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Events and More for Metro Louisville - May 2014

Affirming Connections between Planet, People, Power and Possibilities

May 2014 Table of Contents - Click to Jump to the Listing
Sunday the 4th * Louisville TimeBank Potluck Dinner
Tuesday the 6th * Peace Ed's Family Fun Night: A Give Local Louisville Celebration
Wednesday the 7th * Louisville Sustainability Forum: Community Farm Alliance
Saturday the 10th * Keystone XL "Pledge of Resistance" Training in Loretto
Tuesday the 13th * Sacred Earth, Sacred Self - Festival of Faiths
Thursday the 15th * Compassionate Louisville Town Hall Meeting
Thursday the 15th * NC3's Network Night - Community Dinner
Thursday the 15th, 22nd and 29th * The Spring & The Stream of Compassion
Friday the 16th * Soulful Sundown at Thomas Jefferson
Sunday the 18th * Power of Music Project Concert with kRi and Hettie
Tuesday the 20th * Sierra Club Presents: The Olmsted Parks of Louisville
Thursday the 22 * Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light's Annual Awards Dinner
Sunday the 25th * Sunday Serve Us with Mark, kRi and Hettie!
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Sunday, May 4 * 6pm - 8:30pm
Louisville TimeBank Potluck
Highland Community Campus 1228 E Breckinridge, 40204

Potlucks are a big part of the TimeBank community.
We come together to share food, fun and build community all at the same time.
Members get to know each other,
and people who are not members can learn a bit about timebanking
from chatting with our members at the potluck.
Many exchanges get set up at our potlucks too!

RSVP here, and tell us what food you are bringing.
1 item is generally considered to be around 12 portions.

Parking is in the lot behind the building off of Barrett.

For Louisville TimeBank members, in addition to bringing your dish,
there are jobs for time credits listed as well to sign up for--
from set up to kids activities. Looking forward to seeing you!.

Timebank

 

 



Tuesday, May 6 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Peace Education Program's
Family Fun Night 
Central Presbyterian Church, 318 West Kentucky Street
 
Cooperative Games!  Inspiring Stories!  Supporting Peace Ed!

In conjunction with Give Local Louisville, families from throughout the area are invited to join Peace Ed in a celebration of our community's commitment to nonviolence and peacemaking from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Central Presbyterian Church (318 West Kentucky Street). There you can have fun participating in cooperative games, hear from local peacemakers and support Peace Ed's participation in Give Local Louisville.

"Plan on having a fun time playing games like 'Alien Slime' or 'Giants, Wizards and Elves' and being inspired by some of our community's amazing peacemakers - all while celebrating Give Local Louisville day!" says Peace Ed Director Eileen Blanton.


The Community Foundation of Louisville is hosting Give Local Louisville to kick off its celebration of thirty years in our community. This 24-hour online "Give Day" will support almost 200 local organizations doing great work in our own backyard including Peace Education Program.

Link to Peace Ed on Give Local Louisville (active only May 6th)

 
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Louisville Sustainability Forum
Wednesday, May 7th, 12 - 1:45 pm
Passionist Earth and Spirit Center
(located behind St Agnes Church at 1920 Newburg Road)


Featured Presentation 
Community Farm Alliance Heather Hyden, Organizer

Since 1985 Community Farm Alliance has been building positive relationships between farmers, consumers, legislators, and communities. CFA organizes and encourages cooperation among rural and urban citizens, through leadership development and grassroots democratic processes, to ensure an essential, prosperous place for family-scale agriculture in our economies and communities.

CFA envisions a food and fiber system for Kentucky that provides safe, adequate, and nutritious food for human consumption in a manner that is socially, economically and ecologically sustainable and is a vital component of the state's economy.

Shorter Presentations
Grassroots Radio and Sustainability
Ruth Newman, Member of FORward Radio Louisville Working Group

Urban Growers Cooperative
Lilias Pettit-Scott, Assistant Director

Now in its seventh year, the purposes of the Louisville Sustainability Forum are:
1.We hold and promote the intention of sustainability for Louisville.
2. We establish and nourish relationships that strengthen
community and create change.
3. We create a space for discussion that inspires, motivates and deepens
our ability to catalyze social change.

Food & drink:
Heine Bros. provides us with Heine Bros. coffee.  Feel free to bring a bag lunch. If you'd like to prepare extra food or drink to share with others, that is always welcome!

 



Join us for this bonus round of training to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Saturday, May 10, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Activist Training in Louisville
Sisters of Loretto Mother House
515 Nerinx Rd. Nerinx, KY 40049-9999

You are invited to join the Pledge of Resistance (Credo Action, Rainforest Action Network, and The Other 98%) in taking action against the tar sands carbon bomb known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. 

Join with over 90,000 people nationwide who have signed a pledge to engage, if necessary, in peaceful civil disobedience at over 100 actions should the State Department approve the pipeline.

Join with more than 50 other local citizens who have already participated in this powerful and inspiring training!

This training is required if you do want to risk arrest or
to fill any non-arrestable role in a Louisville Pledge of Resistance action.
There is a role for everyone who wants to participate,
whether risking arrest or not.

We are building a community!

To sign up, or if you're just curious, please Email bdrewf@yahoo.com.
For more information on the national level,
or to sign the pledge, go to nokxl.org.



Tuesday, May 13 - Sunday, May 18
Sacred Earth, Sacred Self - Festival of Faiths
Actors Theater of Louisville
316 West main Street

The May 2014 Festival of Faiths, Sacred Earth Sacred Self, will explore the sacred relationships we have with ourselves, each other, and all life on earth. The Festival will celebrate compassion, kindness, devotion, and love and will reveal how through intentional living we can re-imagine a future where we of many faith traditions and cultures live our individual and shared values, while lifting up the sacredness and
interconnectedness of all life on earth.

Earth is sacred, as are the people of Earth. Earth and Self came forth from the same Sacred Source and have been united through a reciprocal relationship with each other. In our unity, we share a common fate. Human health, physically and spiritually, depends upon a healthy ecosphere, and this in turn depends upon the kind of relationship that we as sentient human beings create with Earth and all the life that it sustains.

The full Festival schedule is available online www.festivaloffaiths.org.
Tickets are available through Actors Theatre of Louisville box office
502-584-1205 or 800-428-5849.
 

Thursday, May 15, Noon
Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville - Town Hall Meeting
Academy @ Shawnee  4018 West Market Street

Compassionate Town Hall Meetings are Open to the Full Community!
Come Join Us and Bring a Friend!

Through intention and social innovation, Compassionate Louisville creates
and celebrates a community and world becoming more and more compassionate.

The mission of the Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville is to champion and
nurture the growth of compassion.

We ask: 'What does compassion want for Louisville?'
 



Thursday, May 15, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Network Night
Catholic Enrichment Center
3146 W Broadway St

* Experience the energy of the Network with:
"New and Good" and "Partner Shout Outs"
* Connect with your Neighbors
* Network with Opportunities
* Share a Family Dinner
* Make Change In Your Community

Click Below For the Network Center for Community Change's
Website  or Facebook Page


 

            

Thursdays, May 15, 22, 29 from 6:00pm-7:30pm
The Spring & The Stream of Compassion:
The Wisdom of Thomas Merton & Pema Chodron
Facilitator: Vanessa Hurst
at Brescia Hall, 3105 Lexington Road

Within each of us is a spring that is filled with desire to share compassion with our self and others.
Explore the spirit of the heart, to cause no harm; the will of the heart,
to alleviate suffering; and the feeling of the heart, to accept life as it is.

Experiences focus on nurturing the spring of your compassion within yourself and
sharing your stream of compassion with others.

Cost: $45 for entire series

To register: 

            

Friday, May 16, 7:00pm
Soulful Sundown

Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, 4936 Brownsboro Road
Celebrating the Sacred in Our Lives

Who: Soulful Sundown is for anyone who values a free and liberal spirituality.
All ages are welcome to take part.

What: An open and contemplative spiritual gathering, featuring music,
meditation and an experiential reflection.


When: Save the date and join your friends on Friday, May 16 at 7:00 PM.

Where: Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church

More to Know: Our theme will be "May We Be Mindful".

The gathering will be followed by beverages and desserts at 7:45 PM.
Please bring a dessert to share and
invite any friends who may enjoy this gathering.

Need childcare? The nursery will be open by request.
Please send an email request to the church.
RSVP on Facebook

 
Sunday, May 18 at 5 pm
The Power of Music Project presents a Celebration Concert
Music Saved My Life starring
10 Emerging Regional Teenage Singer Songwriters
and featuring kRi and Hettie
Headliners Music Hall

The 10 young singer songwriters of The Power of Music Project (POMP) have been working hard and have a lot to sing about! Come hear the regions next generation of singer songwriters sharing original songs from their hearts and guts. Everyone is invited to come to this all ages celebration concert at Headliners Music Hall featuring POMP mentors kRi and Hettie on Sunday, May 18 at 5 pm.

Sponsored by 91.9 WFPK Radio Louisville and Whole Foods Market
with support from Headliners Music Hall and Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church

General Admission Tickets are available online here

Golden VIP Supporter Tickets here

the power of music project
the power of music project
"music saved my life."

 

Tuesday, May 20
Greater Louisville Sierra Club
Chris Bidwell and Susan Wilson
on The Olmsted Parks of Louisville: A Botanical Field Guide
at the Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street

Please join us Tuesday, May 20, as we welcome Chris Bidwell and Susan Wilson in an
engaging and informative presentation on local botany from the photographers of the recently
published book, The Olmsted Parks of Louisville: A Botanical Field Guide published by the
University Press of Kentucky.  Chris and Susan have beautifully documented local trees,
herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines and will share their photos and observations of
our scenic parks and surrounding areas.

The Olmsted Parks of Louisville by author Patricia Haragan is the first such manual for
the nearly 1,900 acres that comprise Cherokee, Seneca, Iroquois, Shawnee, and Chickasaw Parks.
This field guide includes not only beautiful photographs, but detailed maps as well as ecological
and historical information about each park. Copies of the book will be available for sell during this meeting,
with a portion of the proceeds going to our local Sierra Club group.

Our program, at the Clifton Center, begins at 7:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.



Thursday, May 22
Doors Open at 6:00 pm, Program at 6:30 pm

2014 KIPL Annual Dinner
Planting Hope, Harvesting Love with Fr. Charles Morris
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 2000 Douglass Blvd

Join Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light for "Planting Hope, Harvesting Love", their Annual Dinner and Kippie awards presentation featuring environmental activist and educator Fr. Charles Morris of Michigan Interfaith Power & Light.  His work of creation care has been featured in the New York Times, CBS News, the Sierra Club Magazine and many more.  The event will feature a healthy, local and organic meal by Farm to Fork Catering, a caring community and inspiring songs by local musicians.

Cost is $25 per person and reservations are required.

KIPL
Click here for more information and to register or
email info@kentuckyipl.org and
mail a check to KIPL, POB 5084, Louisville, KY 40255.

  

Sunday, May 25 at 11:05 am
Sunday Serve Us
with Mark Steiner, Kri and Hettie
  
Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church
2231 Payne Street

Mark, KRi and Hettie are delighted to be back at Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church for this Sunday morning program featuring song, story and a general sense of celebration!

Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church is a progressive religious community with a diverse membership that welcomes folks of all backgrounds, beliefs, and lifestyles.  Ours is not a dogmatic, but a pragmatic faith. We may not share the same ideas, but we do share a common way of relating to others and our world that includes justice, compassion, kindness, and respect. It is in this spirit of open-heartedness and open-mindedness that we eagerly open our doors to you.

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