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Why we organize for Climate Justice, Racial Justice, a Just Transition, and a healthy democracy

Posted by: KFTC Staff on July 19, 2021

Anyone in the U.S. under the age of forty and paying attention has lived their entire life aware of the existential threat caused by the global climate crisis. In recent years, Americans of all ages have expressed increased levels of alarm and urgency about climate change. According to Pew Research Center, in 2020 nearly seven-in-ten Biden voters (sixty-eight percent) said climate change was very important to their vote; six-in-ten Americans viewed climate change as “a major threat to the well-being of the U.S.” A Tufts University study found that young Americans named climate change as one of their top three concerns motivating them to vote in 2020, behind COVID-19 and racism.  

Reflecting on the Just Imagine Art Show

Posted by: KFTC Staff on July 19, 2021

Graphic and website created by Seun Erinle of Grid Principles (gridprinciples.com)On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, KFTC members hosted a virtual launch event for The Just Imagine Art Show: Healing harm, sharing grief, envisioning the Kentucky we deserve. 

The idea for this art show emerged from a small crew of KFTC members and staff from the Empower Kentucky Leadership Network – Mikaela Curry, Trinidad Jackson, Tona Barkley, Lisa Abbott, and Nikita Perumal – who have, since late 2019, been working together to deepen KFTC’s understanding of Just Transition.

Voter Registration for Kentuckians with felonies in their past (and others)

Posted by: KFTC Staff on July 13, 2021

Lexington Voter Registration June 2021KFTC members and allies are hard at work in the field - community tabling and door-to-door to find Kentuckians with felonies in their past and helping them to register to vote if they got their rights back through Beshear’s executive order.  This work is being integrated into existing canvassing efforts and some stand-alone events, particularly in Lexington where Tayna Fogle is leading weekly talking events.  These events are also key places to circulate our Voting Rights petition to identify supporters and get them involved.

Open letter to Governor Andy Beshear about Voting Rights

Posted by: Cassia Herron on July 13, 2021


Governor Andy Beshear,

Kentuckians know that our democracy works best when we all have a voice and a vote. Your 2019 executive order attempted to help reduce disenfranchisement of Kentuckians with felony records in their past, and was a huge step toward a healthy democracy. I want to thank you for taking action and to let you know it's not enough.

Redistricting on the Horizon

Posted by: KFTC Staff on July 13, 2021

Every 10 years after completion of the US Census, it falls to the Kentucky Legislature to conduct a redistricting process to redraw political boundaries for US Congress, KY House, and KY Senate to

NKY Chapter hosts People's Hearings

Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on July 2, 2021

Over the past few months, members in northern Kentucky have been doing deep canvassing in neighborhoods in Covington looking to learn the issues neighbors were facing – with a specific interest in

Eastern Kentucky Community Remembrance Project reckons with history of racial violence and slavery

Posted by: KFTC Staff on June 30, 2021

Learn more about the Eastern Kentucky Remembrance Project here.

NKY Celebrates Pride, Remembers the Year Before

Two people swing by to learn more about KFTC's work at NKY Pride 21!
Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on June 9, 2021

Northern Kentucky members came out this past Sunday (June 6th) to celebrate Pride with 100s of others in downtown Covington!

KFTC helped make an animated series premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival!

Posted by: KFTC Staff on June 8, 2021

We are thrilled to announce that KFTC was part of a team of storytellers and organizers who created MINE, an animated web series making its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival – and to invite you to attend a virtual premiere and Q&A on Monday, June 14 at 7pm ET!

First time canvass reflections

Lance Soto of the American Indian Movement of Indiana and Kentucky and Logan Fedders prepare to canvass in Covington
Posted by: Logan Fedders on May 28, 2021

Last Friday, May 21, I went door-to-door canvassing for the first time.

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