THIRD THURSDAY LUNCH SERIESpresented by Fellowship of Reconciliation and Sowers of Justice Network You are invited to join the discussion VIRTUALLY via Zoom, but the event will also be live-streamed. Details below. January 20 | Noon-1:00 PMFeatured Speaker: Natalie Harris Ms Harris will speak about how the affordable housing crisis and segregation in Louisville affect those who … Continue reading JANUARY Third Thursday Lunch: “The state of homelessness in Louisville” with Natalie Harris, the Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless
Racial Justice
Louisville FOR Statement Supporting the Teaching of all History—Good and Bad—in Kentucky Public Schools
The Louisville Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) joins with educators, legislators and community groups across the country who support presenting public-school students with all aspects of our U.S. history — good and bad — and challenging them to find the truth for themselves. To this end, we support two bills proposed by State … Continue reading Louisville FOR Statement Supporting the Teaching of all History—Good and Bad—in Kentucky Public Schools
NOVEMBER Third Thursday Lunch: “On the Teaching of African and Native American History” with Dr. Ricky Jones
THIRD THURSDAY LUNCH SERIESpresented by Fellowship of Reconciliation andSowers of Justice Network You are invited to join the discussion VIRTUALLY via Zoom, but the event will also be live-streamed. Details below. November 18 | Noon-1:00 PMFeatured Speaker: Dr. Ricky Jones Dr. Jones takes his research interests of African American politics and leadership; political theory; African American … Continue reading NOVEMBER Third Thursday Lunch: “On the Teaching of African and Native American History” with Dr. Ricky Jones
September Third Thursday Lunch: “Philanthropic Redlining” with Rev. Kelly Kirby
Our monthly Third Thursday Lunch Series RETURNS in September! You are invited to join the discussion VIRTUALLY via Zoom, but the event will also be live-streamed. Details below. THIRD THURSDAY LUNCH SERIESpresented by Fellowship of Reconciliation andSowers of Justice Network September 16 | Noon-1:00 PMFeatured Speaker: Rev. Kelly Kirby The Third Thursday Lunch program for September … Continue reading September Third Thursday Lunch: “Philanthropic Redlining” with Rev. Kelly Kirby
February Third Thursday Lunch: Collective Courage
*** VIDEO OF THIS LUNCH IS NOW AVAILABLE! *** Our monthly Third Thursday Lunch series has resumed with Virtual Lunches via Zoom! JOIN US! Next Event - Thursday, February 18 at 12PM Join us for Third Thursday Luncheon’s Black History Month program featuring U of L professor and Louisville Association for Community Economics (LACE) board … Continue reading February Third Thursday Lunch: Collective Courage
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR Louisville Chapter) Statement on the killing of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR Louisville Chapter) wishes to extend our deepest sympathy to the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and all those who have lost loved ones because the injustice of racism is so embedded in our country. We call for Metro Louisville to: End the use of excessive force on unarmed … Continue reading Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR Louisville Chapter) Statement on the killing of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
The White Moderate
From “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler … Continue reading The White Moderate
400 Years of Inequality
By Gracie Lewis August 2019 marked the 400th Commemoration of Black Enslavement in America. In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. According to the early documents, they had been acquired from a Portuguese slave ship, put aboard the “White Lion,” an English ship, and … Continue reading 400 Years of Inequality
Fellowship of Reconciliation | Louisville Chapter 