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The Lexington-Fayette
Urban County Human Rights Commission held its 11th Annual Fair Housing
Luncheon on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington.
Over 170 people joined the Commission to celebrate April as Fair Housing
Month and to hear guest speaker Linda Strite Murnane, Executive Director of
the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.
Over ten (10) agencies participated in the
Housing Information Station, which gives agencies an opportunity to share
information about their agency with the luncheon participants.
Participating agencies include: the Center for Women, Children and Families,
Community Action Council, LFUCG Division of Community Development, Lexington
Fair Housing Council, LFUCG Division of Police Crime Free Multi-Housing
Program and the Realtor Community Housing Foundation.
Attendees of the
luncheon were addressed by Commission Chair Gloria Rie, Lexington Mayor
Teresa Isaac, Krista Mills, Director of the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development’s (HUD) Kentucky Office, Brad Sweazy Chief Program
Officer, Kentucky Housing Corporation, Commission members Jenny Sutton-Amr
and Rabbi Marc Kline, Secretary of the Commission.
The highlight of the luncheon was the
Harrison Elementary Fair Housing Coloring Contest and the guest speaker,
Linda Murnane. Third-grade students from Harrison Elementary School accepted
awards for their participation in the fair housing coloring contest as part
of a larger Commission program that works to get housing information to the
guardians and parents of the students and to expose students to fair housing
and diversity information.
Ms. Murnane shared with the
audience her experiences as she journeyed to her current position that
included her military career in the Air Force judge from enlisted person to
Chief Circuit Military Judge, Eastern
Circuit, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. Ms. Murnane introduced
present staff members of KCHR who were present for the luncheon and shared
with those who attended some the activities that she has engaged in she took
over as Executive Director a year ago.
The Commission would like to thank all
of our Co-sponsors, housing information station participants and most of
all, the attendees to our luncheon. Thank You!!
Click here to view photos
from the luncheon.
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