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KCADP Takes Big Steps: Strategic Planning and Hosting the National Conference Print E-mail
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 1:51 pm

KCADP’s Next Big Step Campaign is off to a strong start having raised nearly 70% of its fundraising goal, hired Don Vish as its capable Director, and recruited a diverse group of new volunteers and interns.


Over the last few weekends KCADP Board members joined volunteers, members, staff and cooperating organizations to engage in a strategic planning process that identified our core values as a coalition and ended with specific goals and concrete objectives to further this important work in Kentucky. The final plan will soon be presented to the full Board for approval.


All of this hard work is in anticipation of the annual conference for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP), taking place here in the bluegrass state from January 14-17th, 2010. The Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville will be the host location for the conference.


Last year’s conference brought together hundreds of advocates from across the country. Participants were able to choose workshops facilitated by such groups as Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, Witness to Innocence (an advocacy group comprised of individuals exonerated from death row), and Death Penalty Information Center, to name just a few.


The conference recognized the great accomplishments of the previous years and hosted keynote speeches from advocates like Sister Helen Prejean. More information on the 2010 conference will be available soon.


If you are interested in helping out with the conference or volunteering for other opportunities to abolish the death penalty in Kentucky please contact Kate Miller at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
Join KY author Wendell Berry on YouTube – tell the world why you are opposed to the death penalty Print E-mail
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 1:45 pm
The Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (KCADP) is putting the death
penalty on trial in Kentucky and is inviting all Kentuckians to testify on video. As a active partner in the coalition, the ACLU of Kentucky is extending that invitation to our members.  Become a witness by allowing KCADP to record your reasons for opposing the death penalty.

You can view several completed videos at www.YouTube.com/kcadp including the elegant prose of Wendell Berry who states “I don’t believe that mere humans have the mental or moral capacity to decide rightfully, let alone infallibly, that another human should be killed.”

Video participants include Sister Chris Beckett who served as the chaplain on
Eddyville's death row for many years.  There is testimony from family members of murder victims and from the director of a social service agency who was present when her godchild asked the Governor to spare his father’s life.

Ultimately, the majority of Kentuckians that have an opinion on the death penalty are not individuals who have had direct experiences with capital punishment; it is everyday people like you and me. It is imperative that we get a critical mass of videos in order for them to be effective tools for lobbying and educational efforts.

Please consider allowing KCADP to "put you on the stand" by posting a short video detailing your personal reasons for opposing this ill-informed public policy.  You can make your own video (under 3 minutes, please) and send it to KCADP for editing, or you can write to set up an appointment and we’ll shoot the video for you.  Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to book your time slot today.
 
Georgetown Community Meeting on Voting Rights Print E-mail
Monday, May 18, 2009, 12:53 pm

Please join the ACLU of Kentucky and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth for a meeting on voting rights, May 27th at 7pm in the Scott County Public Library located at 104 Bradford Lane, Georgetown, Ky.

Kentucky is one of two states with the most restrictive felony disenfranchisement  laws in the nation. Anyone convicted of a felony in Kentucky permanently loses his or her right to vote. The Kentucky Constitution currently disenfranchises almost 190,000 people, the majority of which have served their time and have become full participants in society. Voting Rights may only be restored through an executive pardon by the governor, a complicated and discretionary process.

There is proposed legislation that would amend the Ky Constitution to restore voting rights to the Kentuckians with felony convictions who have completed their sentences and are no longer on probation and/or parole. In the last legislative session, HB 70 passed out of the house with an overwhelming  bipartisan majority, only to be denied a hearing in the Senate State and Local Government Committee, chaired by Senator Damon Thayer. 

Senator Thayer explained it was up to his constituents to let him know where they stand on this issue. If you live in the area please attend and bring your friends and family. This will give us an opportunity to strategize and organize with your community.

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If you would like to work on this issue in a different capacity or in your area please contact Kate Miller at 502-581-9746 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

 
 
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