On Wednesday, March 17, Hazard Community and Technical College will be hosting a virtual panel discussion about racism.
The panel, titled âRacism is a Learned Behavior; Why Canât We Unlearn It?,â will feature several panelists including Kentucky Council on Post-secondary Education Executive Director Dr. Aaron Thompson; Lexington Urban League President/CEO Porter G. Peeples, Sr.; Common Bond Christian Fellowship Senior Pastor and Southeast Kentucky African-American Museum and Cultural Center Executive Director Emily Jones Hudson; Berea College TRIO Student Support Services Emerging Scholars Program Representative Ashyya Robinson; and Hazard Community and Technical College Student Ambassador Jamaica Miller.
The moderator will be HCTC President and CEO Dr. Jennifer Lindon. A âQuestion-and-Answerâ time will follow after opening statements from each panelist. The public is encouraged to participate, said HCTC representatives.