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LOUISVILLE UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE JULY 18, 2018 Members present: Mike & Lana Fitzgerald, Trish Ramey, Louise Penman, Kathy Thistleton, Marina Holt, Emily Mosby, Jack Lydon, Steve Petrey, Rosemary Smith The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rosemary. Trish reviewed our financial situation. It is: $617 from Hands 2017 budget $500 from the Ursuline Sisters in 2018 $1000 from St. Martin dePorres for T-shirts, $800 of which will be returned when shirts are sold. Epiphany Catholic Church will probably donate the cost of two porta potties, as they did last year. Kathy will check on the cost and the pastor will be asked if they can contribute that amount this year. Rosemary reported on the cost of advertising on the back of TARC buses. It costs $38.50 for a small ad and $137.50 for a large ad that covers the back of the bus. We decided that a small ad on two buses would be sufficient for this year. The ad stays on the bus for 4 weeks, but we cannot pick the route. Karen Cronin and Louise Penman will donate the money for these two ads. Trish will contact the woman in charge to get the logo and wording to her. Kim Mapp was not present to give us an update on the cost of T-shirts, cards or banner. Marina volunteered to help Kim with this job and will contact her about this. (It was later found out that Kim has gotten good prices on all these items, and will try to have them ready by our next meeting.) Lana has a letter ready to distribute to businesses in Middletown asking for financial help, but has not begun to canvas them yet. Trish reported that several groups have requested tables at the event – Moms, Urban League, a suicide prevention group, and Rosemary said that CEDAW might want a table, too. Calls need to be made to churches, especially in the West End. Louise volunteered to call several of them. All were asked to contact a church where they knew someone to ask them to sponsor a block. Kathy volunteered to call Andrea Brown, with the LMPD, and ask her to provide a police presence and maybe have a table at the event. Rosemary will write an article for The Record about the event soon, so parishes will have another reminder about it. She has already sent Cecilia Price an article, which has been sent to all Catholic parishes. She will ask her to send out a reminder at the beginning of August. So far, she has had 5 requests to sponsor a block – all from Catholic groups. Other denominations need to be contacted. Trish has 5-6 people who have said they would speak 3-5 minutes at the Community Rally after the prayer service. They include: Barbara Sexton-Smith and Bill Hollender, Metro Council members. John Yarmuth is a probable speaker. Trish will make a schedule of the speakers when all are finalized. The proposed prayer service was discussed at length. Louise was asked to invite James Taylor to bring the Multi-Cultural Choir to provide music at the service. Louise agreed to ask him, but felt that he may want to decide on his own songs. Trish asked that two of her selections remain. She also asked that the Litany remain part of the service. The clergypersons have not yet been confirmed. Emily said she would check with Fr. Chuck Walker, the new pastor of 5 west-end Catholic churches. (It was later found out that Fr. Walker has agreed to participate.) Lana has left messages with a woman rabbi, but has not heard back yet. Trish will contact a Muslim imam. She will also ask her pastor, Rev. Kathy Hurt, to participate. Our event for July is to take part in a Trivia contest, the proceeds of which will go to Hand-in-Hand Ministries. We will field a table of 8 on Sunday, July 29, from 4-7 p.m. at Good Shepherd Church on Rudd Avenue. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 31, at 6 p.m. at St. Augustine Church.
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