Fairness Lobby Day

Wednesday, February 19 is Fairness Lobby Day and Rally in support of House Bill 171 and Senate Bill 140. These bills would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Schedule – February 19

6:30 & 7 a.m. – Carpools leave from the Fairness Campaign office, 2263 Frankfort Ave.
7:30 a.m. – Faith Leaders for Fairness Breakfast, Capitol Annex Cafeteria
8:30 a.m. – Lobby Training, Capitol Annex Room 111
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. – Meetings with legislators
1:30 p.m. – Rally in the Capitol Rotunda

REGIONAL CARPOOLS
Berea-7:00 a.m. Union Church Parking Lot, 200 Prospect St.
Campbellsville-6:00 a.m. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 116 S. Columbia Ave.
Elizabethtown-6:00 a.m. Central KY Pride Center, 119 Brooks St.
Frankfort-7:30 a.m. Corner of Campbell & Capital Ave.
Lexington-7:00 a.m. 3rd Street Stuff, 257 N. Limestone
Louisville-6:30 & 7:00 a.m. Fairness Campaign, 2263 Frankfort Ave.
Owensboro - 6:00 a.m. Owensboro Unitarian Universalist Church, 1221 Cedar St.
Northern KY-6:15 a.m. Location TBA
Shelbyville-7:00 a.m. Cracker Barrel Parking Lot, 1565 Mt. Eden Rd.

PREPARE by calling the Legislative Message Line 800-372-7181 to schedule a meeting with your state senator and representative on February 19 to support statewide LGBT Fairness. Contact Fairness at 502.893.0788 or [email protected] to let them know the time of the appointment and the legislator’s name. If you can’t make it, please call the message line on Wednesday and leave a message for your legislators that you support ending LGBT discrimination and want to see the passage of House Bill 171.

Members of the Fairness Coalition include: ACLU-KY, Fairness Campaign,
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, & Lexington Fairness.