DISTRICT 5 IS LOOKING FOR CONSTITUENTS FOR ADVISORY BOARD

WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR DISTRICT 5, WE CURRENTLY HAVE OPENINGS AND WANT YOUR SUPPORT, INPUT AND IDEAS SO WE CAN MADE DISTRICT 5 A BETTER PLACE TO CALL HOME. IF YOU ARE INTRESETED CONTACT ALFRED JOHNSON AT, alfred.johnson@louisvilleky.gov

BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM

METRO IMPACT GRANT APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED

LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Louisville Free Public Library’s 2024 Authors Series features bestsellers, NPR alums, a debut author… and Barbie!

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (February 8, 2024) – Starting in February, Louisville Free Public Library is bringing six nationally renowned authors to the Main Library this season. The lineup features new fiction from two New York Times bestsellers, along with nonfiction from four award-winning journalists on topics as varied as race relations in America, the secret history of Barbie, the industry behind climbing Mt. Everest, and business advice for women.  

Carmichael's Bookstore presents award-winning journalist and author Michele Norris in conversation with Charles Booker

Friday, February 16, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) • Main Library

Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris will discuss her new book Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity in conversation with community leader Charles Booker. Former longtime co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered, Michele Norris is the founding director of The Race Card Project, a narrative archive that asks people around the world to share their reflections on identity—in just six words. In the twelve years since Norris first posed that question, over half a million people have submitted their stories. In this powerful book, she compiles those reflections and offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories.

Sponsored by 89.3 WFPL - Louisville Public Media

Carmichael's Bookstore presents New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Makkai in conversation with Katy Yocom

Monday, February 26, 7 p.m. • Main Library

Award-winning author Rebecca Makkai will be joined onstage by Louisville writer Katy Yocom for a discussion of her New York Times bestselling mystery novel I Have Some Questions for You. Named a best book of 2023 by People, USA Today, and Real Simple, Makkai’s latest literary mystery follows the story of a podcaster who revisits the role she played in a flawed investigation from her past. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, Rebecca Makkai teaches at Northwestern University, and is the Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. Her 2018 book The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the year by the New York Times.

The Craig Buthod Author Series presents NPR correspondent Stacey Vanek Smith

Thursday, March 14, 7 p.m. • Main Library

From the NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money, Stacey Vanek Smith, Machiavelli for Women is a modern guide to how women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli and Renaissance politics to their work lives to finally shatter the glass ceiling. With charm and wit, Smith uses Machiavelli’s book The Prince as a guide to demonstrate how women can unapologetically take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as second-best.

Sponsored by 89.3 WFPL - Louisville Public Media

Cultural critic, investigative journalist, and first-generation Barbie owner M.G. Lord

Friday, April 12, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) • Main Library

Professor M.G. Lord’s book Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, uncovers the surprising story behind Barbie's smash success. In telling Barbie’s fascinating story, cultural critic and investigative journalist M.G. Lord—herself a first-generation Barbie owner—has written a provocative, zany, occasionally shocking book that will change how you look at the doll and the world. Lord is a professor at the University of Southern California and co-host of the podcast L.A. Made: The Barbie Tapes. She is also author of the family memoir Astro Turf, a cultural history of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the basis for L.A. Made: Blood, Sweat and Rockets, her 12-part podcast. 

Presented by University of Louisville Liberal Studies Visiting Scholars

The Craig Buthod Author Series presents award-winning writer and journalist

Will Cockrell in conversation with Dr. Tori Murden McClure

Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m. • Main Library

Will Cockrell has spent more than twenty years as a senior editor, writer, and consultant for national magazines including Men’s Journal, Outside, Men’s Fitness, and GQ. A former outdoor guide, Cockrell has covered Everest throughout his career. His debut book, Everest, Inc., is a vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicling one of the least likely industries on Earth. Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers, Everest, Inc. tells the story of the entrepreneurs who paired raw courage and naked ambition with a new style of expedition planning. Many of them are still living and climbing today, and ninety percent of the people now on Everest are clients or employees of guided expeditions.  Cockrell will be in conversation with adventurer, author, educator and Louisville legend Dr. Tori Murden McClure.

The Craig Buthod Author Series presents New York Times bestseller Craig Johnson

Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m. • Main Library

LFPL welcomes back Craig Johnson, bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novel series, which is the basis for the hit Netflix original drama Longmire. Johnson comes to Louisville from his home in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26. The Longmire Defense, the 19^th title in the series, finds Walt Longmire struggling with his family history in Bighorn Mountains when he uncovers a cold case that hits very close to home and forces him to put his life on the line.

Book signings follow all author talks, with books available for purchase from Carmichael’s Bookstore. All Authors Series events are FREE, but registration is requested at www.LFPL.org/Authors or by calling (502) 574-1644.

West End Opportunity Partnership

NEWS & ALERTS

Free Haircuts

Hand up Community Resource Center

METRO GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES

METRO GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program Offers Free Tax Help to Eligible Louisville Residents

Louisville, KY. – Metro government officials and community partners will kick off the start of tax season Friday, February 2, with a press event announcing the start of free tax preparation assistance for eligible residents. 

The Louisville Asset Building Coalition’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides trained, IRS-certified volunteers who offer free tax services at 15 sites across the city. VITA is available to individuals and families who earned less than $66,000 in 2023.

Since its launch in 2001, the VITA program has helped more than 143,000 Louisville tax filers. Last year, VITA volunteers processed more than 7,700 returns, adding more than $12 million to the local economy, including nearly $2 million in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to residents.

"The tax filing services offered by our amazing VITA volunteers are a real game-changer for Louisville working families,” said Mayor Craig Greenberg. “With trusted, experienced people helping them qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit while avoiding predatory tax services, Louisvillians can save money for things that matter, like home ownership, a reliable new vehicle, or savings for college tuition.”

Mayor Greenberg thanked the many partner organizations that help hardworking families file their tax returns, including the Metro Office for Resilience and Community Services (RCS). Metro RCS connects tax filers to an array of financial empowerment services through the Louisville Financial Empowerment Center, which provides free financial counseling, and the Tax Time Connect initiative with Bank On Louisville.

Eligible Louisville residents can make an appointment to visit these VITA sites for in-person free tax filing. Most sites use convenient drop-off services.

• Americana Community Center, 4801 Southside Dr.
• Bates, 728 East Lampton St.
• Edison Center, 701 W. Ormsby Ave., Ste 201
• Family Scholar House U of L, 403 Reg Smith Circle
• Family Scholar House Riverport, 3311 Cathe Dykstra Way
• Goodwill Resource Center, 909 E. Broadway
• Louisville Urban League, 1535 W. Broadway
• Oldham County LaGrange Library, 308 Yager Avenue (LaGrange)
• Portland Promise Center, 1831 Baird St.
• Shively City Hall, 3920 Dixie Hwy.
• St. Vincent de Paul Family Success Center, 1029 S Preston Hwy.
• Sun Valley Community Center, 6505 Bethany Lane
• United Crescent Hill Ministries, 150 State St.
• Wesley House Community Services, 5114 Preston Hwy.
• Various mobile locations around the city (check www.labcservices.org for sites) 

To schedule an appointment for in-person tax assistance, call 502-305-0005 or visit https://louisvillekyvita.cascheduler.com. For more details, including days and hours of drop off services, visit https://labcservices.org/.

Free tax preparation kicks off in 2024 with the annual “Taxathon” event which offers 24-hours of free tax preparation at the Louisville Urban League. The Taxathon event runs Friday, February 2nd, from 9am to 9pm, and Saturday, February 3rd, from 9am to 9pm. Filers can walk in during these times for free tax preparation services.

"As the largest VITA site, it is an honor to serve the community and host another tax-a-thon this year,” said Lyndon E. Pryor, President and CEO of the Louisville Urban League. "VITA is an invaluable resource to the Louisville community, providing necessary assistance and wealth-building opportunities to those most in need. The League loves being a partner in this work." 

Residents can also choose to have their taxes prepared at MyFreeTaxes.com, which provides a free self-file program offered in partnership by United Way Worldwide and TaxSlayer.

AARP Tax-Aide also provides free tax prep services, with special attention to people age 60 and older. AARP Tax-Aide sites will begin operating at eight sites in early February. For more information, visit http://www.aarp-tax-aide-lou.org.

The work of the Louisville Asset Building Coalition and the AARP Tax Assistance Program is made possible by Metro United Way, Louisville Metro Government, the IRS, the AARP Tax-Aide Foundation and dozens of other partners, and hundreds of volunteers.

Black and Brown Mental Health

MENTAL HEALTH MINUTE

MSD EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Below please find MSD's recently posted positions. For position descriptions, pay information, and to apply please visit our website: http://www.louisvillemsd.org/Careers 

• Facilities Maintenance Technician
• Health & Safety Program Manager
• Maintenance Mechanic I/II/III
• Collections System Supervisor (Maintenance Supervisor)
• Network Engineer II/III
• GIS Analyst I/II/III/Sr.

VISIT WEBSITE: http://www.louisvillemsd.org/careers

KENTUCKY HARM REDUCTION

Portland Anchor – September 2023:

The Louisville Free Public Library is so excited to begin the much-needed renovation and 4,500-square-foot expansion of the Portland Library (architect’s rendering above). The final construction drawings are now complete and the construction manager has released the request for bids to subcontractors. Since it will take several weeks to receive and review the bid responses, the Portland Library will now remain open through the end of September (we will not close on August 31, as previously announced). While regular library services will be available, programming will not be offered during this time. For more information on the Portland Library Project, please visit LFPL.org/PortlandRenovation. 

SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM, NALOXONE AND OVERDOSE REVERSAL TRAINING

LOCATIONS...

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH

3620 RIVER PARK DRIVE, LOUISVILLE, KY. 40211

MONDAY'S 11AM- 2PM

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PORTLAND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER

2215 PORTLAND AVE. LOUISVILLE, KY. 40212

FRIDAY'S 1PM - 4PM

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PLEASE CONTACT ERICA WILLIAMS AT 502-537-6061

With so many great upcoming events this year, you don't want to miss out! Don't worry, we'll give lots more info as we get closer to the date. For now, mark your calendar and get ready for your favorite events!

Spin - February 24th, at TEN20 Craft Brewery

Tailspin Ale Fest - March 2nd, at Historic Bowman Field

St. Patrick's Parade - March 9th, on Bardstown Road

NuLu Bock Fest - March 23rd, in NuLu East Market District 

Paristown Garden Show - April 6th, at Paristown 

UPCOMING HOME GAMES

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Community Action Kentucky (CAP) - (Office Locations) Services include various educational courses and Job Readiness Financial Literacy courses.

KentuckianaWorks Services include high-demand job training, one-on-one career counseling, career development workshops, career search resources, access to computers, phones and faxes for job searches.

Kentucky Career Center The Kentucky Career Center offers information on unemployment benefits & claims as well as many services for job seekers.

Louisville Urban League Assists clients, primarily African Americans and individuals of low to moderate income, prepare for and find employment.  Services include counseling & placement services, training & development, pre-screening & referral services and outreach programs.

Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs    This site includes information about education and training benefits available to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Veterans Express   Kentucky Career Center offices have Local Veterans Employment representatives and Disabled Veteran outreach specialists to assist veterans with their employment and training needs.

Center for Accessible Living (CAL)   CAL offers training on disability issues and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ADA compliance, building and product accessibility, reasonable accommodation certification, American Sign Language interpreters, recruitment, career development, a Job Hunt Club and much more. (See all services)

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky   Goodwill provides jobs, job training, and employment counseling for people who face barriers to finding and keeping a job, including people with disabilities, recipients of public assistance, and people with limited education or work history.

Job Corps Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible youth at least 16 years of age.  For more information, call (800) 733-JOBS where an operator will refer you to the admissions counselor closest to where you live, and mail you an information packet.

Kentucky Office for the Blind   Services include: braille instruction, orientation and mobility, assistive technology, adult education, career development, life skills, personal development

Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation   Programs and services offered include counseling & guidance, vocational & other training services, interpreter & note taking services, rehabilitation technology, job placement and supported employment.

I LOVE SERVING Chickasaw, Shawnee, Portland and Russell Neighborhoods

OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY AT NIGHT

Office of Councilwoman Donna Purvis | Louisville Metro Council | District 5

601 West Jefferson Street  Louisville, Kentucky 40202

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