Interfaith leaders in Louisville met Thursday at the Americana Community Center to voice support for legislation to fix DACA, the Obama-era directive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. http://wfpl.org/interfaith-leaders-gather-in-louisville-in-support-of-a-daca-fix/
Last week, a new immigration law was introduced that would fundamentally change our immigration system and ignore the reality that the types of Immigrants it aims to exclude have been [...]
Louisville Metro Council members and other local officials spoke Sunday at Jefferson Square Park to show solidarity with the victims of Saturday's violence in Charlottesville. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/08/13/104527842/563079001/
Muslims from all over the country gathered in Louisville Wednesday for a conversation about what they call Islamophobia. The event took place at the Louisville Islamic Center on River Road. [...]
A gray Honda pulls up on the corner at Fourth and Chestnut and stops at the traffic light. A few people walk up to the left side of the car. [...]
Portia Wright, a Jefferson County teacher, could hardly believe it had been a year since the passing of three-time heavyweight boxing champion, activist and ‘The Greatest,’ Muhammad Ali. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/boxing/muhammad-ali/2017/06/03/ali-memorial-service/360219001/
Dr. Michelle Elisburg of Floyds Knobs, Indiana, was in Louisville Sunday to send a message to those who've been terrorizing the Jewish people with bomb threats and other forms of [...]
After his travel ban sparked protests in Louisville and elsewhere before being blocked by a federal judge, President Donald Trump on Monday issued a new, narrower order to temporarily halt [...]
Louisville, Kentucky, is the nation’s fastest warming “urban heat island.” Local temperatures in the center of this city of 600,000* are significantly warmer than in surrounding rural areas http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2017/02/louisville-is-beating-the-heat-with-spirituality/515880/
A local Muslim American group held a thank you event to share their gratitude to the community. In light the controversial travel ban, people from various faiths and walks of [...]