Voting Rights Field Work

We haven't said a lot on this blog lately about field work related to our campaign to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society... but that's not for lack of a lot of good field work, which we'll take a brief moment to talk about.

Tayna Fogle, a former felon spokesperson and leader with KFTC, has continued to crisscross the state talking visiting churches, job fairs, community festivals, ally meetings, and other events to talk to people about this issue.

One of the recent stops was at a meeting of our friends at the Bluegrass Reentry Council where new former felon spokespeople Melinda McPherson and Christa Hughes (bottom-right) passed out information and talked to people.

Keith Coleman (right-above) also spoke to the group about the challenges of reentering society with a felony in his past. 

     

Central KY KFTC members are continuing to talk to their city council about a resolution in favor of restoring voting rights to former felons, and they will table this weekend at the Roots and Heritage Festival to talk to people about it.

Northern KY KFTC Members have a Singing For Democracy Gospel Fest coming up soon on Sept 18th.

Jefferson County KFTC members also have a big community tabling event coming up at the Rally For Recovery and Sept 24th, at which we'll talk to over a hundred former felons, plus other advocates of recovery.  

And finally, on the statewide level, we're increasingly interested in engaging in the Secretary of State's race which has become a polarized space around the issue of voting rights for former felons and others.  We might soon launch a campaign to raise up statements made by candidates and make our own arguments about what a healthy democracy looks like in Kentucky.   More on this soon.