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Fair Housing Celebration

Tuesday, April 17, 2023

Fair Housing Celebration - 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act

Brooks Giles Quartet

LFUCHRC Staff: (l-r) Intern Brooklyn Alcorn, Marissa Webb, Raymond Sexton, Tami Reed, Mieko Smith and Ed Dove

Executive Director Ray Sexton and 10th District Council Member Amanda Mays Bledsoe

Fair Housing Celebration - Reception

Fair Housing Celebration - Registration

Michael Browder (HUD KY Office), Mayor Jim Gray, Assistant Secretary Anna Maria Farias and Vicki Ray (HUD Atlanta)

Assistant Secretary Anna Maria Farías and Juan Pena, KY Commission on Human Rights

Vice Mayor Steve Kay and Police Chief Lawrence Weathers

Assistant Secretary Anna Maria Farias and Commissioner Brenda Mannino

Art Crosby (Lex Fair Housing Council Executive Director), Vicki Ray (HUD Atlanta) and Vice Mayor Steve Kay

Commissioner Brenda Mannino and Police Chief Lawrence Weathers

Fair Housing Celebration - Registration

Executive Director Ray Sexton welcomed everyone to the Fair Housing Celebration Dinner

Mayor Jim Gray

Former Commission Chair Priscilla Johnson and Commissioner Theresa Parks

Ray Sexton, Teresa Isaac, Michael Browder, Art Crosby, Vicki Ray, Anna Maria Farias, Vibert Forsythe, Hazel Forsythe and Sherelle Pierre

Fair Housing Celebration - approximately 200 people attended

Mayor Jim Gray presents Assistant Secretary Anna Maria Farias with a key to the city

Elisa Bruce, Lex Fair Housing Council Board Member

Sherelle Roberts Pierre emceed the Fair Housing Celebration

Commissioner Jim Dickinson

Michael Browder, HUD KY Office Director

LFHC Chair Teresa Isaac and LFUCHRC Chair Vibert Forsythe presented a resolution honoring Don Ball to Janice Fraley of Ball Homes

LFHC Chair Teresa Isaac and LFUCHRC Chair Vibert Forsythe presented N. Limestone Community Development Corp. with the Outstanding Achievement in Human Rights Award

LFHC Chair Teresa Isaac and LFUCHRC Chair Vibert Forsythe presented DeBraun Thomas (pictured) and Russell Allen with the Outstanding Achievement in Human Rights Award

LFHC Chair Teresa Isaac and LFUCHRC Chair Vibert Forsythe presented Ginny Ramsey with the Outstanding Achievement in Human Rights Award

Guest Speaker Assistant Secretary Anna Maria Farias, Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity Division of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development

LFUCHRC Vice Chair Brenda Mannino presented Assistant Secretary Farias with a gift for serving as the Guest Speaker

Closing Remarks were made by Art Crosby, Lex Fair Housing Council Executive Director

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Lauren K. Weinberg Humanitarian Awards Dinner

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Commissioner Jim Dickinson, Commissioner Josh Mers, Commissioner Bob Orbach, F. Brenton Covington and Commissioner Mike Ades

Commissioner Bob Orbach (speaking) and F. Brenton Covington, Community Relations Coordinator, accept the Award on behalf of the Commission.

F. Brenton Covington, Community Relations Coordinator

The LFUC Human Rights Commission was awarded the Lauren K. Weinberg Humanitarian Award - organization

Commissioner Bob Orbach and his wife, Sheila.

Commissioner Jim Dickinson and his partner Tim

Commissioner Mike Ades and his wife Harriet

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Site Visit with the University of Kentucky Martin School International Public Policy and Management Institute - South Korean Members

Executive Director Ray Sexton explains the Commission's roll in the community

Dr. Doo Oak Kim, UK IPPMI; Young Hoon Ko, Ministry of Education; and Scong Koo Ham, National Human Rights Commission of Korea. (Seated left to right)

Soon Ho Shin, Korean Intellectual Property Office and Kyung Sam Yang, Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. (Seated left to right)

Dr. Doo Oak Kim explaining the University of Kentucky Martin School International Public Policy and Management Institute (IPPMI)

Members of the UK IPPMI with the Commissioners and staff.

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