, Bias & Violence Initiative, please click here. 

Call to Action - In observance of Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Anniversary - By Rabbi Marc Aaron Kline and Reverend Leo Woodberry

Adult and Tenant Services

National Origin and Religious Discrimination Resource List

The Commission urges all victims of threats, harassment, assaults or other hate crimes to contact the police immediately.