Democracy Festival
We held our inagural Democracy Festival on May 17 — THANK you to Americana Community Center for hosting it!
We had a great program with a long list of great performers and speakers who touched on ways that we can all work to expand and advance democracy in these times. I also want to thank all the organizations (20+) who showed up to provide additional information and resources and to be of support.
We will be planning additional events this fall to continue these conversations and skills building. We have also joined forces with VOCAL KY or an event they are planning for July 5. Stay tuned for more information about both of these next steps!
Safe and Stable Housing for All
The
Safe and Stable housing for All Campaign is an organized effort to request $31.5 mil in support of our under and un housed neighbors. The Mayor put a bit over $17 mil in his proposed budget to Metro Council. The Campaign is asking Metro Council to help close this gap. Two primary foci are to secured funding for housing repair, and housing stablization (both of which received no funding in the Mayor’s proposed budget). Helping our neighbors who are more financially insecure to be able to make the necessary repairs to stay in their homes, and providing supportive stablization services are critical parts of supporting continuum that helps to reduce homelessness.
Pride Month
The Justice Center is organizing and participating in a full array of events for Pride Month. We participated in Pride Nite at Louisville Soccer — joining 15 other area congregations who filled a section.
We will be participating in the Pride Parade and Festival on June 20. The Justice Center, All Peoples Unitarian Universalist Church and First Unitarian church are joiing forces to have a float for the parade, and the two churches will have a booth for the Festival.
We are planning to mobilize fols to attend the Drag Revival organized by Highland Community Ministries.
AND the Jusice Center and Transpire: the Interfaith Network in solidarity with Trans Folx is organiing the “Uplift Trans Resource Market” on Sat June 27 at 4:00 at First Lutheran Church (more info below).
