Larry Perkinson, the student services director for Bartholomew Consolidated Schools will be honored tonight at the Columbus Human Rights Commission’s annual dinner.

Perkinson will be the recipient of this year’s William R. Laws Human Rights Award. Commissioners say they selected Perkinson for “his commitment to the community and his advocacy of all students.”

Former Columbus Police Chief Jasom Maddox submitted a nomination for Perkinson. In this letter, Maddox said “Larry views every student as a unique human being with God-given talents . . . [and] Larry is the voice for the nearly 400 students in our community who are either homeless or between stable homes.”

This marks another recent accolade for Perkinson, who was inducted into the BCSC Education Hall of Fame last year.

Sheila Suess Kennedy, a professor of law and public policy at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, will be the featured speaker.

The dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.