Welcome!

2018 School Board Candidates Respond to FOR Issues Questionnaire is linked here

We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a means of radical social change through education and coalition building. We engage social justice issues through nonviolent action locally, nationally and globally.

The chapter’s current programs include education and advocacy through our monthly newspaper, FORsooth, the monthly Third Thursday Lunch speakers series, the weekly vigil to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine (Friday 12 noon at the corner of 6th and Broadway), and FOR’s Aim Higher Committee, which works to stem the influence of the military in the lives of young people and, through the Peace Essay Contest, encourage students to learn and write about nonviolent conflict resolution.

We are especially excited about our two newest projects. The biggest news is that FOR has won FCC approval to establish a community low-power FM radio station FORward Radio. In addition, Aim Higher is expanding its advocacy work in the Jefferson County Public Schools, challenging JCPS to shift attention and resources toward reducing racial and other disparities in student achievement and discipline, thus better preparing all students for success in the civilian world.

Forsooth Newspaper

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FORsooth is the acclaimed Louisville Fellowship of Reconciliation’s (FOR) monthly newspaper. Starting over twenty years ago as a simple schedule of local events and activities, the paper has grown to its present 8 page format. It still features a schedule of events, activities and local contacts for Louisville’s peace, justice and solidarity communities. In its pages you will find articles written by mostly local writers on issues of peace, racial justice, immigrants, GLBTQ rights, the environment, women, labor, politics and much more.

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Third Thursday Lunches

Next Third Thursday: November 15th

(no lunch in December-resuming January 2019)

“Food Apartheid in Louisville Exposes Hunger Capitalism”

with Andrew Kang Bartlett

Is food a God-given right or simply another commodity from which to profit? Louisville has a tiered food structure that reveals the racist and exploitative nature of our local food system. We will look at this injustice and explore ways of addressing Louisville’s food apartheid using home-grown models and experiences from around the country. Andrew Kang Bartlett works with the Presbyterian Church (USA) Hunger Program and volunteers locally with the Food in Neighborhoods (FIN) Community Coalition and nationally with the US Food Sovereignty Alliance.

Hotel Louisville • 120 West Broadway (Corner of First & Broadway)

– Free Off-Street Parking –

Buffet Lunch at 11:30 • Presentation at Noon • $7.00 at the Door

Reservations required by MONDAY before the lunch

RSVP to Pat Geier, 502-609-7985, pgeier@fastmail.fm

PLEASE NOTE: If you make a reservation and then need to cancel, please cancel by the Monday reservation deadline. Failing to do so means that Hotel Louisville prepares more food than we need and we are charged for the meal that is not canceled. We thank you and look forward to seeing you!

Previous presentations available in video

Chris Harmer’s presentation from the January Third Thursday is here.

“Racial and Socio-Economic Equity Issues in Jefferson County Public Schools”

Shameka Prrish-Wright. The Bail Project. October 18, 2018

Shameka Parrish-Wright a “Bail Disruptor” for the Bail Project presents the case against bail.
Originating in the Bronx, NY, the Bail Project is a new non-profit organization designed to combat mass incarceration by disrupting the money bail
system one person at a time. Louisville has been chosen as one of the first sites to begin this vital work because of its high rates of incarceration and pretrial detention. The Louisville Community Bail Fund opened its office in May. Shameka Parrish-Wright, the Fund’s Bail Disruptor, will explain her unique job and the promises it holds for making a positive impact on poor people.