Voting Rights Field Work for the last few days

In the last few days, KFTC members have continued to lead an energetic field campaign to connect with people on the issue of restoring voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. 

Tayna Fogle led a strong voting rights table at the big Lexington Recovery Rally on Friday all afternoon.  Many Lexington recovery houses, including the Chrysalis House as well as our friends at People Advocating Recovery, came together to make the event happen.  Several hundred people participated.  We talked to many people in drug recovery, many of who were former felons.  We registered a few voters and about a hundred people signed postcards in favor of restoring voting rights to former felons.

 
After that, we visited the Kentucky Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (KBC-LEO) at their big annual meeting in Covington  We got to talk about voting rights with 25 African American elected leaders from across the state, many of whom were very enthusiastic about getting involved in the  issue.  On the way home, we visited Grant County (part of Senator Thayer's district) to open a dialogue with local activists about voting rights.  We spoke to the County Judge-Executive, and several others and will expand our efforts there in the future.

Yesterday, KFTC members and allies had a fantastic Voting Rights Stomp in Louisville.

 

We also attended a weekend-long leadership retreat for Georgetown College students, talking learning a lot about community organizing, social justice, and our voting rights campaign.

It was a key space for us to build relationships with student leaders from groups like Student Government, the College Republicans, and various fraternities and sororities.

Our momentum will continue next week with a full calendar, including a meeting with Senator Worley, a Voting Rights meeting in Georgetown on Thursday, a Theater of the Opressed workshop in Louisville, and the Festival of the Horse this weekend.