A sold-out crowd attended the 47th Annual Unity Breakfast at The Bruce in Hopkinsville Thursday morning.
The featured speaker was Terrance Sullivan, the executive director of the Kentucky Commission of Human Rights. Sullivan said there are going to be people who challenge every movement because it threatens the very way of life that has afforded them so much comfort and safety. However, he added it is important to create strength out of adversity.
click to download audioHe noted you have to be strategic in how you address adversity.
click to download audioThe prestigious 2021 Hal and Betty Thurmond Award was presented to Levi Peterson, an author, longtime educator and former assistant principal at Hopkinsville High School who retired in 1994. Peterson thanked his wife, Margaret, for the difference she made in his life when he was struggling.
Hopkinsville Mayor Wendell Lynch presented the Mayor’s Unity Award and recognized two winners of this year’s award — the Salvation Army and Jennie Stuart Health. He said the Salvation Army served more than 46,000 meals and shelter to over 300 citizens in 2020.
click to download audioAnd Jennie Stuart Health was recognized for their efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christian County Judge-Executive presented a new award — the Judge’s Unity Award — to the Christian County Health Department for the many hours they worked during the pandemic.
click to download audioAnd the 2021 Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and the Bernard Standard Award for Excellence went to Dr. Alissa Young, president of Hopkinsville Community College.
The Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission’s Unity Breakfast theme for this year was “our unity is our strength and our diversity is our power”.
