Our Projects & Programs

We assist with voter registration and community engagement at all of our events. We believe that voting is crucial to our democracy, rights, and wellbeing.

We make a commitment to regularly attend or view City Council and County Commission meetings in order to help our community and partners stay well informed. We also attend several public city board meetings, such as the Hutchinson Relations Commission meetings and the Community Advisory Board for local law enforcement, in order to advocate for equitable practices and access.

Reading Rendezvous is Hutch In Harmony’s monthly book club. We read through non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and biographies, and select books themed around racial justice, immigration, LGBTQ+, and indigenous rights.

So come join us for our discussions of our books on the second Thursday of each month at Crow & Co. in Hutchinson, Ks!

Join our Facebook Group: Reading Rendezvous Discussions - Where you can join the discussion anytime and can add your thoughts on any of the books we’ve read or will read this year!

oin us for Story Saturday at 2:00 PM on the last Saturday of every month! A monthly children’s read-aloud at Crow & Co, that pairs with the monthly theme of Hutch In Harmony's book club Reading Rendezvous.

This program is free, and no registration is required.

Listed below are the children's books we will be reading aloud each month:

January - Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue
February - Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou and Jean-Michel Basquiat
March - What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett
April - The River that Flows Beside Me by Charlotte Guillian
May - Maribel's Year by Michelle Sterling
June - Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty
July - Opal Lee by Alice Faye Duncan
August - Usha and the Big Digger by Amitha Jagannath Knight
September - They Call Me Guero by David Bowles
October - Breathe Like a Bear Mindfulness Cards: 50 Mindful Activities for Kids by Kira Willey
November - Harvest Days by Kate DePalma
December - A Christmas Too Big by Colleen Madden

This project is geared towards children in early education through first grade. It showcases Black and Brown community leaders, past and present, for children to color, teaches them how to write each leader’s name, and has a description of their work in the community, past or present. The Black Leaders series was released in February 2024 for Black History Month. The Brown Leaders series will be released in September 2024. We dispersed over 700 copies to USD308 students in pre-k through 1st grade. The vision for this project will be to include leaders across our state for a Kansas Leaders Coloring Book Series and then move up to a middle grade reading level with more in depth research about our state’s local leaders. 

An in-progress documentary that will capture the lived history of our minority communities for the learning and enrichment of current and future residents of Hutchinson. This partnership includes the Reno County Museum and the Hutchinson Recreation Commission.

Partnership with the HRO (Human Relations Officer) and A.I.R.R. (Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation) to inform our undocumented community of their rights regarding HB2350. This was held at the Ave A School library with a Q&A afterwards. Attendants received info packets and asked for updates on upcoming workshops to empower them to be informed of their rights. Held June 12th, 2023.

This program was created to assist in green card renewals for local residents in Hutchinson after we received a request from a local partner that was concerned for their status due to an expired green card. Due to the nature of this program and the process and proceedings before obtaining citizenship, most of our applicants request to remain anonymous out of concern for their USCIS application status. Started in 2022.

This program was created to assist DACA recipients across the nation with their renewals. Work permits expire every two years. DACA holders are asked to renew 120 days before their permit expires. The $495 fee increased to $555 for electronic filings and $605 for paper filings in 2024. This allows for recipients to renew their work permits and continue to have a form of stability in their lives. Started in December of 2020.

We held a gender marker clinic at Crow & Co. books to assist in legal advice and gender marker changes with our Director of Legal Affairs before the July 1st deadline in 2023. Held May 21st, 2023.

We were able to donate $2,000 to assist LGBTQIA+ students, parents, and allies with resources to help students feel safe and welcome. They are celebrated as individuals and assist in community service projects, have activities, and bring guest speakers to their monthly meetings at the middle school.

We served as board members and volunteers for the first two ever Pride events here in Hutchinson, Ks. Since then we have been donors as well as attending and hosting a booth at the event.

Every other month starting in May until September, we have a booth at the Reno County Farmer's Market to showcase our free "Neighbor" signs, crisis intervention cards, our Reading Rendezvous book club list, and our current or upcoming initiatives. As well as giving us the chance to engage our community about the importance of creating a place where everyone belongs.

We are proud to be sponsors of the annual Freedom Fund Dinner, with a $2,000 donation to support the fight for equity at the Hutchinson. We are also the creators and of the POPE Award: People of Profound Effect Award, which is presented at the dinner. The first annual award given to Darrell Pope, the NAACP's longest-standing President in the United States who celebrated 52 years of service in 2022. In 2023 we celebrated Glinda Theus, a life-long educator in our public school system. Hutch in Harmony is accepting nominations for the POPE Award for 2024.

Hutch in Harmony Supports the annual celebration hosted by the NAACP Youth Group.

We have been annual sponsors of the Southwest Bricktown Fiesta with $2,000 to support the Latinx community for Hispanic Heritage Month in September and the community organizers of SW Bricktown neighborhood.

We donate $500 to this weekend long this historic, annual tradition of Emancipation in Hutchinson. A celebration that has been going in our community for over 135 years. We also participate in the annual Emancipation Day Parade the first weekend of August.

Hutch in Harmony attends the annual King Day festivities, being honored to speak at the last 7 year's events and supports the HRO, HCC, and King Day Committee in the weekend’s festivities.