Mission Statement

The Lexington Hispanic Association (AHU) is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to provide the means by which Hispanic residents can become full participants in the economic, social, cultural and political life of Central Kentucky.

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La Asociación de Hispanos Unidos Inc. Es una organización si fines de lucro cuyo objetivo es proveer los medios por los cuales los residentes hispanos podrán incorporarse integramente en la vida económica, social, política y cultural de la región central de Kentucky.

 

AHU' History

AHU, along with other organizations (including the local government), organized the first Festival Latino in September.  This served as a good opportunity for the local townspeople to embrace Hispanic culture.  Around this time, AHU won a total of $20,000 because of a legal settlement in a case of discrimination.  With this money AHU was able to implement the Inciativa de Educacion Hispana de Lexington, which helped fund local Hispanic organizations in the community that were involved in education.  This year the Mexican consulate came to our community and gave, for the first time, a state-approved Matricula Consular. Before the end of the year, AHU spoke at a local government council meeting.

In the beginning of 2004, the Lexington Public Library expressed an interest in wanting to help the Biblioteca Hispana.  At the same time, the Biblioteca Hispana had secured funding for a total of $17, 500 from Fifth-Third Bank.  Soon after those initial conversations, AHU learned that the Lexington Public Library wanted to embrace Biblioteca Hispana by opening a new library branch in the same Cardinal Valley neighborhood.  The mission of the new library was to continue providing services for the diverse population of immigrants who live on that side of town.  Forty percent of the new branch’s materials were to be in Spanish.  In March, the Lexington Public Library had a press conference announcing the opening of the new Village Branch of the Lexington Public Library, and in September there was a Grand Opening of the new branch. 

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