Day 30 of 30 Days of Compassion: Become Part of Louisville TimeBank

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Become Part of Louisville TimeBank

http://louisville.timebanks.org/

The Louisville TimeBank was started in 2012 with three main goals:

• Strengthen the fabric of our community. Networks are stronger than individuals.
• Serve people and give a means to serve. 
• Establish new relationships and meet real needs of our community members.

We are all assets and recognize that each person has talents to share, and that the overall community is strengthened when neighbors help one another. For every hour that you help meet the needs of another member, you earn a time dollar for the exchange. This time dollar can then be redeemed for services from others, and the cycle of  reciprocity continutes! The TimeBank as of June 2012 has 70 members and has a wide range of talents. We can't wait to meet you and help you to start exchanging time! 

So What is TimeBanking? 

Time dollars are a type of community currency that anyone can earn by using their time, evergy, skills, and talents to help others. Members trade all types of every day services, including gardening, minor home repair, transportation, computer maintenance, tutoring, etc. Services may vary widely depending on the skills, talents, and abilities of the current members. Time Banking welcomes all to participate, including youth and the elderly.

Day 29 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about Louisville's Metropolitan Housing Coalition

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Learn about Louisville's Metropolitan Housing Coalition

http://metropolitanhousing.org/

The Metropolitan Housing Coalition has worked tirelessly for over 20 years on behalf of fair, decent and affordable housing in the Louisville metropolitan region. MHC is a private, non-profit organization supported by over 300 individuals and  organizations as coalition members that believe safe, decent housing is a basic human right. We advocate for sound housing policies–in our region and nationally–via research, community education and collaboration-building. We invite you to learn more about who we are, the work we do, current issues in housing, and how you can get involved.

Day 28 of 30 Days of Compassion: Journey Into Compassion Study Series

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Engage with the Journey Into Compassion Study Series from the Peace and Justice Division of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky

http://peace-justice.episcopalky.org/compassion/study-series.html

This is a study series on compassion using the book Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life by Nouwen, McNeill and Morrison.  The series is divided into six, one hour sessions, making it fitting for a Lenten study series.  The sessions are designed for small groups using ritual and structured sharing. The goal is to deepen our practice of compassion toward one another and the world.

We have included a Facilitators Notes Guide to support and encourage individuals with varying experiences in small group facilitation.  Please read the before starting the study series.  To aide in your success it is suggested that there be two co-facilitators for each group.  

Each of  the six sessions are supported by Session Guides and Participant Handouts

Session Guidesare meant to be used by the facilitators and include, in blue, further notes for the facilitators use in managing the session.  Participant Handouts are for group members to assist them in the worship segments. Occassionally sessions have additional handout with futther resources. All materials hare been prepared and are ready for printing. For those who are able to connect to the internet, links to have been included when additional resources are suggested. 

Day 26 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about Jewish Family and Career Services

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Learn about Louisville's Jewish Family and Career Services

http://www.jfcslouisville.org/

We are a non-profit comprehensive human services organization in Louisville, Kentucky founded in 1908, serving the entire community with programs focusing on:

• Adoption Services
• Career Management
• College Advisement
• Counseling and Group Workshops
• Klein Older Adult Services
• Multicultural Programming

We help people identify their strengths and provide them with the tools to manage the challenges of their daily life.
People from diverse backgrounds, each with a different personal need come to our “village” seeking support and fulfillment. At JFCS, we welcome them all, because their needs are human needs that transcend race, religion, ethnic origin, age and gender.

Day 25 of 30 Days of Compassion: Explore the Center for Action & Contemplation

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Learn About Franciscan Richard Rohr's Center for Action and Contemplation

https://cacradicalgrace.org/

Mission & Vision

Our Vision

The Center for Action and Contemplation supports a new reformation—from the inside—
~ In the spirit of a Cosmic Christ
~ Confirming people's deeper spiritual intuitions
~ Encouraging actions of justice rooted in prayer
~ With a new appreciation for, and cooperation with,
other denominations, religions, and cultures

Our Mission
“We are a center for experiential education, rooted in the Gospels, encouraging the transformation of human consciousness through contemplation, and equipping people to be instruments of peaceful change in the world.”

The Eight Core Principles of the Center for Action and Contemplation

1. The teaching of Jesus is our central reference point.
2. We need a contemplative mind in order to do compassionate action.
3. The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better. Oppositional energy only creates more of the same.
4. Practical truth is more likely found at the bottom and the edges than at the top or the center of most groups, institutions, and cultures.
5. We will support true authority, the ability to "author" life in others, regardless of the group.
6. Life is about discovering the right questions more than having the right answers.

7. True religion leads us to an experience of our True Self and undermines my false self.

8. We do not think ourselves into a new way of living, but we live ourselves into a new way of thinking.

Day 24 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about Artists for Trauma

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Learn about Artists for Trauma

http://artistsfortrauma.org/index.html

Artists For Trauma (AFT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of both civilian and military trauma survivors by pairing recovering patients with established artists from various disciplines.

The organization aims to expedite recovery through artistic expression and human connection, providing a creative portal to help patients process complex emotions, regain confidence and build self-acceptance after suffering a traumatic experience.

Founded by trauma survivor Laura Sharpe, AFT was inspired by her personal journey to recovery, in which Sharpe connected with the world of art as a source of healing from her near-mortal wounds.
AFT reveals and shares the blueprint of Sharpe's astonishing recovery to help other Level-1 trauma survivors positively reconnect with themselves, their families and their communities.

Day 23 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about Louisville's Earth and Spirit Center

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Learn about Louisville's Passionist Earth and Spirit Center

http://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/

Mission and Vision

Our Conviction

The Passionist Earth & Spirit Center is established in the conviction that Earth and all of its inhabitants are sacred.

Our Vision

Our vision is to cultivate a place and promote an ethic of life which acknowledges the Earth to be a single sacred community.

Our Mission

Our mission is to inspire, educate and mobilize religious institutions and people of faith to assume an active role in caring for God’s creation, embracing Gospel justice and nurturing spiritual wisdom.

Our Strategy

We accomplish this through various programs and projects:

• Spiritual Formation

Spiritual formation practices purify the mind, open the heart and connect us to the Divine Presence that permeates all reality.

• Transformative Learning

Transformative learning opportunities explore our inter-connectedness to the Earth and all its creatures.

• Community Outreach and Action

Community outreach and action provide authentic ways to take responsibility for the Earth and strive to live in harmony within our bioregion. 

Day 22 of 30 Days of Compassion: Discover "Peace Catalyst International"

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Discover "Peace Catalyst International"

http://peace-catalyst.net/

Peace Catalyst exists to stimulate peacemaking between individuals and between peoples. In a world rife with conflict, we promote multi-dimensional reconciliation (with God, people, and creation). Two of the greatest areas of conflict in the world today are between Christians and Muslims and between the West and the Muslim world. Thus, we give special priority to these relationships.

Check out the many ways you can join us in the grand task of reconciliation! We will train you, help you to engage in practical peacemaking, and facilitate your peacemaking vision.

Day 21 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about the international "Peace Postcards Program"

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Learn about the international "Peace Postcards Program" which has gather over 10,000 postcards containing visions of peace from children in 25 different countries.

http://www.peacepostcards.org/

Peace Postcards is a public art project that invites people of all ages and talents to express their vision of peace and share it with the world in the POSTCARD GALLERY on this web site and in traveling exhibits. The goal of Peace Postcards is to encourage people to think about peace and what it means for the future of the world.

Peace Postcards is a program of Interfaith Paths to Peace, a not-for-profit organization and NGO in Louisville, Kentucky, whose mission is to foster peace by increasing interfaith understanding.  Interfaith Paths to Peace works to make our community, the nation, and the world more peaceful by bringing people of different religions together through programs and events that promote inter-religious understanding.

HISTORY

Peace Postcards was founded by Allan Weiss in December, 2008.  Allan’s interest in art, and (particularly in art by untrained hands), along with the philosophical guidance of his parents inspired him to start Peace Postcards. At a young age, Allan’s parents taught him that each of us has an obligation to help heal the world.

To date Peace Postcards has received more than 10,000 Peace Postcards from the United States and from 17 other nations.    Peace Postcards have been shown in exhibits at:  Honkawa Elementary School Museum, Hiroshima Peace Park, Japan and at many locations in Louisville, Kentucky including The Muhammad Ali Center, Pyro Gallery, University of Louisville’s Ekstrom Library, Louisville International Airport’s Pegasus Gallery and, Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church.

HOW IT WORKS

The program is simple, direct, and we hope aids each of us to see our own vision of peace.  The only parameter for the artwork on a peace postcard is one’s imagination.  Use the back of the card as a canvass to draw, paint, sketch, make a collage, write or do whatever you want on the postcard to show your vision of peace and what peace means to you.  Mail or email the card to us and we will display it in the Postcard Gallery. Some of the cards will be shown in exhibitions of Peace Postcards.
Anyone interested can participate.

Day 21 of 30 Days of Peace: Celebrate today as International Day of Peace

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Celebrate tomorrow as International Day of Peace

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

Towards the ideals of peace

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.

Sustainable Peace...

This year, world leaders, together with civil society, local authorities and the private sector, met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for theUnited Nations Conference on Sustainable Development  to renew political commitment to long term sustainable development.

It is in the context of the Rio+20 Conference that “Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future” is the theme chosen for this year's observance of the International day of Peace.
There can be no sustainable future without a sustainable peace. Sustainable peace must be built on sustainable development.

...From Sustainable Development...

 

The root causes of many conflicts are directly related to or fuelled by valuable natural resources, such as diamonds, gold, oil, timber or water. Addressing the ownership, control and management of natural resources is crucial to maintaining security and restoring the economy in post-conflict countries.
Good natural resource management can play a central role in building sustainable peace in post-conflict societies.

...For a Sustainable Future

 

The International Day of Peace offers people globally a shared date to think about how, individually, they can contribute to ensuring that natural resources are managed in a sustainable manner, thus reducing  potential for disputes, and paving the road to a sustainable future, the "Future We Want."

Day 19 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn Key concepts of compassion in the world's religions

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Read one paragraph descriptions of key compassion concepts in world religions

http://paths2peace.org/Compassion_in_Religion.html

What does compassion mean? Here’s a powerful definition from the book Compassion, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, Donald P. McNeill and Douglas A. Morrison: 

“The word ‘compassion’ is derived from the Latin words pati and cum, which together mean ‘to suffer with.’ 

Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. 

Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. 

Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. 

Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.”

Then, we must act on that compassion to relieve suffering.



 

Day 18 of 30 Days of Compassion: Help to Heal a Thirsty World

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Embrace Waterstep (formerly Edge Outreach) and Help to Heal a Thirsty World

http://waterstep.org/

We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation and basic health care.
—Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

The global water crisis affects more than 1.1 billion people worldwide. And diseases caused by waterborne illness and unsanitary living conditions claim more lives each year than war, HIV/AIDS and cancer combined.

Young children are especially at risk, and 2.2 million will die this year alone from dehydration caused by diarrheal illnesses — 80% of those will be lost before reaching their fifth birthday.

Most of these deaths are preventable, and the World Health Organization estimates that over 2 million lives could be saved each year just by providing access to safe drinking water.

The Burden on Women and Children:

The task of fetching water is usually left to women and children who must walk for miles across unfriendly terrain to gather water from distant, often-polluted sources. In African countries, the average distance to a water source exceeds ten miles.

The time spent gathering water has a stifling effect for communities. It’s estimated that women and children spend an average of 200 million hours per day collecting water — time that could be spent in school or taking care of their families.

What’s worse, the task of gathering water is often dangerous, and women traveling alone are easy targets for harassment and even sexual assault.

Having a safe-water source nearby enables women to spend more time taking care of their families and learning new skills. It also allows children to go to school and get educated so they

Day 17 of 30 Days of Compassion: Eat food grown locally!

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Learn about "Grasshoppers" and other businesses and organizations that promote community supported agriculture

http://grasshoppersdistribution.com/

Grasshoppers provides local food for local people. We provide locally grown produce, meats, cheeses, dairy and more from over 70 local family farms in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Our service ensures that you have a variety of foods as part of a weekly or bi-weekly grocery basket designed by you. We offer an add-on program which allows you to further customize your order each week.

Day 16 of 30 Days of Compassion: Show Caring to Our Animal Friends

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Show Caring for Our Animal Friends by connecting with Louisville Metro Animal Services or "Alley Cat Advocates" or an animal care organization of your choice wherever you live

Here's a link to Louisville Metro animal Services

http://www.louisvilleky.gov/animalservices/

 Louisville Metro Animal Services' Animal Care Center receives an average of over 11,000 animals annually. Thousands are brought to our shelter as a result of service requests from the community and many are surrendered by their owners.
Metro Animal Services employs Animal Control Officers who investigate over 27,000 complaints in an average year that range from bite cases to severe inhumane treatment. They drive over 225,000 miles a year covering Louisville Metro's 386 sq. miles. Officers are on duty from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including holidays and respond to emergencies 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Here's a link to Louisville's "Alley Cat Advocates"

http://alleycatadvocates.org/

To provide for the humane treatment of unowned cats in Kentuckiana by directing a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program in the safest, most efficient and cost effective way possible. 

Day 15 of 30 Days of Compassion: Support Restorative Justice in Louisville

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Support Louisville's Restorative Justice program

http://www.rjlouisville.org/

Restorative Justice Louisville’s mission is to provide a restorative and holistic approach to crime that promotes justice and reparation for victims, as well as the community, and accountability, personal development and re-integration of the offender into a productive community lifestyle.

“Through Restorative Justice Louisville, I have been able to learn from my mistake, apologize and fix the hurt I have caused Miss Doris and our neighborhood. I kept my job, and I am still going to school. Without RJL stepping in, I do not know where I would be.” Jeremy

RJL’s general approach used in cases such as the one involving Jeremy and Doris is based on four steps: truth telling, apology, making reparations, and reconciliation. Specifically, RJL uses the Family Group Conference model mentioned above as adapted from The Little Book of Family Group Conferences: New Zealand Style by Allen MacRae and Howard Zehr. The Family Group Conference is a decision-making meeting led by trained facilitators involving a face-to-face meeting for victims (or a victim representative) and offenders along with supporters from both sides. RJL’s specific goals for the meeting are to repair the harm caused by the offense; to address the victim’s needs; to support the offender as he/she takes responsibility for the offense; and to empower the offender’s family and support persons to play an important role in promoting positive behavioral change. The outcome of the conference is to establish a viable plan that will repair the harm caused to the victim and the community.

Day 14 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about 2 Louisville groups that promote peace for youth

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Learn about Louisville's Peace Education Program and the city's SPAVAPprogram (which teaches Nonviolent Conflict Resolution skills to students of all ages in our public schools)

Here's a link to the Peace Education Program

http://peaceeducationprogram.org/Home.php

 Peace Education Program trainers have been teaching conflict resolution, peer mediation and prejudice reduction to youth and adults who work with youth for over twenty-nine years.  We have a network of 155 schools and 67 community sites in Louisville and the surrounding areas.

Here's a link to info about SPAVA

http://www.spava.us/

The Society for the prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence among Adolescents is a nonprofit organization, 501C organization developed to help teach children and youth a nonviolent approach to life. Community volunteers mentor children in the Jefferson County Schools and private school system. The children learn skills of anger and aggression control through negotiation. Mentors teach respect, honor, integrity, resilience and perseverance with challenges...

Day 13 of 30 Days of Compassion: Engage with New Possibilities Associates

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Engage with Louisville's New Possibilities Associates

http://newpossibilitiesassociates.com/Home_Page.html

New Possibilities Associates knows what it take for teams of people to successfully lead in the face of this complex, diverse and rapidly changing reality.

What we do:

Help groups find new, emergent solutions to difficult problem, host conversations that matter, build community. 

Offer principles and practices for “taking social innovation to scale” — influencing larger systems through emergence, including knowing and leveraging the life-cycle of any initiative.

Conduct large and small group facilitation to foster co-creation in environments of high uncertainty and disagreement using multiple tools including Open Space Technology, World Cafe, Theory U, Scenario Planning. 

Develop and foster enspirited leaders, nurture social change agents and social entrepreneurs, individually and in groups.

Plan, support and evaluate strategies for community change.

Equip leaders for success in planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategies in human and organizational systems. Work with leaders who manage staff, programs, and other functions to meet organizational goals and achieve planned outcomes. 

Design, develop and lead training, consultation, workshops, seminars and other educational programs. Adapt these programs to meet specific needs of organizational components.

Our commitment is to finding new solutions to wicked problems.

New Possibilities Associates LLC is dedicated to advancing the success of teams that are forming and working together in new ways to improve health and wellness, fight poverty, create sustainable communities and run our organizations well. We support the leaders who are engaging fresh practices and approaches, shifting cultures and bringing new life to our communities and colleagues.

We help you learn:

• To go from fragmentation to connection.
• To ground actions in what is meaningful.
• To allow all voices to be heard so the collective intelligence can surface.
• To lead in environments of high complexity, uncertainty and disagreement.

What you will be able to do:

• Frame powerful questions that open the possibility for wiser action and new results.
• Create settings where the new order can be developed.
• Mobilize commitment, energy and intelligence of everyone involved in a problem.
• Adapt more quickly and effectively to new conditions in a rapidly changing environment.
• Work in high levels of uncertainty and disagreement to achieve real results.
• Achieve new solutions that are sustainable and minimize unanticipated consequences.

Contact Howard Mason

HowardMason@NewPossibilitiesAssociates.com

Day 12 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about Hosparus End of Life Care

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Learn about Hosparus (the Louisville metro area hospice service) or explore the hospice service in your own community. Hosparus has signed on as an official "compassion organization)

http://www.hosparus.org/

If they begin hospice care early, many patients with life-limiting illnesses can still enjoy their favorite pastimes. Hosparus helps people face end-of-life issues with as much care and thought as any other milestone in life – so they can enjoy quality of life as much as possible.

For some 35 years, Hosparus, a Joint Commission-accredited nonprofit hospice organization, has provided care, comfort and counseling to those who need it most. Annually, we serve more than 5,500 patients and their families in Kentucky and Indiana. We can help you. 

To reach the Hosparus location nearest you, call our 24-hour patient care line at (800) 264-0521.

Day 11 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about 911 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

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On the 11th anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks, learn about 911 families for peaceful tomorrows

http://www.peacefultomorrows.org/

Peaceful Tomorro­ws is an organization founded by family members of those killed on September 11th who have united to turn our grief into action for peace. By developing and advocating nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice, we hope to break the cycles of violence engendered by war and terrorism. Acknowledging our common experience with all people affected by violence throughout the world, we work to create a safer and more peaceful world for everyone.

Our Goals

1. To promote dialogue on alternatives to war, while educating and raising the consciousness of the public on issues of war, peace, and the underlying causes of terrorism.
2. To support and offer fellowship to others seeking non-violent responses to all forms of terrorism, both individual and institutional.
3. To call attention to threats to civil liberties, human rights, and other freedoms in the U.S. as a consequence of war.
4. To­ acknowledge our fellowship with all people affected by violence and war, recognizing that the resulting deaths are overwhelmingly civilian.
5. To encourage a multilateral, collaborative effort to bring those responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks to justice in accordance with the principles of international law.
6. To promote U.S. foreign policy that places a priority on internationally-recognized principles of human rights, democracy and self-rule.
7. To demand ongoing investigations into the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks that took the lives of our loved ones, including exhaustive examinations of U.S. foreign policies and national security failures.

Day 10 of 30 Days of Compassion: Help Prevent Suicides

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Help prevent suicides by engaging with the the Louisville Metro chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_ID=AFFEAF6F-048B-3E86-D9E9FC48ACC6E9DE

AFSP-Louisville Metro

Welcome The AFSP Louisville Metro chapter was chartered in January of 2010. We share the mission of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and are dedicated to understandind and preventing suicide through research and education. Our goal is also to reach out to those who have been affected by suicide to offer support and to try to erase the stigma of suicide. 

 The Louisville Metro Chapter Chair is Gage Donohue, ghdonohue@aol.com or 502-767-6155. Please note that this is not a crisis line. If you or someone you know are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK or 911 if in immediate danger. Our chapter is self supporting. If you wish to make a donation or sponsor an event please call or email for details.

  

  

Day 9 of 30 Days of Compassion: Volunteer for AIDS Interfaith Ministries

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Volunteer for Aids Interfaith Ministries of Kentuckiana (AIM) or your local group serving the needs of AIDS/HIV Patients and their families

http://aimkyonline.org/

AIM is committed to helping people living with HIV/AIDS by providing nutritional, emotional and spiritual support. We offer community, dignity and hope. AIM's services lend practical aid and a human touch to dispel fear and isolation.

Day 8 of 30 Days of Compassion

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Learn about the KY Commission on Human Rights (or learn about the Human Rights Commission for your state!)

http://kchr.ky.gov/about/

Our Mandate by The Kentucky Civil Rights Act

"To safeguard all individuals within the state from discrimination because of familial status, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age 40 and over, or because of the person's status as a qualified individual with a disability as defined in KRS 344.010 and KRS 344.030; Thereby to protect their interest in personal dignity and freedom from humiliation, to make available to the state their full productive capacities, to secure the state against domestic strife and unrest which would menace its democratic institutions, to preserve the public safety, health, and general welfare, and to further the interest, rights, and privileges of individuals within the state."

 

Day 6 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn About Center for Women & Families

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Learn about Louisville's Center for Women and Families which serves men, women and children who are survivors of intimate partner violence, and rape & sexual assault. The Center also works to prevent the crimes just mentioned.

http://www.thecenteronline.org/

More Than a Shelter
Originally part of the YWCA, The Center for Women and Families has been serving our community since 1912. Today The Center is a private nonprofit organization with 5 regional locations serving 9 Kentuckiana counties: Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties in Kentucky, and Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana.

The Center for Women and Families offers services to all survivors of intimate partner abuse or sexual violence. Our clients include men and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in addition to women and dependent children. We provide a variety of residential and nonresidential services including emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling and advocacy. If you or someone you love has experienced sexual assault or partner abuse at any point, please remember that help is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year through our toll-free crisis line: 877.803.7577.

The Center for Women and Families imposes no income eligibility standards on individuals receiving assistance, and eligible participants receive services free of charge

The Center’s Timeline in Brief

• 1912 / Opens small one room office at downtown Louisville YWCA
• 1975 / Begins rape crisis and creative employment programming
• 1977 / Opens the first domestic violence shelter in Kentucky
• 1983 / Establishes services in New Albany, Indiana
• 1988 / Moves to a new more secured downtown Louisville campus on West Breckinridge Street
• 1989 / Incorporates as a private nonprofit organization; opens office in Shelbyville, Kentucky
• 1998 / Begins providing transitional housing at West Louisville Campus
• 1999 / Dedicates new Southern Indiana shelter
• 2000 / Launches endowment and capital campaign to fund expansion
• 2005 / Dedicates the Joan E. Thomas, M.D. Campus on Second Street in downtown Louisville
• 2007 / Opens region’s only community-based Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Clinic in partnership with University of Louisville Hospital
• 2009 / Opens office in Bullitt County, Kentucky

Day 5 of 30 Days of Compassion: Help Habitat for Humanity

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Become a volunteer for Louisville Metro Habitat for Humanity and Help Build a Bright Future for People who need your help!

http://www.hfhlouisville.org/

What is Habitat for Humanity International?

• A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that has helped to build over 500,000 decent, affordable houses and served 2.5 million people worldwide.
• Our vision: a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
• Founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller and his wife, Linda.

	Habitat volunteers and homeowners build side-by-side in New Orleans, Louisiana

How does it work?

• Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses alongside our homeowner partner families.
• In addition to a down payment and monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor into building their Habitat house and the houses of others.
• Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans.
• The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.

Day 4 of 30 Days of Compassion: Help the Homeless

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Learn about Louisville's Coalition for the Homeless (or explore groups in your area that address the problem of Homelessness)

http://www.louhomeless.org/

The Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to advocate for people who are homeless and for the prevention and elimination of homelessness.

      

We have been the voice of homelessness in Louisville for over twenty years.  We work closely with homeless service providers in our community, civic groups, concerned citizens, faith-based groups, and our local, state, and federal governments.

Our efforts are targeted in a three-prong approach:

● Educate the community about homelessness and inspire action

  

● Advocate for system changes

  

● Coordinate the community response to homelessness through efficient use of resources and funding.

Day 3 of 30 Days of Compassion: Explore Alocohoics Anonymous

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Learn about Alcohilics Anonymous in Louisville (or Check out AA in your own community

And see a film this week about AA founder "Bill W" this week at Louisville's Village 8 Cinemas (see info below)

http://www.louisvilleaa.org/

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. (Reprinted with permission of A.A. Grapevine, Inc.)

Here's info about the film: 

Bill W.

‎1hr 44min‎‎ - Documentary‎
Director: Kevin Hanlon - Cast: Blake J. Evans, Chris Gates, Dennis Lowell, Julia Schell, Tim Intravia- : 

Bill W. tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's 100 Persons of the 20th Century. Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow. With Bill as its driving force, A.A. grew from a handful of men to a worldwide fellowship of over 2 million men and women - a success that made him an icon within A.A., but also an alcoholic unable to be a member of the very society he had created. A reluctant hero, Bill Wilson lived a life of sacrifice and service, and left a legacy that continues every day, all around the world. « less

Showtimes

Village 8 Theatres

4014 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY

‎1:30‎  ‎4:25‎  ‎7:20‎  ‎9:50pm‎

 

 

 

Day 2 of 30 Days of Compassion: Join the IPP Hunger Walk Team

Day 2 of 30 Days of Compassion from Interfaith Paths to Peace Join the IPP Hunger Walk Team Friends, Use this link and join our team now!  Click Here to Join the IPP Team  (It says "Terry Taylor" but it's IPP!)  IPP is the primary spiritual partner for this year's Dare to Care Hunger Walk on Sunday, September 9. Please join our team. Every dollar you invest feeds 4 people!   This is important because in the Louisville metro area 1 family in six needs food assistance; and 1child in 4 needs food assistance. Take part in the Hunger Walk and help us address this problem. Here are the Hunger Walk Details: Event Info: The Hunger Walk presented by Aramark supports the work of Dare to Care Food Bank and The World Food Program by providing funds and public commitment for their critical anti-hunger efforts. The 5K Walk and Run will be held on Sunday, September 9th at Waterfront Park's Festival Plaza. Event Location: Waterfront Park Festival Plaza Event Schedule: Registration 9/9/2012 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm The Hunger Walk Festival - Entertainment for Everyone 9/9/2012 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Pre-Registration Packet Pick-Up 9/9/2012 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Walk/Run Start Time 9/9/2012 2:15 pm Fees: Walker - Adult: $25.00 Walkers over 18 years old Runner - Adult: $25.00 Runners over 18 years old. Walker - Youth: $15.00 Walkers 18 and under Runner - Youth: $15.00 Runners 18 and under Rewards:    Participant Level Backpack for A Year ($150.00 + ) You can make a difference in a child's life by providing a backpack full of food every Friday during the school year. A child with enough nourishment is able to perform better in school and grow up to be healthy and strong!   Kids Cafe ($100.00 + ) You can help feed two children for a year at their local Kids Cafes. Warm meals in the evening allow children to focus on their homework instead of their hunger.   100 meals ($25.00 + ) Dare to Care Food Bank can provide 4 meals for every dollar donated. That is a week's worth of meals for a struggling family of four.      Team Level Sponsor a Backpack Buddy School ($7,500.00 + ) You can make a difference for 50 children by providing a backpack full of food every Friday during the school year. A child with enough nourishment is able to perform better in school and grow up to be healthy and strong!

30 days of Compassion; Day One: Explore Compassionate Louisville

30 Days of Compassion from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Day 1: Explore "The Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville

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https://www.facebook.com/Compassionate.Louisville

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Dedicated to Louisville becoming the “compassionate heart of America” so that successive generations inherit a better world.

Mission

The mission of the Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville is to champion and support Louisville becoming a Model Compassionate City as designated by the International Campaign for Compassionate Cities.

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To receive notices and updates contact us at compassionatelouisville@gmail.com