Cultivating Connections Recommends: Events for Metro Louisville - December 2016
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Thursday, December 1, 5:30 - 8 pm
Communities in Control:
Collective Land Ownership in Louisville
Genscape, 1140 Garvin Place, 40203
Join Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC) for a discussion of community control and ownership of land in Louisville. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and program begins at 6:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
As Metro government ramps up revitalization efforts in the city's urban core it is important to incorporate community members' visions for their neighborhoods and ensure that communities benefit from development. But what history reveals is that as urban neighborhoods are developed longtime residents are often displaced and never get to enjoy the new amenities and safer streets that come with revitalization. In recent years Louisville's urban communities have stood up and demanded control of the development of their communities. KFTC hopes to contribute to this conversation about community control by introducing the concept of collective ownership of land through community land trusts.
Members of KFTC's Jefferson County Economic Justice team will be on hand to talk about their efforts to build a local economic justice campaign focused on community control of land, equitable community development, affordable housing, and participatory budgeting. And attendees will be invited to join KFTC, a 35-year-old grassroots citizens' organization that believes in the power of people, working together, to challenge injustices, right wrongs, and improve the quality of life for all Kentuckians.
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Saturday, December 3, 10am - 2pm
Louisville Grows'
Beechmont Neighborhood Tree Planting
4574 South Third Street, 40214
Please join us for our 9th Neighborhood Planting Event as we plant 150 trees in Louisville's Beechmont Neighborhood! We are in need of 150 volunteers - come out for a day of great community building and tree beautification!
Schedule:
Please arrive at 9:45am to allow time for registration.
10:00am-10:15am: Breakfast and Registration
10:15am-10:30am: Welcome and Orientation
10:30-1:00pm: Planting Trees
1:00-Lunch and Check-in
2:00-3:00 Wrap Up and Help Out
We recommend that you dress in layers. Waterproof outerwear is ideal. Of course, you'll be digging in dirt and handling mulch, so please wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. We'll provide adult-sized gloves, and we recommend wearing sturdy shoes. Also, bring a water bottle.
Sign up
here.
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Wednesday, December 7, 12pm
Louisville Sustainability Forum presents
Ben Evans,
Center for Neighborhoods' Green Institute
The Undercroft, 1924 Newburg Road
Additional Presenters
Howard Ferriell,
Corporate Facility Manager for Baptist Health winner of the 2016 "Kilowatt Cup"
Mary Hardesty,
Louisville Food Cooperative
The meeting will be held in the Earth & Spirit Center Undercroft conference room, located down an outside stairway between the Passionist monastery and St. Agnes Church, 1924 Newburg Road. Parking is available in a lot just south of the monastery, or in St. Agnes Church parking lot, north of the church.
If someone needs elevator assistance, call Phyllis Fitzgerald at 533-4803 to make arrangements for parking and entrance at the rear of the building. The Passionist Retreat House is on the #21 TARC line.
Now in its tenth year, the purposes of the Louisville Sustainability Forum are:
1. We hold and promote the intention of sustainability for Louisville.
2. We establish and nourish relationships that strengthen
community and create change.
3. We create a space for discussion that inspires, motivates and deepens
our ability to catalyze social change.
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Saturday, December 10, 6 - 9pm
2016 Kentucky Alliance Unity Dinner
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
1701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, 40203
The Kentucky Alliance has been around since 1974 organizing in Louisville, Kentucky, and the South to build a new, anti-racist majority. The Unity Dinner is our annual fundraising event to bring our community together, all those working on creating an ongoing social justice movement challenging white supremacy and all the systems of oppression built on that foundation.
The dinner will take place Saturday, December 10 starting at 6:30pm.
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER will be Frank Chapman, the field organizer for our sister organization, the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Chapman is one of the founding members of the National Alliance and a staunch advocate for a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC).
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Our 2016 Carl and Anne Braden Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Tom Moffett, a long-time justice-seeking icon known as the "man in the red sweater".
OTHER HONOREES: Mary Woolridge for her work on environmental justice and economic development in West Louisville; Ron Russell, an attorney who has worked tirelessly on immigration rights; and the Reverend Dr. A. Russell Awkard, the pastor at New Zion Baptist Church and a quiet activist who has addressed justice issues, ecnonomic development and strong families.
Realizing that many of our original founders at the local and national level are leaving us this year we are giving special recognition to Mattie Jones, Suzy Post, Bob Cunningham and others who were instrumental in the beginning struggles to form the Kentucky Alliance in the 1970s forward.
TICKETS: $40/Students. $60/individual adult. $480/tables of 8.
Checks made payable to Kentucky Alliance and mailed to PO Box 1543, Louisville, KY 40201. Must be postmarked by November 30, 2016.
INFORMATION: call 502-778-8130 or email kyall1974@gmail.com.
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Sunday, December 11, 6 - 8pm
Louisville TimeBank Potluck
Highlands Community Campus 1228 E Breckinridge 40204
Potlucks are a big part of the TimeBank community. We come together to share food, fun and build community all at the same time. Members get to know each other, and people who are not members can learn a bit about timebanking from chatting with our members at the potluck. Many exchanges get set up at our potlucks too!
We always encourage members to bring guests and community members to join us.
Please bring a dish that serves 12 and your own table service (to make clean up easier -- if you forget, there is plenty to borrow from the kitchen). Parking and best access is behind the building.
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Sunday, December 11, 2 pm to 4 pm
When Deer is a Four Letter Word
Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave, 40213
Let's learn to live with the new reality of urban wildlife. There are many varieties of wildlife living among us-deer, coyote, hawk, owl, raccoon, box turtle, snake and more. Some have been here for awhile and others are new to our region. This class covers how to cope, co-exist and enjoy our wild neighbors.
This season's Nature Education Workshop series focusing on biodiversity with Rosemary Bauman continues, Rosemary is a naturalist, educator and environmentalist with a wealth of knowledge from her many years studying, teaching and actively living a nature based life. Her passion is contagious. Don't be surprised if you walk away with a new appreciation for the natural world.
Cost is $7 members, $10 non member
Pre-registration and pre-payment required by 4 pm the Thursday before the program date.
Program fees are non-refundable. Phone: (502) 458-1328
are non-refundable.
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Tuesday, December 13 8:30am - 4:00pm
National Coalition Building Institute's
Prejudice Reduction Workshop
318 West Kentucky Street, 40203
This training is part of an award winning international training process designed by the National Coalition Building Institute (www.ncbi.org). Peace Ed has used NCBI as part of our conflict resolution trainings for over 27 years. The program builds on what people have in common, while also honoring their positive cultural differences.
We will explore:
Valuing and welcoming similarities and differences among group members
Examining the misinformation that impacts our behavior toward others
Identifying the harmful effects of oppression on one's own group
Preventing and interrupting bigoted remarks and behaviors
Learning how to be an ally to all groups
The fee for this workshop is only $75 per person or $100 for a team of two.
Lunch is provided.
You can register online by clicking
here or print a mail-in form by clicking
here.
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Tuesday, December 20, 6 pm
Greater Louisville Sierra Club's
Winter Solstice Celebration
Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY
This is a potluck event with drinks and a main dish (meat and vegetarian) provided by your hosts. Please join us for a casual dinner and engaging fellowship as we celebrate the successes of 2016, wrap up a challenging and productive year, and welcome special guests.
For directions see www.locust-grove.org
We'll return to the Clifton Center for our monthly program on Tuesday, January 17.
Greater Louisville Sierra Club's programs are always
free and open to the public.
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SAVE THE DATES
Monday, January 16th
Martin Luther King Jr. Event
St William Catholic Church
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Saturday, January 21 11am - 6pm
Kind Fair - Uniting a Mighty Kind Coalition
Tim Faulkner Gallery
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