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Join a chapter annual meeting in June
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 10:44am Sub headline: Help guide your chapter's work and representation Slide Link: chapter annual meetings landing page
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Voting Rights work moves beyond legislature to field work
Posted by: KFTC Staff on May 20, 2021 at 11:02am The Kentucky Voting Rights Coalition together has accomplished a lot in these last few months: Virtual Lobby Day for a Healthy Democracy with over 70 participants (legislative meetings, a lobby training, social media training,…
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Political education series applies abolitionist perspectives
Posted by: KFTC Staff on April 14, 2021 at 12:00am In January, KFTC launched its first ever Political Education Series: Abolition 101. Rooted in police and prison abolitionist perspectives, this political education series depends on a curriculum that cultivates our collective…
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Exec Committee members reflect on organizational change
Posted by: Tiff Duncan and Rebecca Tucker on April 14, 2021 at 12:00am Spring is upon us and as nature awakens, we find ourselves at the dawn of a new KFTC. We are digging deeper into our Organizational Change Initiative (OCI) and considering what it will take to create the…
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Just Transition Town Hall and actions to help us all THRIVE
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Wed, 04/07/2021 - 7:30am Sub headline: Inspiring ways Kentuckians are shaping a just, anti-racist, sustainable future Slide Link: Just Transition Town Hall blog post Issue Area(s): New Energy and Transition
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Help choose KFTC leaders and set local goals
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 5:18pm Sub headline: Register to receive Zoom login information: kftc.org/chapter-meetings Slide Link: chapter annual meetings landing page
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RECLAIM Act and AML pass the House as part of The Moving Forward Act
Posted by: KFTC Staff on July 3, 2020 at 12:50am Kentucky will have a better chance at seeing its $400 million backlog of mine reclamation projects move forward thanks to legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 1. Both the RECLAIM Act and reauthorization…
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KFTC members show up in big ways for primary election
Posted by: KFTC staff on June 24, 2020 at 11:09am KFTC members stepped up in remarkable ways this spring to participate in a unique election and support a true, grassroots progressive candidate – while looking out for each other. In Louisville, KFTC printed signs and posted them…
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Taking action for Black lives and a moral agenda
Posted by: KFTC Staff on June 18, 2020 at 02:38pm We are Kentuckians. We choose each other. And right now Kentuckians across our Commonwealth are in motion and taking sustained actions in defense of Black Lives, in support of a shared vision and moral agenda. We cannot, will…
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Cassia Herron: In the wake of century-old violence, our task is to organize
Posted by: Cassia Herron, KFTC Chairperson on May 29, 2020 at 04:49pm What we saw last night in Louisville and what we’ve seen across the country is folks tired of being ignored. Police brutality and misconduct are a century-old issue that reflects our country’s grotesque and…
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Let's continue to build grassroots power in 2020
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 7:34am Sub headline: Choose a better Kentucky for everyone with a donation to KFTC today Slide Link: Fall Fundraising Campaign 2019
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Sheri Donahue
District/Office: Auditor Estatal Political party: Demócrata Campaign website: http://www.donahueforky.com Campaign Facebook page: Facebook Campaign Twitter account: Twitter Question 1: ¿Cuál es su visión para la labor del auditor de Kentucky? ¿Cómo habrá mejorado nuestro estado…
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Kyle Hugenberg
District/Office: Auditor Political party: Libertarian Campaign Facebook page: Facebook Campaign Twitter account: twitter.com/ kylehugenberg Question 1: What is your vision for the role of the Kentucky Auditor? How will our commonwealth be better in four years if you are elected?…
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KFTC 2019 Annual Membership Meeting
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Tue, 05/14/2019 - 2:10pm Sub headline: Registration open! Exciting speakers and workshops planned. Slide Link: KFTC 2019 Annual Membership Meeting
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RECLAIM Act is approved by U.S. House committee
Posted by: Appalachian Citizens Law Center on May 2, 2019 at 07:55pm After reintroduction in April, the bipartisan RECLAIM Act was debated and voted on during the May 1 House Natural Resources Committee markup, where the bill was passed out of committee on a bipartisan basis.…
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Annual chapter meetings
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 11:25pm Sub headline: Annual chapter meetings begin May 19 Slide Link: See the schedule
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Poor People's Campaign Truth & Poverty Tour in Kentucky
Posted by: KFTC staff on April 20, 2019 at 08:18am The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival’s National Emergency Truth & Poverty Bus Tour will visit western Kentucky on April 29, making stops in Eddyville, Hopkinsville and Bowling Green. The Kentucky tour is…
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Talking about the Black experience in Kentucky with Dr. George Wright
Posted by: Judi Jennings, Jefferson County Chapter on April 17, 2019 at 03:14pm On Saturday, March 30, Dr. George Wright, noted author and incoming Visiting Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, sat down for an online conversation with Sharyn Mitchell, Research…
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I am a woman. At home, at work, and on the campaign trail.
Posted by: Liz Sheehan on March 8, 2019 at 01:23pm In a December article in the New York Times1, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s daughter, Jane, states, “My mother strongly believes there won’t be true equality until men take full participation in child care and other household…
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Applications being accepted for January 2018 cohort
Submitted by Jerry Hardt on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 8:42am Sub headline: Training program will build more progressive grassroots leadership in Kentucky Slide Link: KFTC Organizing Academy