Even though their office is made up of two people, the Hopkinsville-Christian County Human Rights Commission stays very busy, with events coming up and discrimination cases to file appropriately on behalf of the citizens.
HRC Executive Director Raychael Farmer and Administrative Assistant Jada Morris appeared on WHOP Monday morning, and they have a whole slate of events coming up. Morris was excited to share that, new this year, they will be hosting a Pride Month Celebration on June 13 at the Greenway Amphitheater located next to the Hopkinsville Public Library.
She says they’ll have vendors, open mic performances and more from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
And the Supper Club is returning with a fan favorite, as the Sheth’s will be cooking up some authentic Indian cuisine for folks to enjoy. Farmer says Supper Club has grown tremendously in popularity, at $10 a ticket, and it’s a good way to bring folks together in harmony through everyone’s favorite topic—food.
While Juneteenth is right around the corner, around here, folks locally celebrate the Eighth of August for when enslaved peoples in this region learned they were free in the 1860’s. So each year, the HRC hosts an Emancipation Day celebration on August 8, and this year it falls on Saturday.
Farmer says they’ll take advantage of it falling on Saturday and hosted a three-day long celebration that weekend, with a vendor fair on Saturday itself, but with more details to be released in the coming months.
Outside of their numerous events, the Commission has stayed busy with their true purpose, which is supporting individuals in the community who feel they have been discriminated against, whether that be through housing or employment. Farmer says they’ve surpassed last year’s case numbers, up to 42 for the current fiscal year, and while she’s glad that people are more aware of the resource they offer, she’s worried that numbers are increasing for reasons you don’t want.
And of course, tickets are already up for grabs for the annual Unity Breakfast, set to take place in October, and this year it will be at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel, which shows just how much this event has grown.
For more information on any of these events, visit the Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission Facebook page.