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LOUISVILLE UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE July 31, 2018 Members present: Trish Ramey, Emily Mosby, Marina Holt, Steve Petrey, Jack Lydon, Lana Kelly-Fitzgerald, Rosemary Smith Trish opened the meeting with a prayer. Our 501c3 organization, Center for Transformative Action (CTA), reported that they had received the $500 check from the Ursuline Sisters. Trish was given a check for $38.50 from Karen Cronin for one ad on the back of a TARC bus. No other new income to report. Kim Telesford-Mapp has been unable to get the T-shirts and cards ordered because of difficulty in getting a check from St. Martin dePorres. Trish offered to use her personal credit card so that the order can be placed more quickly. Marina will contact Kim and tell of this plan. Lana has personally visited 20 businesses in Middletown, giving them a flyer and a letter asking for financial support for LUAV. They have not yet responded, but she will contact them again. Rosemary suggested contacting the businesses that advertise on the back of Epiphany’s church bulletin. Lana and Marina offered to do that. If anyone gives us $100 or more, their name will put on a poster to be displayed at the event and on the program at the interfaith prayer service. No logos will be used – just names of persons or companies. There was some discussion about contacting businesses in the West End. Trish will contact some of the larger ones. Jack said he would contact someone at the Sav-a-lot stores and ask for their support. Jack also sent the Courier-Journal a flyer, and told them to contact Trish. Steve had no report yet on Insider Louisville, but spoke about One Love Lou being an organization that might be able to help us garner support. This organization encourages community involvement and supports citizen led work toward violence presentation efforts in Louisville. The next Ambassador Program will be Saturday, August 25, at Spalding University. We will use this program as our August event and encourage anyone reading these minutes to go online and register or call the Office for Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods at 502-274-1903. The program is free. Trish spoke with Rev. Vincent James at Elim Baptist Church, who is also part of One Love Lou, and encouraged him to support LUAV. Rosemary spoke with Ruby Thomas at The Record about doing an article on LUAV, early enough in August to encourage parishes in the Archdiocese to adopt a block. Ms. Thomas will report back after the staff meets tomorrow to decide future articles. Trish sent information to Cultivating Connections e-newsletter. She also spoke to Maloney Outdoor Advertising, and they will once again give us free billboards if they become available. They cannot advertise the date of the event, however. Emily reported that Kathy Thistleton had gotten permission for Epiphany to provide 2 porta potties for the event. The bill for that will be sent directly to Epiphany. Trish reported that she and Louise Penman had visited with Chandra Irvin, Director of Peace and Spiritual Renewal Center at Spalding University. She has agreed to be the Service Leader for our Interfaith Prayer Service. Fr. Chuck Walker, pastor of 5 West End Catholic churches, has also agreed to take part in the service. Others have been contacted, but not yet confirmed. Mr. James Taylor has been contacted by Louise Penman about leading his Multi-Cultural Choir at the service, but this has not yet been confirmed. If he is not able to participate, Trish has confirmed as backup, Mr. Ethan McCollum, from First Unitarian Church. Rosemary reported that 9 blocks have been sponsored, most of them by Catholic churches. We hope other denominations will begin to sponsor a block. She has also contacted 3 Catholic high schools about sponsoring a block. Trish took the contact name at Presentation High School to see if they want to share a block with her church. Rosemary reported that the Urban League would be sending their Chief Engagement Officer, Mr. Lyndon Pryor, to the event, and she has invited him to be one of the speakers. She has not yet heard from him, but will try to contact him again. She also had the offer of advertising our event on WUOL Radio from Anne Peak, who is sponsoring a block for the Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center, Inc. She accepted, but has not heard back from Ms. Peak yet. Steve will contact Rick Howeland about advertising on another radio station. Trish presented the idea of using large sidewalk chalk during the hand-holding part of the event. Any children attending would like to use the chalk and adults could leave meaningful, peaceful messages that would last until the next rain. Most liked the idea, and block captains will be encouraged to provide chalk for their block. Trish will also buy some extra for those who forget. She also presented the idea of having a sign-making meeting shortly before the event, where we provide all the materials for block captains to make signs for their group. Since this would be more expensive than the chalk, it was decided that each block will be asked to make signs for their organization to use during the hand-holding part. We spent a short time discussing the possibility of working with Greening Neighborhoods, a project with the Center for Transformative Action (CTA). This organization tries to reduce stress, depression and anxiety by creating green spaces in areas of the city without them – like the West End. This is a noble idea, but needs more discussion before we would commit to it. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at 6 p.m. at First Unitarian Church at 4th & York Sts.
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