People's Agenda

Welcome to the Web Archive for the Louisville People's Agenda

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The Louisville People's Agenda was a city-wide coalition which came together in 2002 to chart a progressive, socially just and sustainable course for the community.

The "Conference for a Peop le's Agenda" was convened August 24, 2002 to develop a common community based People's Agenda for Louisville, Kentucky, USA in the face of the creation of a new government under City-County merger.
This website presents an overview of the People's Agenda, including founding documents such as the 2002 People's Agenda Conference Consensus Document and the 2003 Metro Government Call for Action. In addition, you can access the extensive 2002 -2007 Peoples Agenda Website Archives and join the current and archived online discussions and announcements from community members on the still active People's Agenda email listserv and group site.

Background and Overview:

The 2002 People's Agenda Conference synthesized several hundred policy proposals in areas such as Civil and Human Rights, Community Governance,Criminal Justice, Economic Development through Community Empowerment, Housing, Education and Youth Empowerment, Environment, Health, Human Services and Workers Rights. Over 32 community organizations participated in the call for the conference, and many more became involved over the subsequent 5 years. As organizers pointed out,"The event was a major success and was historic because it brought together in a working setting such a wide diversity of people and groups, something that had not happened on this scale in Louisville in anyone's memory - and also because there was a spirit of hope and commitment as participants realized that with all of us working together we really do have the power to shape the future of our community."

The Coalition formed in response to the merger of City and County governments in Louisville, KY, USA, the first such merger of a major city in the United States in 30 years. The Louisville merger was the culmination of local and national campaigns for corporate control of local governments in the name of "efficiency" and "regional stewardship" aimed towards integrating localities into globalization regimes ( a campaign which has now been extended to over 37 communities in the US alone). Merger reduced the influence of minority communities, labor, and progressives, while imposing a "strong mayor-weak council" governance model that centralized power, diminished transparency, and was accompanied by myriad other measures which substantively curbed local democracy.

Over the next 5 years, the People's Agenda used a variety of strategies to advance a comprehensive, sustainable, socially just vision by and for the community. Modeled in part on the World Social Forum and the worldwide Participatory Budgets movements, the People's Agenda accomplished several historic firsts:

The first meeting of the newly merged Louisville Metro Government Council was packed to overflowing by coalition members. Hundreds of community leaders filled the Council Chambers, nearby hallways and offices and spilled into the streets to hear and cheer the presentation of the "Call for a People's Agenda."
As a result of lobbying and direct action throughout the spring of 2002, the Coalition broke the system of "Closed Door Review" for the Metro Budget and forced the Mayor to hold the first public budget hearings, a tradition which has endured. This has allowed thousands of citizens to participate in the budget process for the first time.

"The fact that there is a public comment session (where anyone can speak, not just agency heads or public officials) is due solely to the work of the Peoples Budget and Peoples Agenda.

"This work is important and does make a difference."
- K.A. Owen
The Coalition, through the "People's Agenda" developed the first open, multi-issue platform for change in Louisville, and laid the basis for cooperation and collaboration between movements and across issues which continues in numerous social justice and sustainability campaigns and initiatives.
The Coalition for the first time raised a challenge to the top-down model of budget development and review, promoting transparency, sustainability, democracy and social justice indicators for measuring policy and accountability, beyond corporate-style "performance measures."
Forced the Chamber of Commerce/Greater Louisville Inc. to make publicly accessible the "Boyle Report," and related documents which, along with the Metro Government Reconciliation and the Brookings Reports formed the three legs (control of business, government and social crises) of the planning process for corporate management of the Metro Government regional transition.
Several years of Peoples Agenda Conferences, modeled in part after the World Social Forum, helped bring together the many strands of progressive movement in the region, not only honing issues for Metro government action and reform, but providing solidarity and active support for emerging local movements and continuity of communication between organizations.
The People's Agenda provided for the first time in one web page, links & resources for direct online access to all Metro Council Members and collaborated with other networks to make available easily accessible political maps of the region.

The work of the Coalition points towards much programmatic work still undone, for instance the call for neighborhood Sustainable Economic Development Councils based in directly democratic neighborhood assemblies and institutions at the precinct and confederal municipal levels, establishment of directly democratic Participatory Budget processes (modeled in part on the Porto Alegre model), and the establishment of community based social justice and sustainability indicators and budget priorities that go beyond the special interest influence and the corporate - modeled "performance" measures suggested (but largely not implemented) by the City.

Similarly, the confluence of different interests, communities and movements which the Coalition represented, galvanized by the threat and reality of the concentrations of power under the newly merged Metro government, resulted in support for a variety of ongoing partnerships and campaigns. The activist community in Louisville still has much work to do to build on the gains and lessons of the People's Agenda towards establishing enduring coalitions which can accomplish the fundamental goals of community wide, directly democratic and accountable processes for local governance.

Many organizations provided in kind and organizing support for the People's agenda, including notably the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Youth Advocates, the Fairness Coalition, Jobs for Justice, Legal Aid, Adena, AME, Communicas and others. Click here to see a partial list of supporting organizations.

The work of the People's Agenda network continues through a variety of successor projects. With work begun towards reconvening the People's Agenda in 2010, and with lessons learned in intervening years from the Kentucky Alliance, Kentucky Social Forum, Kentuckians for the Comonwealth, Sustainable Louisville, Green Convene and other local multi-issue organizing efforts, the archives of the People's Agenda may provide useful guideposts.

You can join the People's Agenda public Yahoo group and email list service, which remains active as a networking tool for local activists and as an archive (2002 - present):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peoplesagenda/

You can see People's Agenda website archives ( 2002 - 2007 ) at:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://peoplesagenda.org

The People's Agenda, January 9, 2003 - Call for Metro Government Action:

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The People's Agenda

Call for Metro Government Action :

"Another Community is Possible:

Heal, Restore, Transform"

[History] [Vision] [Call for Metro Government Action] [Community Action] [Authors and Planners] [Information and Endorsement Forms] [Contact]

Join us in presenting The People�s Agenda to the Metro Louisville Government.The Call to Action Press Conference: 4:30 P.M. Thursday, January 9, 2003 on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville KY at the corner of 6th and Jefferson Streets.
HISTORY

The Coalition for The People�s Agenda is a group of several dozen grassroots and progressive organizations and individuals. We came together because we recognized that by working together we can have a positive impact with the new merged government. We sought suggestions from as many diverse groups as possible and selected key issues on which we would initially focus. Organizers contacted many groups by mail, phone, and in person. More than 50 organizations responded, suggesting more than 150 issues. These were grouped into eight major issue areas.

An historic Conference for A Peoples Agenda on August 24, 2002 at Quinn Chapel AME Church convened more than 100 individuals from over 50 organizations who worked together and developed The People�s Agenda. Since then the Coalition has continued to work on refining the document and making plans for its implementation.

The full first draft of the Peoples Agenda Document including all 150 + issues can also nbe viewed at http://louisvillepeoplesagenda.blogspot.com/2008/09/louisville-peoples-agenda-draft-10.html . This should be read as a DRAFT, a living document which continues to be developed.

Since then many individuals and organizations have become endorsers of the Peoples Agenda.

VISION STATEMENT
We, The Coalition for The People�s Agenda, look forward to the day when our governing bodies represent all the people of the community�particularly those individuals and groups that have been traditionally marginalized and historically underserved; when the culture in which we live, work, learn and play is socially and economically just; and when ALL peoples, regardless of age, color, disability, economic status, gender, national origin, religion or sexual orientation are treated with equality and fairness.

Metro Government Call to Action

As a first step towards implementation of the People's Agenda, the following priorities in each issues area will be presented to local government and media beginning January 9, 2003:

Draft Text of Call For Action:

The Metro Government shall take these actions on the following eightissues:
"Another Community is Possible:
Heal, Restore, Transform"
Civil and Human Rights

Prohibit Discrimination:

Maintain and strengthen current laws prohibiting discrimination based on age, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion and/or sexual orientation.

Guarantee affirmative action policies: Maintain, strengthen and enforce laws in employment and awarding of contracts.

Fund cultural programs: Provide tools and resources for traditionally under funded community groups that use arts to build multicultural diversity and dismantle racism, bigotry, sexism and all attitudes destructive to humanity.

Community Governance

Increase voter participation: Send direct mail notices�before registration closes--to every household notifying residents of who will be on the ballot and what measures will be on the ballot. Institute same-day voter registration.

Diversify boards and commissions: Include a strong presence of youth, people of color, working-class whites and other underrepresented groups to ensure diverse representation on government boards and commissions.

Conduct regular public forums: All branches of the Metro Government should sponsor public forums--at times when working people can attend�where the public can have input and get feedback, especially well in advance of major city expenditures or policy changes.

Criminal Justice System and Citizen Protection

Implement Civilian Review Board: Fully fund a Civilian Review Board and Office of Independent Investigation to investigate charges of police misconduct, brutality and use of deadly force.

Fund treatment programs: Redirect spending priorities from incarceration to adequately funded drug and mental health treatment programs, education and grassroots economic development.

End racial profiling: Prohibit racial profiling by police and other law enforcement officers.

Economic Development Through Community Empowerment

Support neighborhood organizations: Set aside a portion of the city's budget to build the capacity of neighborhood organizations.

Create jobs: Focus on attracting businesses that create jobs for residents of the communities in which they are located. Develop government sponsored training programs for these jobs.

Create Economic Development Council: This group shall be made up of representatives from the 26 districts and play a key role in economic development decision-making.

Education and Youth Empowerment

Encourage youth leadership: Provide resources to programs and organizations that youth can develop and run themselves.

Support youth programs: Consult youth groups to prioritize the funding of programs that provide job training, employment opportunities, counseling, recreation, and health services for youth.

Provide student assistance: Ensure that all branch libraries are open every evening�including Sundays�and provide students with assistance such as tutoring, reading groups, and other activities.

Environmental Protection, Public Health and Human Services

Preserve green space: Emphasize the prevention of sprawl in any development plan, including sustainable economic development, home building, transportation, industry, schools and recreation.

Implement environmental protection ordinances: Secure passage of local ordinances that holds corporations accountable for environmental protection and worker health and safety.

Improve and expand public transportation system: Develop policies that reduce dependence on more highways and divert these resources to improve and expand public transportation.

Housing

Provide affordable housing: Secure local, state and federal resources to ensure affordable and quality housing in ALL areas of the county.

Eliminate predatory lending: Adopt measures that curb predatory lending.

Support Coalition for the Homeless: Assist in the implementation of the "Blueprint for the Future," a 10-year program designed to dramatically reduce homelessness in Louisville.

Workers� Rights

Implement a Living Wage ordinance: Create a specific, adequate wage level for all public employees and employees of companies that receive significant tax breaks, public subsidies and government contracts.

Maintain worker protection laws & poiicies: Collective bargaining guarantees, prevailing wage policies, affirmative action requirements, and Right to Organize clauses. Enact measures that prohibit privatization of any public service.

Oppose FTAA: Pass a resolution to oppose and lobby against the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

A COMMUNITY CALL TO ACTION!

We invite you to be a part of this effort. We ask you to:

Endorse The People�s Agenda
Join us in presenting The People�s Agenda to the public
Help build wide support for The People�s Agenda
Join us in presenting The People�s Agenda to the Metro Louisville Government, beginning with the

The Call to Action Press Conference: 4:30 P.M. Thursday, January 9, 2003 on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville KY at the corner of 6th and Jefferson Streets.

Continue to work for adoption of The People�s Agenda, helping to develop and expand it
Contact us to find out what you can do to help�
We thank you for your support!
COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE�S AGENDA

P.O. Box 1543

Louisville, KY 40201

PH. 502.778.8130

FAX. 502.778.8173

Website: http://peoplesagenda.org

Email: peoplesagenda@peoplesagenda.org

Authors & Planners

Yusef Ali, Nana Yaa Asantewaa, Felicia Ashford, Jemilla Barakaat, Leslie Barras, Courtney Baskett, Walter "Skip" Bedford, Jr., Ja'Bani Bennett, Keith Bertrand, Gary Best, Anne Braden, Dennis Bricking, Kathleen Campisano, Tahiti Castillo, Tommie Causey, Ivor Chodkowski, Rev. Louis Coleman, Dorris Crowe, Connie Crutcher, Polk Culpepper, John Cumbler, Raoul Cunningham, Robert Cunningham, Eddie Davis, Nancy Demartra, Sis. Chris Dobrowolski, Jose Neil Donis, Aleve Douglas, Bev Duncan, Mike Duncan?, Tim Duncan, Sandra Durham, Ernest "Camp" Edwards, Elizabeth Elliott, Darnell Farris, Thomas Fleitz, Roy Fuller, Mary Gant, Aaron Gent, Patricia Germany, Glenda Green, Ira Grupper, Carol Gundersen, Jesse Harris, John Hartmann, Deborah Haskins, Gail Helinger, James Henderson, Cassia Herron, Roberta Hickman, Cathy Hinko, Shavette Holt, David Horvath, Larry Hovekamp, Kathleen Hoye, Bani Hines-Hudson, J. Blaine Hudson, Walter Hutchins, Cyd Iyun, Jennifer Jewell, Darnell Johnson, James Johnson, Ricky Jones, Carol Kraemer, Amanda Kreps-Long, Subrenia Lain, Tom Lambert, George Lee, Jr., Lucille Leggett, Kate Lesak, Gracie Lewis, Pat Long, David Lott, Jonathan Lowe, David Lyttle, Mattie Mathis, Pam McMichael, Joe McMillan, Laura McSpedon, Sam Means, Nila Meeks, Mildred Menchu, Wanda Mitchell Smith, Tom Moffett, Lindsay Mullaney, Sterling O. Neal, Jr., K.A. Owens, Tom Pearce, Bill Pflantz, Kris Philipp, Dejanease Pressley, Maria Price, Shanita Price, Lauren Pring, Matt Reese, Nick Reese, Natalie Reteneller, Ann Reynolds, Tyana Robinson, Anita Ross-Parker, David Silverman, Peg Smith, Deborah Stallworth, Elwood & Roxanne Sturtevant, Christy Swan, Dan Taylor, Joyce Thomas, Kay Tillow, Adolph Thompkins, Alice Wade, Sheila Wade, Ann Wagner, Carla Wallace, Tom Wannemeuhler, Joyce A. Ware, Ruth Weathers, Chris Wells, Sheniqua Wells, Pamala Wiley, Beth Wilson, George Wilson and De�Nita Wright

Copy Editors

Anne Braden, Tahiti Castillo, Polk Culpepper,

Aleve Douglas and Cassia Herron

Information and Endorsement Forms

We want your feedback and participation! If you would like to join, endorse, learn more or comment on The People's Agenda, please fill out our online feedback form or contact us directly!

If you would like to fill out a form a online, click here

If you would like to print out a copy of the form to take to your community organization and to mail back, click here

Below is the text of the Printable Copy of the registration from:

I would like to register (my organization) as an Official Supporter of A Peoples Agenda.
I would like to register (a representative) to attend the Planning Committee meetings.
I would like to (send a representative to) join one of the action committees( mark one).
Civil and Human Rights
Community Governance
Criminal Justice System
Environmental Protection
Economic Development
Education & Youth Empowerment
Housing & Human Rights
Workers Rights

I would like to schedule my organization foran educational session to learn more aboutA Peoples Agenda.
I would like to make a donation to A Coalition for A Peoples Agenda. __________________ (Enclosed Amount)Thanks for your support!

Louisville People's Agenda Draft 1.0, August 24, 2002

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Civil and Human Rights

Glenda Green, Carla Wallace, Ricky Jones, Mildred Menchu, Ann Wagner, Adolph Tompkins, Anne Braden, Joe McMillan, John Cumbler, Mama Yaa, Carol Kraemer, Louis Coleman, Kris Phillip, tom Wannemeuhler

VISION STATEMENT

We envision a metro government that is concerned and committed to quality of life issues as they relate to the arena of civil and human rights.

To ensure that every citizen is made aware of his or her rights under the law through education and training, and to provide a mechanism that will monitor the aggressive enforcement of these rights throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

ACTION PLAN

People’s Agenda will be visible by having a proactive stand on the community’s concerns.

To bring these issues to the metro Council during a press conference.

To be on offense.

Police accountability.

Sustaining and strengthening current social and human rights laws.

Ensure that the new government does not roll back past and current advances.

Schedule a meeting with Abramson before he takes office.

Community Governance

Wanda Mitchell Smith, Raoul Cunningham, John Hartman, Tahiti Castillo, SterlinNeal, George ?, Bill Wilson, Lindsay Mullaney

VISION STATEMENT

We envision a metro government that is responsive to OUR concerns and OUR needs, a true UNITY of PEOPLE getting to be heard, and citizens involved in the decision-making process.

ACTION PLAN

Intensify our efforts in voter registration and Get Out the Vote

Monitor and analyze all aspects of the merging of city & county government, including appointments to Boards and Commissions, recommend legislation to our Metro Council representatives.

Seek out and identify voters [to] build an infrastructure of neighborhood-to-neighborhood for the purpose of producing/electing a government responsive to the people’s needs

Develop ethical guidelines to prevent supplementation of the Mayor’s salary or compensation package in order to preserve or create equal access

Host conversation cafes

Neighborhood development

Find common ground neighborhood-to-neighborhood

Identify and organize people who think like us in each district

Identify and talk to the people

Foster community awareness; organizations plan walks, literature drops, voter registration, forums, press conferences, radio shows, letters to the editor

Justice Ministry-get churches involved

Form committee to call on elected officials; a community lobbying base

Committee appointments-send resumes to the Council

Hold elected officials accountable; talk to our council members, request monthly forums, call for response back as newsletters or talkbacks

Criminal Justice

Tom Pearce, Ann Reynolds, Tom Moffett, David Lott, Matt Reese, Nick Reese, Bev Duncan, Enrages representatives (2)

VISION STATEMENT

We are working towards a day when the culture in which we live is socially and economically just and when the criminal justice system serves and protects all citizens with equality, fairness, and respect.

ACTION PLAN

Implement a Civilian Review Board with Subpoena power.

Change LPD's liberal use of force policy (i.e. Rule out shooting fleeing suspects)

Require Police live in the districts they work in.

Pass laws and ordinances that more strictly punish misconduct by police.

We demand an objective study that is not pre-announced to police that tries to pinpoint why and where profiling occurs.

We condemn the recent LPD/UofL study as biased, self serving, and unjust.

Push the new Metro Council to pass language that reaffirms their commitment to stop racial profiling.

Direct County funds to increase opportunities for drug court, rehabilitation, and education for drug offenders. (This demand has some police support)

Fully fund the Public Defenders office and reduce the ridiculous caseload of Public Defenders

We demand the city council lobby for more state and federal funds for rehabilitation and economic development in at risk communities rather than sports arenas and anti-gang crackdowns.

Economic Development Through Community Empowerment

Shavette Holt, Kirk Owens, Walter Bedford, Jr., George Lee, Jr., Deborah Haskins, Joyce Thomas, Ruth Weathers, Aleve Douglas, Gracie Lewis, Roberta Hickman, Ivor Chodkowski

VISION STATEMENT

[We envision a municipality in which] communities that are impacted by economic development decisions MUST MAKE THOSE DESIONS themselves, ensure decisions are DECENTRALIZED, residents should get the jobs; an equitable number of contracts should be given to minorities. We seek to “empower” our community to sustain its freedom, assure community representation on all economic decisions affecting our community, such as “awarding of contracts”, in each neighborhood district.

ACTION PLAN

There should be 26 community economic development councils

Councils should be within the boundaries of the new metro council districts

Councils should be grassroots in composition

Groups should be key actors in any economic development plan

Education and Youth Empowerment

Camp Edwards, Keith Bertrand, Nancy Demartra, De'Nita Wright, Jemilla Barakaat, Shenita Price, Peg Smith, Pamala Wiley, Darnell Johnson, Anne Braden, Joyce A. Ware, Courtney Baskett, Sheniqua Wells, Chris Wells, Dejanease Pressley

VISION STATEMENT

[We envision a public school system within which] no child, no school, no neighborhood is left behind; African American/minority and economically deprived [students] are on the same rung. All students become global citizens to compete in a global market. All students become lifelong learners. All students [are afforded] a holistic approach to education. Equal educational opportunities for all persons, regardless of socioeconomic status, religion, minority orientation, gender and ability, with full global and holistic approach and value. {[Increase the] literacy rate, [discontinue] gerrymandering attendance zones, [keeping] economically disadvantaged children of all races in the same schools as underachievers, [foster] safety in schools, [foster] parental involvement, blend all students (special education, regular) together to eliminate tracking].

ACTION PLAN

Create a diverse grassroots coalition to educate, empower and disseminate information

Effectively communicate and organize

Lobby the legislature for needed and timely change; school board for policy change

Draft legislation pertaining to all youth as far as education, criminal justice, employment, health, recreation and social and community issues [are concerned]

Encourage and support youth to organize themselves to speak for themselves and [their peers]

Build community involvement by having open forums throughout the community

Educate the Metro Council regarding the educational system and its issues

Environment, Health, Human Services

Pat Long, Kay Tillow, Roberta Hickman, Patricia Germany, Kate Lesak,

Leslie Barras, Polk Culpepper

VISION STATEMENT

We envision a city in which the basic necessities which establish and improve the quality of life are guaranteed to all, including but not limited to: clean air, soil and water; healthy and affordable food; affordable utilities and housing; equal and affordable health care; equal and affordable education and child care.

ACTION PLAN

Identify those who are obstacles to advancing a progressive agenda

Establish and implement a process of accountability that identifies those who are responsible for policy and procedures affecting people and our community and whether their actions result in positive or negative outcomes with respect to a progressive agenda

Organize a political movement to accomplish our vision statement

Secure a local initiative and referendum process

Secure a policy on “instant run offs” for primary and general elections

Accept only “Zero Discharge” (non polluting) industries and transportation vehicles

Emphasize green space protection and preventing suburban sprawl in any development plan, including economic development, home building, transportation, industry, schools and recreation

Educate the new Metro Council on the issues of concern to us, the People’s Agenda

Identify and maximize funding sources to implement the People’s Agenda (e.g., bonds, fees)

Secure passage of a local ordinance that holds corporations accountable on our issues

Organize a progressive alternate GLI

Establish alternative media

Housing

Darnell Farris, Cathy Hinko, Amanda Kreps-Long, Connie Crutcher

VISION STATEMENT

[We envision provisions of] housing for race or immigrant population, affordable/appropriate accessible housing, [housing policy] laws, codes, ordinances and blueprints whether new or existing, neighborhood investment by government and residents (reinvestment), urban industries and their affect on neighborhoods, government’s understanding of the importance of the urban core, public and government leadership in understanding and fostering neighborhood leaders and youth advocacy

ACTION PLAN

Residents should feel invested in their local neighborhood

Neighborhood identity

Affordable and quality, assisted housing in ALL areas of the county

General funds directed to construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing

Even distribution of section 8 housing throughout Jefferson County

Developed government strategy for racial desegregation (by policy makers, media, neighborhoods & faith-based organizations)

Living Wage establishment to combat child poverty and gain access to affordable housing

Develop strategies dealing with new family configurations

Housing type (ex: shared living areas)

ADA

Aesthetically pleasing housing types

Planning Commission and government policy for the NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Mandatory % of new affordable housing units in larger developments

Diverse and mixed-use developments

Property maintenance code that is uniform and strong for entire county

Need local government’s input and assistance on predatory lending practices

Government implementation of the Coalition for the Homeless “blueprint plan” (2002 just finished)

Factories in urban neighborhoods (who does government support, HOMEOWNERS or the FACTORIES?)

Public’s perception of RENTERS vs. HOMEOWNERS

Density vs. Sprawl

Public education (fostering new leadership and youth advocacy)

Workers’ Rights

Ira Grupper, Maria Price, Jesse Harris, Gary Best, Bill Pflantz, Kay Tillow, Tim Duncan

VISION STATEMENT

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ACTION PLAN

Maintain existing ordinances: worker protections, collective bargaining, prevailing wage, affirmative action, and RTO clause

Advance stronger legislation to promote worker rights and economic justice; living wage, resolution to oppose the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), succession clause (to oppose privatization)

Continue this forum to advance our progressive legislative agenda, adding more community advocates, neighborhood groups, refugee/immigrant rights groups and other progressive groups

Meet quarterly

Note: First two points may possibly constitute vision statement. TC

"The Peoples Agenda" Draft, Feb 5, 2011 - For Review And Revision

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People's Agenda February 5, 2011 DRAFT

Comments or revision suggestions can be submitted at the Peoples Agenda meetings (See invitation to Feb 13, 2011 meeting )

or to the People's Agenda email listserv at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peoplesagenda/

For background on the history, issues and evolution of this document, see the People's Agenda Archives at http://louisvillepeoplesagenda.blogspot.com/

For comparison, here is the original 2002 Peoples Agenda, version 1.0

DRAFT TEXT BELOW:

THE

PEOPLE’S

AGENDA

Another Community Is Possible: Heal, Restore, Transform

VISION STATEMENT

We, The Coalition for The People’s Agenda, look forward to the day when our governing bodies represent all the people of the community—particularly those individuals and groups that have been traditionally marginalized and historically underserved; when the culture in which we live, work, learn and play is socially and economically just; and when ALL peoples, regardless of age, color, disability, economic status, gender, national origin, religion or sexual orientation are treated with equality and fairness.

HISTORY

On August 24, 2002 at Quinn Chapel AME Church, an historic conference of more than 100 individuals from over 50 organizations worked together and developed The People’s Agenda. Since then, especially in the months and years immediately following, the Coalition has continued to work on refining the document and making plans for its implementation. On November 14, 2010, a group of individuals decided to revive and update The People’s Agenda in light of intervening events.

THE AGENDA

THE METRO GOVERNMENT SHALL TAKE THESE ACTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING

EIGHT AREAS:

CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION:

Maintain and strengthen current laws prohibiting discrimination

based on age, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion,

sexual orientation, and/or economic status.

GUARANTEE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES:

Maintain, strengthen, and enforce laws in employment and

awarding of contracts.

FUND CULTURAL PROGRAMS:

Provide tools and resources for traditionally under-funded com-

munity groups that use arts to build multicultural diversity. Dismant-

ling racism, bigotry, sexism and attitudes destructive to humanity can

be achieved with and through the arts.

COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE
- INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION:

Send direct mail notices—before registration closes—to every

household notifying residents of who will be on the ballot. Institute

same-day voter registration.

DIVERSIFY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:

Include a strong presence of youth, people of color, working-class

whites and other underrepresented groups to ensure diverse represen-

tation on government boards and commissions.

CONDUCT REGULAR PUBLIC FORUMS:

All branches of the Metro Government should sponsor public

forums—at times when working people can attend—where the public

can have input and get feedback, especially well in advance of major

city expenditures or policy changes.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CITIZEN PRO-

TECTION

FUND TREATMENT PROGRAMS:

Redirect spending priorities from incarceration to adequately

funded drug and mental health treatment programs, education and

grassroots economic development.

CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT:

Implement and fully fund a Conviction Integrity Unit (C.I.U.) in

the Commonwealth Attorney’s office to review all substantially ques-

tioned convictions, overturn those found to be in error, and free and

officially exonerate (expunge the alleged crimes from their records)

all those wrongly convicted.

CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD:

Implement and fully fund a Civilian Review Board and Office of

Independent Investigation to investigate charges of police misconduct,

brutality and use of deadly force.

END RACIAL PROFILING:

Prohibit racial profiling by police and other law enforcement of-

ficers.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COM-

MUNITY EMPOWERMENT

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF L G & E:

Actively seek local public ownership of L G & E.

SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS:

Set aside a portion of the city’s budget to build the capacity of

neighborhood organizations in ALL areas of the city.

CREATE JOBS:

Focus on attracting businesses that create jobs for residents of the

communities in which they are located. Develop government-

sponsored training programs for these jobs.

CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:

This group shall be made up of representatives from the 26 Metro

Council districts and play a key role in economic-development

decision-making.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
- ENCOURAGE YOUTH LEADERSHIP:

Provide resources to programs and organizations that youth can de-

velop and run themselves.

SUPPORT YOUTH PROGRAMS:

Consult youth groups to prioritize the funding of programs that

provide job training, employment opportunities, counseling, recrea-

tion and health services for youth.

PROVIDE STUDENT ASSISTANCE:

Ensure that all branch libraries are open every evening and provide

students with assistance such as tutoring, reading groups, and other ac-

tivities.

[a section is to be added including the phrases “equally excellent

schools” and “safe schools where no violence or bullying is

tolerated.”]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PUBLIC

HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES

IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

ORDINANCES:

Support STAR and REACT and secure passage of local ordinances

that hold corporations accountable for environmental protection and

worker health and safety.

HEALTH CARE:

Support single-payer health care—expanded and improved

Medicare for all. Health care is a human right.

IMPROVE AND EXPAND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM:

Develop policies that reduce dependence on more highways and

divert these resources to improve and expand public transportation.

PRESERVE GREEN SPACE:

Emphasize the prevention of sprawl in any development plan, in-

cluding sustainable economic development, home building, transporta-

tion, industry, schools and recreation.

HOUSING
- PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING:

Secure local, state and federal resources and change zoning regu-

lations to ensure affordable and quality housing in ALL areas of the

county.

SUPPORT THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

and implement a plan to eliminate homelessness in Metro

Louisville during the current mayor’s administration.

FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM:

Support an immediate local, state and national moratorium on

foreclosures on owner-occupied homes.

ELIMINATE PREDATORY LENDING:

Adopt measures that eliminate predatory lending by capping

interest rates.

WORKERS’ RIGHTS
- ORGANIZED LABOR:

Support the Employee Free Choice Act and resist any attempts to

make Louisville or Kentucky a “right-to-work” entity.

UNEMPLOYMENT:

Support unemployment benefits, and unemployed workers, at all

times, with adequate extensions in tough economic times.

EXPAND THE LIVING-WAGE ORDINANCE:

Create a specific, adequate wage level for all public employees and

employees of companies that receive significant tax breaks, public

subsidies and government contracts.

MAINTAIN WORKER PROTECTION LAWS AND POLICIES,

Including collective-bargaining guarantees, prevailing-wage poli-

cies, affirmative-action requirements, and Right to Organize clauses.

Discourage privatization of any public service.

Feb 13, 2011 - Next People's Agenda Meeting

2008-08-11T15:01:00.000-07:00

Hello again, everybody!

The Coalition for The People's Agenda, newly joined as a

founding convenor by the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist

and Political Repression (the Kentucky Alliance)--which also

led the fight in the Coalition's previous "incarnation," and out

of which the original People's Agenda in fact grew--will meet

again on

Sunday, February 13, 2011 at

3:00 p.m. at

The Braden Center,

3208 W. Broadway,

Louisville, KY, USA, 40211

[Map & Directions]

This will be our sixth meeting; the main result of our efforts

so far, a revised version of The People's Agenda which keeps

most of the amazing original document presented to the

newly-merged government in 2003 while expanding and some-

what revising it to reflect new realities, is [ BELOW and at THIS LINK ].

The idea behind reviving the Agenda now is that just as the city

was entering a new era when the city and county governments

were merged in 2003, it is entering a new era now as "Mayor

for Life" Jerry Abramson has finally moved on. We hope to

significantly influence the new Fischer administration through

our many proposals, grouped into the same eight issue areas

as in 2003--much remains undone in the ongoing effort to

prove that, "Another community is possible: heal, restore, transform."

We especially hope to positively influence the development of

the new administration's first budget, the creation of which

(as most of you know) really gets going soon. So, this meeting

will be an unusually important one. HOPE MANY OF YOU CAN

MAKE IT!!

In Solidarity and Peace,

Ike Thacker

People's Agenda February 5, 2011 DRAFT

Comments or revision suggestions can be submitted at the Peoples Agenda meetings or to the People's Agenda email listserv at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peoplesagenda/

THE

PEOPLE’S

AGENDA

Another Community Is Possible: Heal, Restore, Transform

VISION STATEMENT

HISTORY

THE AGENDA

THE METRO GOVERNMENT SHALL TAKE THESE ACTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING

EIGHT AREAS:

CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION:

Maintain and strengthen current laws prohibiting discrimination

based on age, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion,

sexual orientation, and/or economic status.

GUARANTEE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES:

Maintain, strengthen, and enforce laws in employment and

awarding of contracts.

FUND CULTURAL PROGRAMS:

Provide tools and resources for traditionally under-funded com-

munity groups that use arts to build multicultural diversity. Dismant-

ling racism, bigotry, sexism and attitudes destructive to humanity can

be achieved with and through the arts.

COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE
- INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION:

Send direct mail notices—before registration closes—to every

household notifying residents of who will be on the ballot. Institute

same-day voter registration.

DIVERSIFY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:

Include a strong presence of youth, people of color, working-class

whites and other underrepresented groups to ensure diverse represen-

tation on government boards and commissions.

CONDUCT REGULAR PUBLIC FORUMS:

All branches of the Metro Government should sponsor public

forums—at times when working people can attend—where the public

can have input and get feedback, especially well in advance of major

city expenditures or policy changes.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CITIZEN PRO-

TECTION

FUND TREATMENT PROGRAMS:

Redirect spending priorities from incarceration to adequately

funded drug and mental health treatment programs, education and

grassroots economic development.

CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT:

Implement and fully fund a Conviction Integrity Unit (C.I.U.) in

the Commonwealth Attorney’s office to review all substantially ques-

tioned convictions, overturn those found to be in error, and free and

officially exonerate (expunge the alleged crimes from their records)

all those wrongly convicted.

CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD:

Implement and fully fund a Civilian Review Board and Office of

Independent Investigation to investigate charges of police misconduct,

brutality and use of deadly force.

END RACIAL PROFILING:

Prohibit racial profiling by police and other law enforcement of-

ficers.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COM-

MUNITY EMPOWERMENT

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF L G & E:

Actively seek local public ownership of L G & E.

SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS:

Set aside a portion of the city’s budget to build the capacity of

neighborhood organizations in ALL areas of the city.

CREATE JOBS:

Focus on attracting businesses that create jobs for residents of the

communities in which they are located. Develop government-

sponsored training programs for these jobs.

CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:

This group shall be made up of representatives from the 26 Metro

Council districts and play a key role in economic-development

decision-making.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
- ENCOURAGE YOUTH LEADERSHIP:

Provide resources to programs and organizations that youth can de-

velop and run themselves.

SUPPORT YOUTH PROGRAMS:

Consult youth groups to prioritize the funding of programs that

provide job training, employment opportunities, counseling, recrea-

tion and health services for youth.

PROVIDE STUDENT ASSISTANCE:

Ensure that all branch libraries are open every evening and provide

students with assistance such as tutoring, reading groups, and other ac-

tivities.

[a section is to be added including the phrases “equally excellent

schools” and “safe schools where no violence or bullying is

tolerated.”]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PUBLIC

HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES

IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

ORDINANCES:

Support STAR and REACT and secure passage of local ordinances

that hold corporations accountable for environmental protection and

worker health and safety.

HEALTH CARE:

Support single-payer health care—expanded and improved

Medicare for all. Health care is a human right.

IMPROVE AND EXPAND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM:

Develop policies that reduce dependence on more highways and

divert these resources to improve and expand public transportation.

PRESERVE GREEN SPACE:

Emphasize the prevention of sprawl in any development plan, in-

cluding sustainable economic development, home building, transporta-

tion, industry, schools and recreation.

HOUSING
- PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING:

Secure local, state and federal resources and change zoning regu-

lations to ensure affordable and quality housing in ALL areas of the

county.

SUPPORT THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

and implement a plan to eliminate homelessness in Metro

Louisville during the current mayor’s administration.

FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM:

Support an immediate local, state and national moratorium on

foreclosures on owner-occupied homes.

ELIMINATE PREDATORY LENDING:

Adopt measures that eliminate predatory lending by capping

interest rates.

WORKERS’ RIGHTS
- ORGANIZED LABOR:

Support the Employee Free Choice Act and resist any attempts to

make Louisville or Kentucky a “right-to-work” entity.

UNEMPLOYMENT:

Support unemployment benefits, and unemployed workers, at all

times, with adequate extensions in tough economic times.

EXPAND THE LIVING-WAGE ORDINANCE:

Create a specific, adequate wage level for all public employees and

employees of companies that receive significant tax breaks, public

subsidies and government contracts.

MAINTAIN WORKER PROTECTION LAWS AND POLICIES,

Including collective-bargaining guarantees, prevailing-wage poli-

cies, affirmative-action requirements, and Right to Organize clauses.

Discourage privatization of any public service.

Reinvigorating the Coalition for The People's Agenda: Invitation to L.I.F.E. Meeting on 11/14/10:

2008-08-09T14:57:00.000-07:00

Hello, fellow fighters for social justice and equality!

This is just to let you know that a "daughter" organization of the Kentucky Alliance, Louisvillians In Favor of Equality (L.I.F.E.), will be holding a meeting this Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2:00 p.m. at the Braden Center, 3208 WEST BROADWAY, Louisville, KY, USA

This meeting will focus, among other items, on two things of note:

(1) It will try to begin the process of reinvigorating the old Coalition for The People's Agenda, and somewhat "updating" that People's Agenda itself to include advocacy for single-payer health care---truly the equivalent of the civil rights movement for the early 21st Century--and, more locally, advocacy for public ownership of L G & E. The original People's Agenda was presented to Mayor Abramson at the inception of merged Louisville Metro government in early 2003; this time we hope to present it to new Mayor Greg Fischer (well) before he presents his first budget to the Metro Council and effectively begins the post-Abramson era---after 21 years!

(2) It will try to familiarize attendees with the "old" Coalition for The People's Agenda, along with the way the Agenda and the true COALITION for it were created under the Kentucky Alliance's leadership.

The active participation of you and your organization is crucial to the success of this venture; hope MANY of you can make it!

In Solidarity and Peace,

Ike Thacker

POSTPONED: 9/19/09: Invitation to Revisit and Revive a Beautiful Vision: The Coalition for the People's Agenda !!

2008-08-07T13:27:00.000-07:00

CONVENING POSTPONED:

Dear Members of the Social Justice Community,

Due to a scheduling conflict, the reconvening meeting of the Coalition for The People's Agenda scheduled for this Saturday, September 19, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Central Presbyterian Church (4th/Kentucky) has been POSTPONED to a later date and time.

The Midwest Regional Meeting of the CCDS, of course, is still to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the same day and at the same place. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL TO ATTEND THIS MEETING!

The Coalition for the People's Agenda meeting will be RESCHEDULED soon, and we will be in contact with you about it. SORRY for any inconvenience this may have caused, and we truly look forward to seeing MANY of you at the (rescheduled) meeting.

In Solidarity,

Eddie Davis,

Ike Thacker and

the committee to reconvene the Coalition

(jdsegal@earthlink. net)

ORIGINAL INVITATION:

Hello All,

The Midwest Regional conference of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) is being held in Louisville in the Forum Room at the Central Presbyterian Church (4th/Kentucky) from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2009.

Following that meeting (after enough time to grab a bite to eat) will be a reconvening meeting of the old Coalition for the People's Agenda, with which many of you are very familiar.

Several years ago, that Coalition for The People's Agenda flourished (especially from 2002-2005) in Louisville. It claimed, profoundly, that, "Another Community Is Possible: Heal, Restore, Transform;" and had as its Vision Statement the following:

"We, The Coalition for The People's Agenda, look forward to the day when our governing bodies represent all the people of the community--particul arly those individuals and groups that have been traditionally marginalized and historically underserved; when the culture in which we live, work, learn and play is socially and economically just; and when ALL peoples, regardless of age, color, disability, economic status, gender, national origin, religion or sexual orientation are treated with equality and fairness."

If you were one of those who supported the Coalition for The People's Agenda and its call for specific actions in eight issue areas

(Civil and Human Rights;

Community Governance;

Criminal Justice System and Citizen Protection;

Economic Development through Community

Empowerment;

Education and Youth Empowerment;

Environmental Protection, Public Health, and

Human Services;

Housing; and

Workers' Rights),

or just believe that the Coalition's call for another, better community and its Vision Statement and more specific proposals make sense today, please come to both the CCDS Regional conference and the meeting of the Coalition in the Forum Room of the

Central Presbyterian Church at

4th and Kentucky Streets from

5:30-6:30 p.m. on

Saturday, September 19.

HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE !!!

In Solidarity,

Eddie Davis

Ike Thacker
and the committee to reconvene the Coalition

(jdsegal@earthlink. net)

ike5775

People's Agenda - Partial List of Participating Organizations

2007-11-13T10:26:00.000-08:00

A Phillip Randolph Institute
ACLU of Kentucky
Adena Institute
AFSCME Local 2629
Bioneers Louisville
Bioneers Ohio Valley
Church of the Epiphany Social Responsibility Committee
Citizens Against Police Abuse (CAPA)
Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation
Communicas
Community Communications Working Group
Community Farm Alliance
Community and Parents for Equitable Equality Education (CPEEE)
Fairness Campaign
H.O.O.K. (Helping Our Own Kids)
Jobs With Justice of Kentucky
Justice Resource Center
Kentuckiana Interfaith Community Racial Justice Committee
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Kentucky African American Political Coalition
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Kentucky Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Kentucky Committees of Correspondence
Kentucky Resources Council
Kentucky Youth Advocates
Louisville Cable Action
Louisville and Jefferson County NAACP
L.I.F.E. - Louisvillians In Favor of Equality
Masterminds
NAACP Voter Empowerment Project
NAACP Youth Council
New Grassroots
Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
Open Journalism Initiative
Parents Involved in Education (P.I.E.)
PRIDE, Inc.
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition of Kentucky
Reproductive Freedom Project of ACLU
State of Black Youth Group
Sustainable Agriculture Louisville
Sustainable Business and Community Networks
Sustainable Louisville
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 227
West Broadway United Methodist Center
West Louisville Improvement Association
Women in Transition
Yearlings Club

Fourth meeting of the Coalition for The People's Agenda "fourthcoming" Sunday, January 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Braden Center

2007-08-10T20:27:00.000-07:00

Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 9:50 AM

Hello, folks!

This is to let you know, with a fair amount of lead time for a change, that the

Coalition for The People's Agenda will be having a meeting, its fourth in recent

months, at

The Braden Center,

3208 West Broadway, at

3:00 p.m. on

Sunday, January 9 .

At our last meeting, we did some of the little updating that we thought was

called for in light of events since 2006 or so, to a document (an unchanged

version of which is in an ATTACHED pdf file) that is in its essence brilliantly

timeless. Copies of the "new" version, as well as Xeroxed and folded copies

of the original for those who still need them, will be distributed at the meeting;

and we will plan our next steps as we aim for a presentation of The People's

Agenda to the new mayor and Metro Council well before the first budget of

the new administration comes out in April/May.

Hope many of you can make this "meeting of the minds" as we continue the

process of "Heal, Restore, Transform" into a just, equitable community inclusive of

EVERYONE!!

In Solidarity and Peace,

Ike Thacker

502.384.3875

"Regional Stewardship" and the "Campaign for Greater Louisville"

2006-11-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

This page focuses on providing access to the voluminous literature on consolidation of regional governments and associated power structure transformations. Unfortunately, much of the initial research in these areas associated with the People's Agenda archives has been lost, but attempts will be made to add materials here over time.

In Louisville, merger efforts dating back to the middle of the twentieth century led to the decades long, massively funded corporate "Campaign for Greater Louisville" which culminated in passage of the merger referendum in 2000. With the exception of Kansas City in 1997, no first class city mergers had succeed in the US for nearly thirty years. The Louisville merger consolidation campaign failures in the late seventies and early eighties led to several decades of metropolitan governance under a variety of "work around" deals. Efforts to coordinate regional services and power brokering led to the growth of numerous quasi-public and public-private agreements and agencies, such as the City-County Compact and "Greater Louisville Incorporated" (GLI), which functionally (and in some cases physically) merged the Chamber of Commerce into local government policy agencies as the contractor in charge of most regional economic development activities. The City-County compact provided a framework for agencies to work across boundaries, and GLI allowed the Chamber of Commerce to effectively take over many of the economic development functions of local government. GLI arranged for half of the mayor's salary to be paid from private funds in the years leading up to merger, and under the slogan of "unity," the newly consolidated government established a "strong mayor - weak council" form of governance, ensuring that one leader and one public sector agenda would prevail.

The success of the Louisville campaign led to an ongoing effort to extend the "Louisville Merger Model" to urban areas across the country, backed through the local and national Chamber of Commerce and the Alliance for Regional Stewardship. "Regional Stewardship" is the new euphemism for these government mergers that consolidate and centralize power in line with the "strong mayor-weak council" corporate led model developed in Louisville.. While there is a long history of attempts to centralize control over people in urban and regional systems, the "Regional Stewardship" approach goes beyond the historic rationales of "efficiency" and "tax equalization" to justify mergers in terms of servicing globalization regimes, rationalized in terms of the need to "compete globally" by conforming to the requirements of trade harmonization, global industrialization zones, and corporate demands for tax giveaways, workforce training, wage competition, deregulation, reduced corporate reporting, and so on.

Contesting this "consolidation" approach are disparate groupings of critics and movements;

The advocates of federated local governments through "metropolitan governance," such as Savitch, Vogel and Owens;
The "New Localism" sustainability and bio-regionalism movements advanced by the Institute for Local Self Reliance, the Rocky Mountain Institute, the North American Bio-Regional Congress, and others;
"Bottom up" local direct democracy and confederal approaches of "municipal libertarianism" developed through social ecology and the "sustainable neighborhood economic development councils" proposed though never fully elaborated by the working groups of the People's Agenda.

Below are links to some of the sources and literature.

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People's Agenda Site Navigation & Links

2005-08-01T16:24:00.000-07:00

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Welcome to the Web Archive for the Louisville People's Agenda

The People's Agenda, January 9, 2003 - Call for Metro Government Action:

Louisville People's Agenda Draft 1.0, August 24, 2002

"The Peoples Agenda" Draft, Feb 5, 2011 - For Review And Revision

Feb 13, 2011 - Next People's Agenda Meeting

Reinvigorating the Coalition for The People's Agenda: Invitation to L.I.F.E. Meeting on 11/14/10:

POSTPONED: 9/19/09: Invitation to Revisit and Revive a Beautiful Vision: The Coalition for the People's Agenda !!

People's Agenda - Partial List of Participating Organizations

Fourth meeting of the Coalition for The People's Agenda "fourthcoming" Sunday, January 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Braden Center

"Regional Stewardship" and the "Campaign for Greater Louisville"

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