Posted by: Mikaela Curry and Tiffany Duncan on October 11, 2019
“Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration in the oppression of others, and from the deep recognition of our most expansive self-interest. From the recognition that, like it or not, our liberation is bound up with that of every other being on the planet, and that politically, spiritually, in our heart of hearts we know anything else is unaffordable”
— Aurora Levins Morales
As a part of KFTC’s commitment to racial justice, the Steering Committee made the decision last year to commit to a racial justice organizational assessment and visioning process.
During the weekend of October 5-6, members of the Executive Committee, Steering Committee, Racial Justice Team and People of Color Caucus, as well as several staff, gathered to discuss the results of the Racial Justice Assessment that was conducted by Frontline Solutions, a Black-owned consulting firm that was hired to conduct an independent third-party analysis of KFTC’s culture, obstacles and goals regarding race equity work.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on October 10, 2019
Members of the Big Sandy chapter – inspired by the disability justice workshop at the annual meeting – came together in Prestonsburg to organize a local Disability Justice Workshop.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on October 7, 2019
Today, Monday 10/7, is the Voter Registration Deadline in Kentucky;
If you're not registered or need to update your voter address because you've moved, get down to your local County Clerk's office or register online.
If you want to check your voter registration status just to be safe, visit the Voter Information Center.
You can register or update your voting address online by 4pm today local time or by getting a voter registration card in the mail to your County Clerk postmarked today.
Note that students who are away from home going to school have the right to either use a permanent home address or temporary local address as their voting address, but we encourage students to consider registering locally especially if home is far away. You'll be at school on election day and it's easier to just walk right down the street and vote as opposed to going home or voting absentee.
Note that 17 year-olds can register to vote if they will by 18 on or before November 5.
Whereas people with felonies in their past have their right to vote taken from them in Kentucky (unless they get a pardon from the Governor), people with misdemeanors in their past or people who are pre-trial in jails do have the right to register and vote.
Also, check out www.KentuckyElection.org to learn about candidates and where they stand on issues!
Posted by: KFTC Staff on October 2, 2019
Louisville
As we stood under the blazing sun in Jefferson Square Park with our signs and petitions, Greta Thurnburg was delivering this quote to the United Nations, “You must unite behind the science. You must take action. You must do the impossible. Because giving up can never ever be an option.”
At the Louisville Climate Strike, attendees were ready to unite and take action. KFTC Chairperson Cassia Herron spoke of the importance of voting and fighting against political bullying. Generations young and old clapped and hollered in solidarity.
We knew that giving up on the planet and our future is not an option.
Posted by: Maria Truitt on September 23, 2019
As much as humanity believes the ideology that we are invincible, that is obviously not the case.
Posted by: Elizabeth Hawks on September 20, 2019
In August, Mt. Zion Baptist Church hosted the Bowling Green Opportunity Zones Community Forum and Workshop.
Posted by: Maria Truitt on September 18, 2019
Join Kentuckians For The Commonwealth this Saturday, September 21, for our first ever Sustainability Tour around the heart of Covington! We will be visiting key places around town that are using sustainable practices in their business and strategies that could be used all around to make a eco-friendlier community. Environmental policies will also be a point of discussion, such as how SNAP and double dollars can be used to promote local agriculture, on-bill financing of energy improvements, increase access to local foods, public transit, clean energy and opportunity act, and more – come learn with us! The tour will end with a hike on the Licking River Greenway Trails, a chance to appreciate our Mother Earth and recapture on all that was discussed earlier in the day.
Posted by: Shannon Scott on September 18, 2019
The Wilderness Trace KFTC Chapter hosted a celebration of Herrington Lake on September 14.
Posted by: Anastasia Kaufmann on September 11, 2019
Jefferson County Public Schools has ended its contract with the local police and sheriff departments to directly provide “school resource officers” or SROs.
Posted by: Anastasia Kaufmann on September 11, 2019
We all want the same thing for our kids: for them to be able to go to a school that’s the right fit for them, a school that will give them a great education in an environment that’s safe for all students and staff.
The Jefferson County School Board is currently considering decisions that will have an impact on every student in Jefferson County Public Schools. We want to make sure that they hear from us all about how these decisions will impact our kids and all students.
The Student Assignment Plan
Right now, any student who is not accepted to a magnet or other special school program attends their “reside” school. For most students, that means a school close to where they live. But students in West Louisville have been assigned to “satellite resides” in order to increase diversity – their “reside” school is often on the other side of the county from them!
