KFA In Brief

Unbridled Pride '07

This summer the Kentucky Fairness Alliance will return to local communities around Kentucky for Unbridled Pride 2007.

June 2, 2007 - Nashville, TN

June 9-10, 2007 - Cincinnati, OH

June 15-16, 2007 - Louisville, KY

Join us for community outreach as we meet allies and engage them in our work to build a fair Kentucky. Contact us to volunteer, or to tell us about a pride celebration in your community!

Run for the Pansies Raises Visibility in Louisville

Between the Thunder and the Derby: A Run for the Pansies debuted in Louisville this April.

Led by featured performer Josephyn Edwards, the event brought together friends of fairness from around the Commonwealth to share an evening of music and entertainment.

"A Run for the Pansies did just what we planned for it to do... increase visibility and the idea that it takes everyone in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community working together towards fairness to see success," said Jody Cofer, KFA Board Chair and Run for the Pansies organizer.

He added, "I look forward to seeing the KFA continue
a wide variety of community involvement that reinforces that goal."

Lobbying 101 Empowers Fairness Alliies

In an effort to prepare more fair-minded people for the challenge of talking to our elected officials about Fairness issues, KFA hit the road in January.

As a result of our Lobbying 101:  Raising the Voice and Visibility of Fairness sessions in Lexington, Louisville, Elizabethtown, Somerset, Richmond, Morehead, and Florence, more than 100 people received training on the do's and don'ts of lobbying legislators.  KFA was pleased to see many of those same people put what they learned into practice in Frankfort on February 22 by talking to representatives and senators as part of our Kentuckians Value Fairness Day at the Capitol.

“The goal of traveling around the state and training people about lobbying was to remove the 'fear factor' and enable more people to take part in the democratic process,” said Wes Wright, KFA Community Organizer and Legislative Liaison.  “So many of the people we had trained in the small towns as well as the larger cities, showed up at the Capitol on February 22, and that was gratifying.”