Sowers of Justice Network provides coordinating, communications, and financial support to the new ASALH Branch formed in Louisville KY. For more information contact Barbara Boyd or Greg Tichenor or click on the image below to join our facebook group.
Immigrant Justice
Sowers of Justice is a founding partner in the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Justice and provides annual fincial and advisory support to the coalition. ICIJ is a coalition of individuals, faith leaders and diverse faith communities called by our conscience and by our context to respond actively and publicly to the suffering of immigrants in our community. Through actions of solidarity and advocacy we use a combination of privilege and personal experience to insist on attitudes and policy that are founded on respect and dignity for immigrants. Through outreach we educate our community about the injustices inflicted by the enforcement of current immigration policies and we provide real opportunities to take action for change. For more information contact Karl Ruttan, Cory Lockhart, or Carolyn King. 
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Food Justice Weekend Oct 4th and 5th Volunteer Here Donate Here Conference Flyer with Hot Links Food Justice Tour Friday Am Oct 4 with the Earth & Spirit Center Breakfast/Gathering 8-9/ tour 9-11:30 $25 Per Person Starting with breakfast at Farm to Fork Catering 2425 Portland Avenue Carpool or van drop offs from area faith communities Facebook link here (will lead to eventbrite link) Eventbrite link here (see document with food tour sites on this page) Project Awards Dinner Friday 6:30-8 PM St. Paul United Methodist Church $35 per person $50 to Be a Project Sponsor Meet & Greet with Erika Allen Locally Sourced Meal by The Common Table Register or Donate Here Join us on Saturday October 5, 2019 Hotel Louisville 120 W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202-2136 Register here Conference Registration includes Lunch Sowers of Justice Network invites you to join this gathering of community advocates, activists and people of faith as we explore food justice and insire real action through food justice projects that come from the event.Lunch is included in this event. Join us for “Food First: A Place at the Table “on Saturday October 5, 2019 at Hotel Louisville 120 W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202. The annual Sowing a Nonviolent City Conference gathers people of good will and people of good will for the work of justice. Local speakers, inspiring ideas, thoughtful panels, informative breakout sessions, and a fantastic locally sourced meal are the meat of the day. Wendell Berry will read an original work, Erika Allen of the Chicago Growers Collective will inform and inspire ―and local food justice workers will share what they are doing and how you and your community partners can make a difference! Sowers of Justice Network and our partners are launching an open call for food justice venture projects that explore scalable innovations or solve a specific problem in ways designed to build new networks and new food justice leaders across our community. Sowers of Justice Network and our partners are funding food justice projects ideas that anyone and everyone can engage in as a project initiator, coach, or team member! Participants can learn and particpate in conference streams including: 1. Abundance and Access to Food 2. Racism & Food 3. Sustainability & Food 4. Public Health Outcomes & Food 5. Building Innovation, New Capability, and Leadership for Food Justice Registration is $35/Early Bird by Sept 30 2019 $35 per person before Oct 1 2019 $40 Oct 1 and at the Door Scholarships available How you can help: Join our Advisory Commmitee Share the call for Projects, Interns and Presenters (flyer) Become a Conference Team Workgroup Leader ( email sowersimpact@gmail.com) Save the Dates Oct 4 & Oct 5 2019 Register to attend the conference and invite another faith community to join you Pass the conference flyer on to friends and encourage their attendance (available Sept 3,2019) Recruit Volunteers on the day of the event to: Help with greeting & registration Help with registration and getting people to their tables | ||||||||||||||
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Looking for ways to plant seeds of Nonviolence, Compassion, and Peace? Click here
Sowers of Justice Network Statement on Confederate Statues
Sowers of Justice Network Statement on Police Shootings
Sowers report on Sowing a Nonviolent City - Work on gun violence, October 2016.
Listen to recordings of Community Voices produced by Sarah Zarantonello with Sowers of Justice click here
Third Thursday Luncheons Sowers of Justice Network is Partnering with FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation, Louisville Chapter) for the 2019-20 luncheon season. Sowers of Justice Network is also a direct supporter of Forward Radio For more information on Third Thursday Luncheons contact Barbara Boyd or Karl Ruttan 
Food in Neighborhoods is a community coalition that supports community efforts to build a just, healthy, and sustainable food system in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition meets to:
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2019 Sowing A Nonviolent City Conference here 9:00am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, October 5, 2019 SIGN UP FOR THE SOWERS OF JUSTICE NETWORK MAILING LIST here Enliven a covenant to nonviolence compassion or peace here Read our Strategic Objectives for 2019 - here |
- "There is much to do. And we can’t do it alone. What if every community replicated such an event to actively promote peace and sow seeds of justice?" Sharon Pearson, author and 2015 Sowing a Nonviolent City gun violence conference plenary speaker
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