Kentucky Commission on Human Rights

January

• KY Human Rights Commissioner Timothy Thomas of Madisonville named recipient of the state's annual Martin Luther King Citizenship Award
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will meet tomorrow to rule on discrimination complaints
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Gallery of Great Black Kentuckians on exhibit at African American Heritage Center in Louisville
• Two KY Human Rights commissioners helping organize two of Kentucky's largest Martin Luther King Holiday events, one will be in Madisonville, the other in Lexington

February

• KY Human Rights Commission will be at Russellville book-signing by editor of autobiography of first White House black female reporter, the late Alice Dunnigan of Kentucky
• KY Human Rights Commission will meet Tuesday in KY capitol to rule on discrimination cases and then induct Dr. Kevin Cosby into the Gallery of Great Black Kentuckians at Annual Black History Month event in Rotunda
• Dr. Kevin Cosby inducted today in Capitol as 56th Great Black Kentuckian
• KY Human Rights Commission issues rulings on discrimination complaints
• KY Human Rights Commission supports statewide Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights passes resolution confirming support for fairness protection in state
• KY Human Rights Commission honors the late Wendell Ford with resolution
• Editor's Book signing event in Russellville KY of her edited edition of the late Alice Dunnigan's autobiography is cancelled due to weather

March

• KY Human Rights Commission recognizes Women's History Month, highlights contributions of women in KY and expresses concerns about women's equality issues
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will meet Thursday to rule on discrimination complaints
• Women's  Advocacy Hearing Set
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission makes March 2015 discrimination complaint rulings

April

• Announcing Fair Housing training session in Berea on April 29
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will meet tomorrow to rule on discrimination complaints
• Get on board for an historic tour in Shelbyville to celebrate Fair Housing Month on April 21
• Housing Discrimination and housing segregation take away sense of safety in one’s own home
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission April 2015 Rulings on Discrimination Complaints

May

• Read the Kentucky Human Rights Commission Focus on Fair Housing Spring Newsletter
• Free fair housing forum will address housing segregation and correlations with low performance in schools
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission will meet to rule on discrimination complaints

June

• Come June 30 to the Fair Housing Annual Highlights Conference given by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights

July

• Davis Memorial Statue removal from capitol is necessary KY Human Rights Executive Director says
• Eight year old Jennifer Keelan – The Capitol Crawl Protest, Americans with Disability Act is 25 years old

August

• Statement upon death of Civil Rights leader Julian Bond who had important ties to Kentucky, by KY Human Rights Executive Director Johnson
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will meet tomorrow to rule on discrimination complaints
• KY Human Rights Commission issues Discrimination Complaint Rulings for August 2015
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission urges legislators to remove Jefferson Davis statue from capitol
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission asks state and local governments to erect statues of women
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission asks citizens to remove slavery as form of punishment from state constitution
• KY Human Rights Commission proudly recognizes Women’s Equality Day

September

• Governor reappoints commissioners Bonifer, Brown and Everett to KY Human Rights board
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights executive director statement on Rowan County clerk refusal to grant marriage licenses and on comparisons of the clerk to civil rights leaders
• Come to the 2015 Annual Hispanic, Immigrant and Refugee Networking Summit in honor of National Hispanic Month
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights issues rulings on discrimination complaints for September 2015

October

• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will meet to rule on
  discrimination complaints
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights issues rulings on discrimination complaints for October 2015

November

• Kentucky Human Rights Commission commends Governor Steve Beshear for today restoring voting rights to former felons who have served their sentences and been discharged
• Kentucky Human Rights Commission and University of Kentucky Law School will hold legal symposium in honor of Kentucky Civil Rights Act anniversary
• The Kentucky Civil Rights Act guarantees equal treatment for everyone by businesses that serve the public
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights and University of Kentucky law
  school to hold symposium in January
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will meet to rule on discrimination complaints
• KY Human Rights Commission issues Discrimination Complaint Rulings for November 2015

December

• Recent hate literature distributed in Kentucky is an attack against stability and security