November 2018 Recommended Events Calendar
Voter Support from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Thursday. November 1 •
From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation
Friday, November 2 •
Crossing Borders: Translating Research Into Action
Friday, November 2 •
Poor People’s Hearing in Lexington, KY
November 2, 3, 9 and 10 •
Creature: A Puppet Frankenstein Adaptation
Saturday, November 3 •
Earth Church presents: Treefest at the Flea Off Market
Saturday, November 3 •
Portland Neighborhood Tree Planting
Tuesday, November 6 •
Vote
Wednesday, November 7 •
Louisville Sustainability Forum
Thursday, November 8 •
Peace Ed’s Champions for Change
Saturday, November 10 •
Saturdays are WILD at Louisville Nature Center
Sunday, November 11 •
Armistice Day Peace Celebration
Monday, November 12 •
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Chapter Meeting
Monday, November 12 •
Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, November 14 •
Provocative Perspectives - What About Food?
Saturday, November 17 •
Neighborhood Summit
Saturday, November 17 •
ECO Kids Discovery Day: Survival Strategies
Monday, November 19 •
Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
Tuesday, November 20 •
Sierra Club presents The Explore Kentucky Initiative
Tuesday, November 27 •
West Jefferson County Community Task Force presents
Environmental Justice Conference
Thursday, November 29 •
Support 100% Renewables for Metro Louisville
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The KFTC Democracy Team
has your back!
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The midterm election is coming up and it's a really big one. With it come lots of questions: What makes a good judicial candidate? Where am I voting? Can I vote early? Who will be on my ballot? Etc.
If you've got any election question—big or small!—send it on over to the folks at Jefferson County's KFTC Democracy Team! The team of people who interviewed and researched the candidates for the KFTC voter guide can fill you in on everything you need to know to cast an informed vote on November 6. Don't go to the polls with questions unanswered! The Democracy Team can help.
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Thursday. November 1, 5:30 pm
From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation with
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Strickler Hall, UofL
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Friday, November 2, 8 am - 6 pm
2nd Annual Social Justice
Research Symposium
Crossing Borders:
Translating Research Into Action
U of L School of Law (see event schedule)
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Please join us for our second annual Social Justice Symposium on Friday, Nov. 2, where scholars and community partners will discuss how to translate social justice research into practice. Keynote speaker Dr. Alvaro Huerta holds a joint faculty appointment in Urban & Region Planning (URP) and Ethnic & Women’s Studies (EWS) at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and specializes in community & economic development, LatinX studies, and immigration. Dr. Huerta will deliver the Symposium’s keynote, titled (Im)migration in Context: History, Resistance, and Hope.
The Symposium will feature concurrent sessions focused on social justice topic areas, including bridging community and academy, building community partnerships, effective communication and circulation of research, working with transdisciplinary teams, and using research to inform policy and practice. The Symposium will also feature a poster session, highlighting student research and providing an opportunity to learn about the social justice research occurring at the University of Louisville and within the community. The Symposium provides a wonderful opportunity to network with social justice researchers, students, faculty, and community partners, learn about current Consortium projects, and engage in conversations about promoting social justice in our research, practice, and policy.
For more information and a full schedule click
here.
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Friday, November 2, 7 pm
Poor People’s Hearing
Total Grace Church,
1313 Limestone St,
Lexington, KY
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Featuring:
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President & Sr. Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach; National Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival; Pastor, Greenleaf Christian Church
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Director, Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice; National Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival
And
· Shelton McElroy, addressing Mass Incarceration
· Tayna Fogle, addressing Voter Suppression and Restoration of Voting Rights
· Mikaela Curry, addressing Environmental Degradation
· Christina Frederick-Trosper, addressing Kentucky Teachers and Education
· Jesús Ibańez, addressing Immigration and Immigrants
· Rev. Don Gillett, addressing the Distorted Moral Narrative and healthcare
With
multiple clergy and faith leaders, over 20 elected officials and candidates from the area, and people from across the state.
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is building a broad and deep national moral movement – rooted in the leadership of poor people and reflecting the great moral teachings – to unite our country from the bottom up. Coalitions have formed in over 40 states and Washington, D.C., to challenge extremism at the local, state, and federal level and to demand a moral agenda for the common good. It seeks to sustain and deepen the work of challenging the interlocking evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted moral narrative.
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November 2, 3, 9 and 10
Creature:
A Puppet Frankenstein
Adaptation
721 E. Washington St.,40202
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CREATURE is a 50-minute adaptation of Frankenstein that uses live music, puppetry & projection to tell a story filled with human connection, wretchedness & wonder. This imaginative retelling of Creature's origin story features a 7-foot-tall Creature, live rock & roll accompaniment, tabletop puppetry, shadow play & projected imagery.
Timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the novel's publication, our adaptation seeks to restore the intelligence, grace & violence with which the novel's author Mary Shelley originally imbued it. Follow Creature from its birth to its travels through the wilderness where it faces choices that will define it as human or monster.
Advance tickets are recommended and available
here
for $18.
Tickets
AUDIENCE ADVISORY: Contains some violence, both implied & explicit,
plus amplified rock music.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Adults & brave children ages 8 & up.
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Saturday, November 3, 11am - 6pm
Earth Church presents:
Treefest
at the Flea Off Market
Fresh Start,
1007 E Jefferson St, 40206
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1st Annual Fall treefest at the Flea Off Market! Trees for sale at Fresh Start Growers Supply plus a giveaway of 300 saplings and mulch while supplies last. If you're interested in being a vendor or sponsor please email us at
info@earthchurch.us
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Saturday, November 3,
9:30 am - 4 pm
Portland Neighborhood
Tree Planting
Louisville Grows’ Healthy House,
1641 Portland Ave, 40203
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Please join us on November 3rd for our 14th Neighborhood Tree Planting event as we plant trees in Louisville's historic Portland neighborhood! We are in need of 200 volunteers! Come out for a great day of community building while playing in the dirt to make our community greener!
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided to all volunteers. Louisville Grows will provide gloves and water bottles.
To see all of the volunteering opportunities for the Portland tree planting,
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Tuesday, November 6,
6 am - 6 pm
Vote
Everywhere
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Looking for a solid resource to inform your ballot choices?
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth's voter guide website,
KentuckyElection.org, has been updated for the November 6 election, and it has been rebuilt from the ground up with many new features. Now visitors to the site will be able to enter their voting address and see their entire ballot from Congress all the way down to school board. For the races our members have
surveyed you can read the responses we received from candidates. This year we collected over 200 survey responses, the most we've ever had in the 13 years that we've been surveying candidates. In addition to our survey responses, visitors will be able to see candidate websites, social media pages, endorsements, and other issue positions where available.
From this information you can select the candidates you like and easily print off a list to bring with you to the ballot. Additionally, the site is mobile-friendly if you wish to pull it up on your phone at the polls. We hope you find
KentuckyElection.org useful as you navigate your ballot, and we hope you will share it out with your friends
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Wednesday, November 7,
12 - 1:30pm
Louisville Sustainability Forum
Passionist Earth and Spirit Center Undercroft, 1924 Newburg Rd, 40205
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Please join us each month for interesting and informative presentation, dialogue and networking about sustainability issues. At each meeting there is one featured presentation and one or two shorter presentations, discussion, announcements, and opportunity for networking and building our community.
Featured Presentation
Louisville Environmental Issues
Brandon Coan, Metro Councilman, District 8
Brandon Coan will offer his perspectives on land use, transit, clean air and water, trees, litter, local government's organized response, and the regional picture
He was elected as the 8th District Metro Councilman in November 2016 and took office on January 2, 2017. He represents the neighborhoods of Belknap, Bonnycastle, Bowman (Seneca Vista), Cherokee Seneca (Alta Vista), Cherokee Triangle, Deer Park, Gardiner Lane (Upper Highlands), Hawthorne, Hayfield Dundee (Upper Highlands), Highlands Douglass, (Original) Highlands and Tyler Park; and parts of Cherokee Gardens, Germantown and Irish Hill. He also represents the home rule cities of Kingsley, Seneca Gardens, Strathmoor Manor and Strathmoor Village. He currently serves as a member of the Committees on Parks and Sustainability (Vice Chair) and Public Works, Facilities, Transportation & Accessibility. His record, including boards, committees and sponsored legislation, can be viewed here.
Brandon is an attorney, consultant and civic volunteer. He is a trustee of the Norton Foundation, and he is a past director on the boards of Louisville Public Media, Brightside and the Kentucky College of Art and Design at Spalding University. Brandon also co-chaired the capital campaign at Louisville Public Media.
Shorter Presentations
Nature-Rich Collaboration
Lacey McNary, Founder/Principal of McNary Group
Designing energy-efficient homes for the 21st Century
Gary Watrous, Architect, LEED AP, Watrous Associates Architects,PSC
Directions to the Undercroft: The meeting will be held in the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center's Undercroft Conference Room located in the lower level of the Passionist Monastery. Access to the Undercroft is down the steps located to the right of the front porch of the monastery. Parking is available in the Sacred Heart Retreat parking lot, just south of the Passionist Retreat House, or in the St. Agnes parking lot, north of the church.
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Thursday, November 8, 5 –7pm
Peace Ed’s Champions for Change:
A Celebration of People that Make Peace Possible
at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
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Join us for an evening of live music including a special performance by Ben Sollee and Cynthia Fletcher, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails as we present the inaugural Lee Thomas Champion for Change Award. You are invited to participate in this celebration of Peace Ed’s 35 years of victories over violence with all the people who make peace possible throughout our city.
Each day, Peace Ed's trainers partner with youth and the adults who serve them in schools and community sites across our community to foster skills that de-escalate conflict and prevent violence. Thanks to our work, thousands of people in Louisville are able to reject violence and choose peaceful ways of solving their problems. From the streets, to the hallways, to boardrooms, Peace Ed alums are Champions for Change who continue to put their skills into practice in meaningful ways. Join us as we celebrate them all!
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Saturday, November 10, 10 am
Saturdays are WILD
Louisville Nature Center,
3745 Illinois Ave. 40213
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Give your preschooler a "WILD Start" by participating in the Louisville Nature Center's Saturdays are WILD program. You and your preschooler will participate in hands on developmentally appropriate activities that ignite creativity and play.
$7 per child • Call 502-458-1328 to register or for any questions.
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Sunday, November 11, 3 - 6 pm
Armistice Day:
A Celebration of Human Unity
Crescent Hill Baptist Church, 2800 Frankfort Ave, 40206
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Join us as we celebrate peace with a special Armistice Day program, complete with music, poetry, and dancing! Performances include John Gage, Misha Feigin, and more!
This event is FREE and open to the community.
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Monday, November 12, 6:30pm
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Chapter Meeting
First Unitarian Church
809 S. Fourth St, 40203
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Join the Jefferson County Chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth at their monthly meeting!
If you are looking for a growing base of fun-filled committed community leaders to share your talents with, look no further! The Jefferson County Chapter hosts over two thousand members from all over Louisville, Oldham County and across the bridge in southern Indiana. Our chapter hosts both the young and experienced from many different walks of life. While actively supporting all of KFTC’s statewide campaigns, members in our chapter also have worked on local campaigns around air quality, economic justice, and more.
Since the chapter formed in 1983, we have supported and worked with allies on issues that affect you and me, including affordable housing, police abuse, sweat shops, hazardous waste reduction and recycling. Our doors are open to anyone who wants to fight for justice while building a compassionate, connected, and fun community here in our great city
First Unitarian Church is wheelchair accessible, and this meeting will be potluck style so bring a dish to share if you're able! If you have any further questions about the space, or if there is something else we can do to make these meetings accessible for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Monday, November 12, 5pm
Louisville Showing Up
for Racial Justice
Monthly meeting
Location tba
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DETAILS.
Transportation is provided. The space is not wheelchair accessible. If you need a ride, LSURJ members will be offering them, so don't be shy. Just message the LSURJ page. We want to see you at this event!
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. We work to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and national racial justice organizing efforts. SURJ provides a space to build relationships, skills, and political analysis to act for change. More information can be found
here.
While it is an independent entity, Louisville SURJ draws inspiration from the national SURJ effort. More information can be found
here.
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Wednesday, November 14, 5:30 pm
Provocative Perspectives -
What About Food?
1619 Flux: Art + Activism, 1619 West Main Street, 40203
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Provocative Perspectives
A conversation series in partnership with Community Foundation of Louisville
What About Food? Perspectives on opportunities to making food more accessible
On April 4th we started our new conversation series “Provocative Perspectives” in partnership with The Community Foundation Of Louisville. Each event features a guest Provocateur opening dynamic group discussions about pressing issues impacting the future of our city.
Our next Provocative Perspectives topic will be: “What About Food?”. Our guest provocateur will discuss her perspectives on opportunities for making food more accessible throughout our city.
Guest Provocateur: Ashlee Clark Thompson, Author, editor and writer of "Louisville Diners”
Free.
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Saturday, November 17, 8 am - 3 pm
Neighborhood Summit
Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Road, 40205
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Come network, learn from and celebrate neighborhood development and community building success stories from across Louisville and beyond.
This year's highlighted speakers:
Former Louisville Mayor and Former White House Deputy Assistant to the President, Jerry Abramson, TEDx speaker, artist, and "roving listener," DeAmon Harges, from Indianapolis
If you are interested in building healthy, sustainable, safe, and attractive neighborhoods in Metro Louisville, this is the event for you!
Register and find out more on our website at:
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Saturday, November 17, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
ECO Kids Discovery Day:
Survival Stategies
Bernheim Forest, Clermont, Ky
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Animals must migrate, hibernate, or stay active to survive the cold months ahead. Play the On Your Own Challenge to help them make the right decisions. The E-C-O stands for Every Child Outside, and that’s exactly where kids can be found during ECO Kids Discovery Days!
Discovery Days take place the first and third Saturday of each month at the Visitor Center and include:
• Hands-on Discovery Stations,led by Volunteer Naturalists, from 1 – 4 P.M.
• Hike of the Day, led by a Bernheim guide, starts at 2 P.M. and runs 45 – 60 minutes
• On Your Own Challenge, a self-guided adventure, available from 9 A.M. – 5 P.M.
FREE; $5 per car weekend fee still applies for Non-Members
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Monday, November 19, 6 pm
Community Interfaith
Thanksgiving Dinner
Temple Shalom,
4615 Lowe Road, 40220
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The tradition continues! 4th Annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
Celebrating the 4th year since the River Road Mosque's community clean-up effort!
Join us at Temple Shalom for an evening of interfaith dialogue and understanding as members of Louisville's interfaith communities offer prayers from their respective faith traditions, followed by a vegetarian dinner in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
Presented by Interfaith Paths to Peace in partnership with Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Louisville Islamic Center of Compassion and Temple Shalom.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Dare to Care Food Bank.
Free parking is available at Temple Shalom.
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Tuesday, November 20, 7 pm
Greater Louisville Sierra Club presents
Gerry James, Director of The Explore Kentucky Initiative
United Crescent Hill Ministries building, 150 S. State St., 40206
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The goal of EKI is to uplift Kentucky’s people and natural spaces. By embracing environmentalism, outdoor recreation, diversity & inclusion, storytelling, and collaboration, EKI seeks to create programs, events, media, and action campaigns that are rooted in social artistry and intersectionality, thus preserving the environmental and cultural resources of the commonwealth’s 120 counties.
Gerry James is the founder of The Explore Kentucky Initiative. He also serves on the steering committee for the Kentucky Rural Urban Exchange. Since 2011, Gerry has helped to further the field of adventure tourism and community and cultural exploration across Kentucky. His work has found him embedded in many rural Kentucky communities for initiatives that include outdoor recreational events, branding initiatives, and conservation projects. Gerry is an avid paddler and also a storyteller who uses photography, cinematography, and journalism to tell stories about the landscapes and people he encounters in his travels across the state.
Please join us for this informative program. Our programs are always free and open to the public.
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Tuesday, November 27, 8:30 am - 5:00pm
Environmental Justice
Conference
Simmons College, 1000 South Fourth St, 40203
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“We are what we EAT, DRINK and BREATHE”
Follow this
link
to our Facebook event!
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Thursday, November 29, 3pm
Rise for Climate:
Support 100% Renewables
Parks and Sustainability Committee Meeting
Metro Council Chambers,
3rd floor of 601 W. Jefferson Street, 40203
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Show your support for the resolution before Louisville Metro Council
to transition to 100% renewable energy!
At the request of organizers of the "Rise for Climate Jobs and Justice" rally on September 8, Metro Council President David James has introduced a “Resolution for 100% Clean Energy for Metro Louisville.” On
November 29th and December 13th
, it is scheduled to be heard by the Parks and Sustainability Committee: Chair Cindi Fowler (D-14), Brandon Coan (D-8), James Peden (R-23), Glen Stuckel (R-17) and Vicki Welch (D-13). Want to advocate for its passage?
Before Thursday, NOVEMBER 29th:
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Write,
email
, call (574-1100) or visit a Parks and Sustainability Committee member to share why their support for the resolution matters to you.
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Do the same with your own Councilperson if not on that committee. (Identify your Metro Council person
here
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Thursday's, NOVEMBER 29 and/or DECEMBER 13 at
3PM
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Attend one or both
committee
meetings to show your support. Signs will be provided.
Thursday's, NOV. 8, NOV. 29, DEC. 13, and JAN. 24, 2019, at
6PM
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Attend any or all
regular Metro Council meetings
to support those speaking for the resolution. There will be at least one speaker at each meeting until a vote is taken. Signs provided. The time period for the public to address the council occurs at the beginning of each meeting, so no need to stay for the whole meeting.
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Attend the meeting whenever the resolution will be considered by the full council. We will notify everyone of when that is (assuming adequate advance notice is received).
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Speak for three minutes in support of the resolution at any regular Metro Council meeting. If you’d like to do this, there is a process, so please contact
Sam Avery
first.
All Council meetings are held on the 3rd floor of 601 W. Jefferson St. (enter from 6
th
St.). Get more info on Metro Council meetings
here
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