Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 24, 2019
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.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 19, 2019
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.
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.
Posted by: Lisa Abbott on February 13, 2019
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.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 12, 2019
Racial justice and organizing for the 2019 and 2020 elections were the focus for KFTC Steering Committee members and guests as they met in Berea on February 2.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 7, 2019
KFTC is working for a healthy democracy – one in which our votes matter.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 5, 2019
Chanting “Whose House? The people’s House! Whose House? Our House!” KFTC members sent a message to legislators and the governor that Kentuckians have a right to be in the capitol.
As the legislature resumed on February 5 after a recess, members were in Frankfort to lead a series of “spontaneous” mini rallies that started small and grew in number as participants moved throughout the capitol annex toward the governor’s office. Why mini-rallies? One of Gov. Matt Bevin's new regulations to limit public participation defines a rally as four or more people.
Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on February 4, 2019
More than 110 people turned out on February 2 to affirm the need for clean and safe drinking water.
Posted by: Steve Wilkins on February 1, 2019
Over the past several years, Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) have pushed legislation that would eliminate net metering
Posted by: KFTC Staff on January 30, 2019
It's been an energetic last few weeks re-igniting the KFTC Voting Rights campaign to restore voting rights to people with felonies in their past.
