MINUTES
LOUISVILLE UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE JUNE 27, 2018 Members Present: Trish Ramey (First Unitarian), Mike & Lana Fitzgerald (Epiphany), Steve Petrey (St. Martin deTours), Kim Mapp (St. Martin dePorres), Jack Lydon (Cathedral of the Assumption), Rosemary Smith (Epiphany) Rosemary opened the meeting with a prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were approved by acclamation. OLD BUSINESS Rosemary reported that Deacon Turner of St. Martin dePorres said that money kept at St. Martin for LUAV could not be transferred to Center for Transformative Action. We just need to give any receipts for money spent to St. Martin to be reimbursed until our approximately $617 kept there is spent. Trish said that she had invited many Metro Council members to attend the event – Bill Hollender, Sherry Hamilton, Mary Woolridge, Jessica Greene and Barbara Sexton Smith. Barbara S. Smith has replied that she will attend. State Representatives like Attica Scott, Charles Booker, and Daryl Owens will also be invited. Jack Lydon volunteered to contact Mayor Fisher. Trish will contact Cathy Mekus with Moms to see if she has contacted John Yarmuth. She will also ask Kathy if she can send another rep from Moms to our meetings, since Cathy can no longer attend. Rosemary reported that she had sent a letter to the Ursuline Sisters thanking them for their $500 donation to Hands (which was returned), and asking that they consider donating the $500 to LUAV. She has not heard back from them. Lana will contact them to see if they have received it. (Post-meeting Update: The Ursulines will sponsor LUaV with $500!) Lana did not have a work activity with Hand-in-Hand Ministry for July, but Trish told us about a Trivia event that is a fund-raiser for HIH Ministry taking place on Sunday, July 29, at Good Shepherd Church from 4-7 p.m. We decided that our attendance at the Trivia event would be our July event. Lana will collect the $20 per person for a table of 8 and register us for the event. Five of us committed. (If anyone receiving these minutes would like to participate, please contact Lana Kelly Fitzgerald at 502-429-8181. We will be called the LUV Team.) Kim has asked Dr. Andrea Davis, who is connected with JenCare, about a possible sponsorship. She will follow up with Dr. Davis. Kim was told that the T-shirts should be a pale aqua, with the logo in the darker aqua color. She will order those shirts soon from MPS. She will also order a large banner with our new logo. Trish had priced the small cards at MDS at $189 for 1000. Kim felt she could get a better price, and will let Trish know what the quote is. Steve said he will help with Publicity, but does not want to chair the sub-committee. He will contact the TV and radio stations, and will also contact the University of Louisville about involving the students. He showed us an article from “Insider Louisville”, and said he will have them publish an article on their website about LUaV. Kim, who knows Dawn Gee of WAVE-TV personally, will invite her to emcee the Community Rally portion of the event on September 30. Jack will contact the Courier-Journal about publishing an article about LUaV. Rosemary has contacted Cecilia Price, with the Archdiocese of Louisville, about getting information out to all the Catholic parishes about LUAV. She has said she will be happy to do that. Trish will remind Kathy Thistleton and Emily Mosby about obtaining insurance for the event from the Archdiocese of Louisville. Trish said that Kathy Thistleton had expressed concern about the way we had dispersed in past events, from the main site of the event to the block along Broadway, saying she felt it had made us less unified. After some discussion, it was decided that sponsors of blocks would no longer choose their block, but be assigned a block (or ½ block) by Rosemary or Kim. This would keep gaps from happening along Broadway. The blocks would be assigned from near St. Augustine, both east and west, trying to put both Eastern and Western churches and organizations united along both sides. It was decided to keep TARC’s service, since it is of no cost, and can facilitate moving some of the folks to the farthest sites along Broadway. Until we know approximately how many participants there will be, we cannot say how best to facilitate dispersing along Broadway. The biggest problem is not knowing how many will attend the prayer service and speaking events, and how many might only want to participate in the hand-holding part of the day. (Maybe that question can be asked when blocks are sponsored.) Trish gave us an outline of the Interfaith Prayer Service, and asked for help in inviting Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim prayer leaders. Rosemary reported that Archbishop Kurtz will be unable to participate at the event, due to being in Covington for the day.
next to St. Martin dePorres. Submitted by Rosemary Smith
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As is clear from all the changes on the website, the Steering Committee has selected a new date for the annual event -- September 30. We moved it to Sunday afternoon, so that the event would be more accessible for more of our interfaith attendees.
We also settled on a new logo for the new group name. And we obtained permission to hold the prayer service at the Community Center at St. Augustine Catholic Church. This will start at 2 pm. Then, we'll move to the parking lot facing Broadway and have a community rally, with different public figures from around Louisville to energize us before we head out to join hands up and down Broadway. Buses will be provided by TARC for easy transport to-and-from the blocks and St. Augustine. Things are moving along, so we encourage you to join with us as soon as possible. Trish Ramey, Steering Committee chair |
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