Voter Empowerment in CKY!

In the past few weeks, KFTC members have been tabling all over Central Kentucky with voter empowerment as our main message. Last Friday, we talked to folks at the Job Corps Summer Bash in North Lexington. There, we met a lot of young people who were registering to vote for the first time and talked to folks about our voting rights campaign. A lot of the crowd was new to Kentucky and surprised by the state’s felon disenfranchisement policy. Members had some interesting conversations while passing along information about our work.

On Saturday, Central Kentucky KFTC members tabled alongside other Lexington organizations at Hope in the City in Douglass Park. The focus of the event was to raise HIV awareness in Lexington communities, and many booths featured messages of empowerment. Members were glad to be there talking to folks about registering to vote and our campaign to restore voting rights to former felons. Visitors to the table commented again and again on how important voter empowerment is, especially in communities that sometimes feel powerless. All in all, we registered about 15 new voters, talked to some folks who were really excited about our ongoing work, and filled out plenty of voting rights postcards!