BUILD (Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct Action)
mission: being a proactive, self-sustaining, interfaith, interracial organization dedicated to promote values of justice and compassion.
CKCPJ (Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice)
mission: A coalition of groups that address challenges of peacemaking, social justice, and sustainability.
GLSO (Gay and Lesbian Service Organization)
Mission: to improve the quality of life for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons and their allies in the Central Kentucky area.
Get On Board
(Part of United Way of the Bluegrass)
mission: to increase the participation of a broad group of representatives on non-profit boards and to ensure that boards of directors of non-profit
organizations reflect the diversity of the community.
Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum
mission: to honor Isaac Scott Hathaway, a native of Lexington, and to educate the public about the lives and works of distinguished
Kentucky African-American artists, writers and others who contributed to this region.
KFTC (Kentuckians for the Commonwealth)
mission: people, working together, to challenge injustices, right wrongs, and Improve the quality of life for all Kentuckians.
Kentucky Conference for Community and Justice
Dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in all of its forms in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.
Lexington Fair Housing Council
Promotes enforcement of state and federal Fair Housing laws and serves as watchdog against unfair and illegal practices
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission
Safeguards all individuals within Lexington-Fayette County from discrimination and promotes efforts to improve human relations. www.LFUCHRC.org
National Organizations of interest:
The Museum of Tolerance
A high tech, hands-on experiential museum that focuses on two themes through unique interactive exhibits: the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America and the history of the Holocaust — the ultimate example of man’s inhumanity to man. www.museumoftolerance.org
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education and other forms of advocacy, we work toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.
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