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INFORMATION & RESOURCES
RADIOLEX IS LEXINGTON’S COMMUNITY RADIO STATION
Our mission is to provide a mass media platform to amplify underrepresented local voices and promote an equitable, inclusive community.
Equity and inclusion have inexplicably become controversial ideas of late, and in response to the barrage of confusing and fearful information dominating commercial media, we want to reaffirm RADIOLEX’s values and commitments.
AT RADIOLEX WE BELIEVE:
- Our community is for everyone, and we are always stronger together.
- Minority voices deserve to be heard and to report their own experiences.
- Immigrants & Refugees belong to our community and make it richer.
- LGBTQ+ community members deserve equal rights and access to resources.
- Folks with disabilities deserve full membership and participation in our community.
- And when political or social forces try to silence these voices and erase their visibility in our community, we must stand together in solidarity.
Recent political pronouncements have created much fear and confusion among the most vulnerable of our friends and families.
Much of what has been communicated in the press has not been tested legally and may or may not go into effect.
RADIOLEX is committed to providing trustworthy and accurate information as well as directing folks to available resources.
It is important that as a community, we remain calm, alert, and be aware of misinformation as well as those who would prey on the fearful.
IMMIGRATION
Local organizations working on immigration issues:
- The Community Response Coalition of Kentucky Inc. (CRCKY) –a diverse interfaith and secular group from Kentucky–maintains a comprehensive “Safety Planning” page with information available in Arabic, English, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Russian, French, and Spanish.
- Neighbors Immigration Clinic is a non-profit law firm providing low cost legal services to our immigrant neighbors.
Online Resources
- What to do if ICE is at your door? An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend your rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) from We Have Rights.
- Real or Rumor? How to Verify Online Reports of ICE Raids. From Witness.org and United We Dream. Available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French.
- Know Your Rights The ACLU maintains an up-to-date, accurate “Know Your Rights” webpage in English and Spanish.
- Family Emergency Plan Checklists from CRCKY in English and Spanish (French coming soon).
- Immigration Preparedness Kit (.pdf) This packet covers important topics, for immigrants with no legal status or in mixed-status households. From California State University.
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. Red Cards, created by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.
Print your own cards (.PDFs): Amharic | Arabic | Chinese | English | Farsi | French | Haitian Creole | Hmong | Khmer | Korean | Pashto | Portuguese | Punjabi | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog | Tigriniya | Ukrainian | Vietnamese
LGBTQ+ AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION
LGBTQ+ organizations providing information and resources:
- The Lexington Pride Center –celebrates and empowers the intersectional lives of LGBTQIA+ Kentuckians. Their website has an extensive resources page.
- LGBT+ Community of Lexington, KY is a private Facebook group designed to connect the LGBTQ+ community in Lexington and Central Kentucky.
- ACLU Kentucky maintains information about LGBTQ+ rights in the Commonwealth.
- ACLU.org maintains an up-to-date, accurate “Know Your Rights” webpage for the LGBTQ+ community
- Fairness Campaign is Kentucky’s LGBTQ advocacy organization. Its primary goal is comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism. Their website tracks Kentucky legislation that impacts the LGBTQ+ community.
- PFLAG is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. They maintain a list of resources for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
- LGBT Crisis & Support Resources provided by ASFP.org.
- National Black Justice Coalition NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma.
- Campaign for Southern Equality works to build a South where LGBTQ+ people are equal in every sphere of life.
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) works to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.
Civil rights and community-based organizations providing information and resources
- Urban League of Lexington Kentucky works to ensure African Americans and the disadvantaged achieve equity.
- The Lextropolis Magazine providing relatable and authentic stories about the black community.
- Black Yarn Black-led advocacy team works to equip Lexingtonians with accurate historical and current information in the service of repairing the harms of racial injustice.
- Kentucky State University Kentucky’s first historically black university (HBU)
- The Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative (LBPI) was established in the summer of 2020 to strengthen and support Black communities in Lexington. Since its inception, it has awarded over $375,000 to local organizations focused on creating a better future for Black residents.
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States that works to achieve equality for all people. Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the country. There is a local chapter based in Lexington.
- Casa de la Cultura works to make sure that Latino culture is recognized as part of Kentucky’s cultural heritage.
- The Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society (BIACS) provides people of Indian heritage and other interested members a platform to engage in civic and charitable activities in the Bluegrass Region.
- Kentucky Chinese American Association (KYCAA) is committed to serving the communities in Kentucky by promoting the appreciation of Chinese culture and heritages
- Japan/America Society of Kentucky (JASK) organization dedicated to promoting a better understanding of the business, cultural and social practices and customs of Japan and Kentucky.
- Bluegrass Filipino American Association serves as a venue for cultural, educational, civic, charitable and social interaction among its members and with the Bluegrass Community. Private Facebook group.
- CivicLex strengthening civic health in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Lexington Human Rights Commission Enforcing civil rights laws in Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky.
- Kentucky Commission on Human Rights eradicates discrimination in the Commonwealth through enforcement of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.
- Kentuckians For The Commonwealth a community of people, inspired by a vision. We believe we can build a Kentucky where all of us can thrive. Democracy & Voting Rights. Environmental & Climate Justice. Racial Justice. Economic Justice.
- ACLU.org Racial Justice Program (RJP) fights to eradicate racial injustice in the U.S. and works to foster a society in which people of color and communities of color have full access to the rights and benefits of American society.
HEALTH & HOUSING
Organizations providing public health information and resources:
- Lexington Fayette-County Health Department “helping Lexington be well,” and we do that through CARES values: Caring, Accountability, Respect, Equity and Service. We remain fully committed to providing excellent public health care for everyone in Lexington. This includes honest, accurate and timely information to the community about public health topics, issues and concerns.
- Mission Health Lexington provides health and healing to our neighbors in need.
- The Embrace Foundation gives diabetics in need the supplies they need to survive.
- Planned Parenthood is one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education.
- Kentucky Health Justice Network builds the power of Kentuckians to achieve reproductive justice and trans healthcare.
- NAMI Lexington is a non-profit organization that provides assistance to Families, Caregivers and Individuals whose life experience includes living with a serious and persistent mental illness.
- New Vista assists individuals and families in the enhancement of their emotional, mental and physical well-being by providing behavioral health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disability services.
- AVOL Kentucky is an essential partner in the community’s health and housing services continuum. AVOL’s mission is to collaborate with communities to END HIV in the Commonwealth.
- Community Action Council prevents, reduces and eliminates poverty for individuals, families and communities through direct services and advocacy.
- Arbor Youth Services Ending youth homelessness by providing a safe and supportive environment to youth who have suffered abuse, abandonment, or are at risk of victimization. We envision a community where every child and youth has a stable home.
- The Kentucky Fair Housing Council is a civil rights agency that investigates complaints of housing discrimination throughout the state. We are a nonprofit organization, and all of the legal representation and advocacy services we provide to clients are free.
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