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Many turn out to speak to the importance of water

Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on March 15, 2019

In February roughly 100 people filled the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission to comment on proposals that woul

Rally for Voting Rights makes an impact

Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 13, 2019

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g20190313_145053Today's Rally for Voting Rights in Frankfort was a strong combination – THIRTY organizational cosponsors, FOURTEEN people with felonies in their past telling their stories under the capitol dome, SIX media outlets covering the event, about 175 attendees, and with all that we built a lot of momentum and awareness for our fight for Voting Rights.

I am a woman. At home, at work, and on the campaign trail.

Posted by: Liz Sheehan on March 8, 2019

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 tasks.” And, in both of the recent movies on her life, you see Justice Ginsberg’s husband doing just that: taking on more housework, cooking, and providing childcare thus allowing his wife the room to spend more time working outside their home.

Day of Empathy lays the foundation for ending mass incarceration

Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 5, 2019

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Justice should heal. That's why we joined allies in Frankfort Tuesday for cut50's #DayofEmpathy.

KFTC members take action for LGBTQ Fairness

Madison Co KFTC members take action for Fairness
Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 5, 2019

KFTC members joined allies from across the state in Frankfort on February 26 to take action for LGBTQ rights and attend the Fairness Rally.

Voting Rights bill comes up for a hearing in House

Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 26, 2019

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On Monday, members of the House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee heard a voting rights bill to restore the right to vote to people with felonies in their past who have served their debt to society.

Primary sponsor Representative George Brown was joined by Representative Charles Booker and Representative Jason Nemes as a united and bipartisan front of legislators testifying in favor of the bill.

Voting Rights Coalition forges a path forward

Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 24, 2019

Votin Rights Coalition Meeting 2-24-19

 Today, we had our first Voting Rights Coalition meeting! Twenty-six people from 19 organizations came out to get to know each other and to start to forge a path forward to win the right to vote of 312,000 Kentucky citizens with felonies in their past.

There was a lot of good will and great ideas in the room and we're now together with a shared analysis and rough path forward.

About 25 additional organizations are interested in joining the conversation or have been in conversation with us on the issue, but weren't able to make it out to this meeting. It's a solid start.

Powerful Voting Rights lobby day in Frankfort

Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 19, 2019

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Today nearly 100 KFTC members and close allies gathered in Frankfort to talk to legislators about restoring voting rights to people with felonies in their past and push for a constitutional amendment that would recognize the right to vote of 312,000 Kentuckians who can't vote now because of our felony disenfranchisement law that is out of step with the rest of the United States. Dozens of the people who came out talked about the issue from first hand experience, having the right to vote in Kentucky taken away from them. 

We had meetings with over 30 legislators and built up support for the issue with Democrats and Republicans alike, including many legislators who just got elected for the first time this last November. The vast majority of senators and representatives we talked to said they were in favor of restoring voting rights.

Nonviolent direct action resources

Posted by: Michael Harrington on February 14, 2019

Throughout the month of January, KFTC sponsored my participation in a deep-dive course about Nonviolent Direct Action.

Exciting! Benham$aves energy efficiency project receives $200,000 pledge

Posted by: Lisa Abbott on February 13, 2019

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KFTC members took part in a special called meeting of the Benham Power Board on February 12 to share the good news that an anonymous donor pledged $200,000 to support the Benham$aves Program.

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