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 here 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. Pantry Resources for Non-English Speakers click here 
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Sowers Forum
May 16 2020 1 pm - 3 pm Join us for an online forum connecting faith values to racial justice in 'Sowing Racial Justice in the Wake of Pandemic' where we'll hear more about those doing the work, and action steps that people of faith can take to make impact on these issues. Longstanding racial justice issues show up in 1) incarceration, 2) evictions connected to poverty and economic hardship and 3) food insecurity As we gather we will specifically name our faith values and describe how to turn these values into action— our focus is on ACTION and IMPACT. While we work with diligent mercy to help alleviate the immediate symptoms of this COVID 19 crisis that fall brutally and unfairly on black, bronze, and brown people, we also look to the underlying justice issues that our faith values demand us to address and take bold action to affect the root causes of racism. Louisville Metro already has plans to dramatically slash the operating budget: we need to speak our call to action to address the immediacy of food, shelter, healthcare and clothing for affected people, the immediacy of disincarceration and equity in COVID health testing and treatment while also speaking to long-term structural racism and resulting issues, that if not addressed, clearly threaten the future. We will hear key presenters who who will briefly challenge us as we connect faith values to action but also list specific practical action steps that are pertinent to one of these areas either as faith communities, civic and neighborhood groups, and individuals to become more fully engaged in financial and material support, volunteer support and advocacy support to make real impact on these matters in the days ahead. The presenters sparking action will connect faith values to action and explain in 10 minutes or less the central justice issue and set the stage for break out groups that follow. The online breakout groups that follow will focus on adding additional outlets serving those in need and share any additional resources to help and as well as connecting people who can and will take action on these issues to each other. Ways to connect to larger efforts to help will be posted online and on social media. Join moderator and Sowers of Justice board member Kumar Rashad, presenters Rev. David Snardon of Joshua Tabernacle, Chanelle Helm of BLM, Shameka Parrish Wright of the Bail Project and The Kentucky Alliance, Bill Allison of LSURJ and others as we address the spiritual values, name our values and help us take action. Each speaker will lead us toward possible action steps. The issues discussion will be roughly one hour and then we move into action oriented resource filled break out sessions. After 45 minutes we will move back into the plenary session and discussion group facilitators will share reports. This panel will work to bring faith values to life in the current situation call us to specific action.Our purpose is to mobilize people into action based on faith values. For the zoom link, email sowersforum@gmail.com. You'll get a link to the event and google document links to share both the resources and the needs you are aware of too. Your feedback is crucial too as we plan our NEXT forum. | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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