Kentucky: Drawing Attention to Hate Crimes
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears
Lexington Hearld-Leader
Victims have reported at least 55 hate crimes in Lexington since 2000, eight in 2007 alone. And there are at least 14 hate groups operating in Kentucky, including eight Ku Klux Klan groups.
With a report from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission detailing the hate around us, the Commission and the Migrant Network Coalition on Saturday sponsored the Erase Hate Community Art Project.
Volunteers gathered Saturday at Temple Adath Israel to create a visual art display of six wooden silhouettes that will be displayed at the Urban County Government-sponsored Diversity Festival on Saturday at the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse courtyard on Main Street.
The silhouettes will be on display at the event's Human Rights Commission booth and will include stories about individuals in Lexington who say they have experienced bullying, bigotry or hatred because of who they are.
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Lexington Hearld-Leader
Victims have reported at least 55 hate crimes in Lexington since 2000, eight in 2007 alone. And there are at least 14 hate groups operating in Kentucky, including eight Ku Klux Klan groups.
With a report from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission detailing the hate around us, the Commission and the Migrant Network Coalition on Saturday sponsored the Erase Hate Community Art Project.
Volunteers gathered Saturday at Temple Adath Israel to create a visual art display of six wooden silhouettes that will be displayed at the Urban County Government-sponsored Diversity Festival on Saturday at the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse courtyard on Main Street.
The silhouettes will be on display at the event's Human Rights Commission booth and will include stories about individuals in Lexington who say they have experienced bullying, bigotry or hatred because of who they are.
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