Louisville's current ordinance bars housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, familial status, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Thursday our council will vote to include protections for people with a criminal background, homeless status, non-traditional source of income, or military service record.
Read MoreLouisville, K.Y. Councilman-elect, Jecorey “1200” Arthur, is a hip-hop artist and activist who raps and directs the choir on the track “Mama Please,” while evoking the memory of Breonna Taylor who was killed earlier this year in his city. Since then, people have been protesting for months with plans to continue through the rest of the year. Within that time, Arthur became the youngest elected council member in Kentucky’s history.
Read MoreRenee Shaw speaks with two Louisvillians on the front lines of social and racial justice: Jecorey Arthur, a classically trained musician who is the youngest person to be elected to the Louisville Metro Council, and Quintez Brown, a University of Louisville political science student who is also a Courier Journal op-ed columnist writing about race, youth opinion, and social justice.
Read MoreJecorey Arthur is the soon to be youngest member ever elected to the City Council of Louisville in the state of Kentucky. He’s also a professor and a musician.
Read MoreDemocrats hold the majority in the Metro Council with 19 blue seats and seven red seats.
Read MoreJecorey “1200” Arthur, before he was elected to Louisville’s Metro Council, was a popular rap/hip-hop/poet/activist/artist that appeared on Live Lunches, Waterfront Wednesdays, and his songs on our airwaves. We are glad he’s still performing in addition to his work as a Councilman for our city. “Mama Please” is a song and video he participated in that features the vocals of Drea d’Nur and the guitar playing of Rami Nashashibi. The song is a powerful statement of the times we are living in and dedicated to the memories of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. It is also a dedication to Cariol Horne and pushes a national call to action in support of Cariol’s Law that comprehensively addresses police violence. The new album from Drea and Rami is called This Love Thing.
Read MoreThe Black vote carries a lot of weight in the 2020 presidential election, and there's been a hard push for the Black community to get the polls. One group of Black voters says they're tired of politicians who want their vote but don't have a true Black agenda.
Read MoreOn one occasion we recorded in Brooklyn and here in Chicago at Studio 35 on the South Side. Prior to COVID-19 travel restrictions, I was flying most folks to Buffalo but post-March all of that changed. Yet, I decided to start flying again in July. I was going back to Buffalo and we recorded songs like “Jerusalem” and “Mama Please” while on Zoom with Brother Ali in Minneapolis, Maimouna Youssef in Philadelphia and Jecorey in Louisville. The core band was rooted in Buffalo and remained consistent on each track and so it always felt like one big family in the studio and we all really did grow to really fall in love with so many facets of this experience.
Read MoreJecorey Arthur joins the show to have one of the most important podcast conversations thus far. Jecorey is indeed a young trailblazer, he is the youngest councilman in Louisville, KY history! The epitome of black excellence. Jecorey and Michael discuss topics ranging from ADOS, Trump, Biden, Ice Cube and much more! Jecorey is traveling the path of leaders that came before us and setting the example for those who will follow. Tune in and as always be prepared to learn something.
Read MoreVocalists, emcees, spoken-word poets and musicians — many of them longtime IMAN artists — took part, including Louisville community activist and musician Jecorey Arthur, who was recently elected to the city council in that city, where the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by police has sparked protests and calls for reform.
Read MoreNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with musicians and activists Rami Nashashibi and Drea D'Nur about their new album, This Love Thing.
Read More"Domestic violence and intimate partner violence does not go away in a pandemic," said Kenneth Cox, the center’s vice president of communication. “We noticed that the calls that come into our crisis line have increased (and) the times were longer for the calls.”
Read MoreThis page is dedicated to those actions. A place where advocates and allies alike can: listen to the stories, learn about the problems and engage in the solutions to racism and inequality in America.
Read MoreDuring the Wednesday panel, participants offered up other ways the public can work to promote racial equity in Louisville. Councilman-elect Jecorey Arthur told viewers: “We need you protesting at your Thanksgiving dinner. We need you protesting every holiday, telling your aunts and uncles and your mother, your grandmother and your family about injustice that’s been happening, not only these past few months but these past few hundred years.”
Read MoreComparing Louisville’s recent reckoning with racial inequality to his favorite Malcolm X quote, Arthur said that the city residents have realized that a knife has been thrust into the back of Black citizens. But, they haven’t begun to pull it out or heal the wound for the Black community.
Read MoreIn Louisville, protests are demanding greater accountability from both the city police and the attorney general’s office. “I’m thinking about how we organize as a Black community,” says one city council member.
Read MoreThe statue of King Louis XVI that once towered over passers by outside Metro Hall is now in storage, awaiting conservators to look it over.
Read MoreBeyond the protests, Arthur said it is important for the city's Black caucus to be proactive rather than solely reactive in tackling issues that plague Black Louisvillians — such as an impending higher rate of job displacement over the next decade due to automation in the workplace.
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