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+ The International Community Collaborates on a Song to Celebrate the Diversity within Louisville for Virtual WorldFest 2020
One Voice to celebrate our differences and realize the gift it is to raise a joyous noise in One Voice.
One Voice is a song written and produced by Fred Bogert, in collaboration with local talented musicians who are also members of the Louisville global community. Initiated and sanctioned by the Office for Globalization, this project originally started out as part of the 2020 Virtual WorldFest celebration and highlights representatives from the international communities sharing their story, their journey and what it means for them to call Louisville home.
Fred, an experienced song writer and active volunteer working with the refugee community at KY Refugee Ministries was able to accurately capture the emotion and life experiences through a handful of conversations by those participating in this project through the well-written lyrics. Local musicians were then invited to represent their different cultures heard through their skills and talents in One Voice.
Let’s meet the artists behind this masterpiece, their talent and the country they represent:
Alberto Abril (Panama) - Classical Guitar
Sanaan Hamza (Iraq) - Daf Drum
Caleb Vasquez (El Salvador) - Drums
Jose Oreta (USA/Philippines) - Upright bass
Fernando Moya (Ecuador) - Charango/Various Strings
Hanna Yun (Korea) - Jango
Fred Bogert (USA) - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Kim Greenwalt, Grace M. Kim, Paul K. Kim (Korea) - Background Vocals
Jason Clayborn (USA) - Vocals
Magda Sanchez (Cuba) - Vocals
Alex Griggs (USA) - Vocals
Darrell Adams (USA) - Vocals
Roberto Moreno (Mexico) - Vocals
Gloria Bogert (USA) - Vocals
Marty Spiegel (USA/Brazil) - Vocals
KD Moo (Burma) - Vocals
Asly Toro (Venezuela) - Vocals
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+ Stay ALERT and SMART so You Can Plan Ahead For Emergencies
You can now opt-in for LENSAlert with your cell phone. Just text "LENSAlert" to 67283 to start getting emergency notifications. In August 2016 Louisville Metro Emergency Services teamed up with Bullitt County, Oldham County, and Washington County to create a regional emergency notification system – Louisville Emergency Notification System (LENSAlert). Its enhanced capabilities include using all communications modes to send alerts – mobile phones, landlines, email, text, social media, IPAWS-OPEN.
In addition to receiving notifications, individuals can create a Safety Profile for themselves and their household that can include any information they want 9-1-1 and first responders to have in the event of an emergency.
With Alerts powered by Smart911, you can sign up for notifications from your community to keep you informed of weather, traffic, and other emergencies. Hear immediately about life-saving actions you must take to keep yourself and your family safe.
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Receive information about severe weather and how your community plans to prepare and act.
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Avoid being late for that meeting again! Stay on top of traffic incidents and road closures.
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Find out about emergencies in your area, such as gas leaks, missing persons, ongoing police pursuits, or other incidents that impact safety
You can select the types of notifications you want, how you want to be notified and notifications are offered in multiple languages.
Sign up for Alerts powered by Smart911 to take a large step toward improving your personal safety.
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+ The Center for Health Equity wants to hear from you about what it’s like to get food and groceries in Louisville
The 2017 Louisville Health Equity Report’s recommended that Louisville make healthy foods more accessible. The report suggested that it would take many different solutions, including government policy changes and support aid from organizations and businesses to make it easier for people to get healthy foods.
Please share your ideas! The Center for Health Equity will report your recommendations to Metro Council and use them to help determine how the Council’s $3.5 million bond allocation will be spent to provide a community grocery.
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+ Welcoming America celebrates 10 years of work around the country
Welcoming America has shared their 2019 annual report, 10 Years of Welcoming, which celebrates a decade of communities everywhere becoming more welcoming and inclusive. In that time, Welcoming America grew from a small nonprofit in Tennessee into a national organization with a growing international reach. There is much to celebrate and reflect on
What you'll find in this report:
- Message from the Executive Director, Rachel Peric
- Welcoming milestones over the years
- Its impact through programs, memberships, and events in 2019
- Its invaluable network of members and supporters
In two weeks, we will see the welcoming movement in action during Welcoming Week (September 12-20). Let's join the welcoming work from where we stand.
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+ Kentucky announces changes to child care facilities guidance to ‘increase capacity’ during pandemic
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the state is modifying its child care facilities safety guidance to both accommodate the growing need among families but also as a “harm reduction effort” after seeing businesses letting children into their spaces to do their nontraditional instruction, or NTI.
Secretary Eric Friedlander with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services went into the specifics of the changes to the state’s emergency child care regulations.
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+ What has KentuckianaWorks been up to over the past year?
Find out what KentuckianaWorks has been up to over the past year in their 2019-2020 Year in Review report. Hear from real people who have participated in programs like Kentuckiana Builds, SummerWorks, the Kentucky Manufacturing Career Center, Tech Louisville, and more.
Year in Review
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