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Co-Sponsored by United Way/Metro United Way, Councilwoman Paula McCraney, Carmichael's Bookstore, and Louisville Public Media.

Human Rights Day (Dec 10) is the globally recognized day to celebrate and honor the anniversary of the 1948 adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.This groundbreaking document was the first time the Global Community came together and agreed: a) that all human beings on the planet are deserving of a basic set of human rights; and b) that governments have an affirmative responsibility to ensure that their citizenry fully enjoy these human rights.The Universal Declaration defines these sets of rights to be both universal (that is, applicable to all humans), and inalienable (that is, they cannot be taken away).

The Universal Declaration outlines these basic rights in five (5) main categories: civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. These categories of rights are further defined to be both indivisible and interdependent – meaning that they cannot be separated and that to fully enjoy any of these sets of rights, one must have access to fully enjoy the others (for example, to fully experience political rights, one must also enjoy their economic and social rights).

The Universal Declaration is both aspirational and a living document – it continues to be amended and expanded as our human experience informs our understanding of human rights, how we experience and express them, and how governments and others can affirmatively support these rights.

In 2021, The Justice Center at All Peoples hosted the first local celebration of Human Rights Day.

In 2022, we’re expanding our event.

It will be held on Saturday Dec 10, 2022 from 7pm – 9pm Eastern time.

This live and virtual event will be held at the

All Peoples Congregation, 4936 Brownsboro Rd. Louisville KY 40222.

Program:

• Doors open at 6:30 PM

• Program Begins at 7:00 PM

• Welcome by Bruce Beisner, Minister at All Peoples

• Overview of Human Rights by Rus Funk, Director of the Justice Center

• Music and poetry by Shadwick Wilde and Crystal Wilkinson

• 7:50 PM introduction to the panel

• 8 – 8:45 PM “kitchen table chat” – our guests will engage in a dialogue amongst each other about the current state of Human Rights in Louisville and what is being/can be done to expand our experience of Human Rights. AND – what we all can do to support others to experience their human rights.

• Questions will be taken from the audience during this program

• 8:45 PM Closing by Rus and Bruce

Artists:

Crystal Wilkinson, Poet Laureate of Kentucky

Dr Crystal Wilkinson is the current poet Laureate of Kentucky. She is the author of numerous award winning books including BlackBerries, Birds of Opulence and Perfect Black. She is the 2020 USA Artist Fellowship Recipient, and is associate professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Kentucky.

Shadwick Wilde, singer/songwriter, and founding member of the group Quiet Hollars

Shadwick Wilde is a songwriter based in Kentucky, best known for his work as singer-songwriter for the shape-shifting indie outfit Quiet Hollers. Wilde’s literate and exploratory songs draw from firsthand experiences with grief, addiction, and mental illness.

Panelists:

Adria Johnson, CEO of Metro United Way

Adria Johnson embodies hope, integrity, humanity and has focused her career on lifting some of society’s most vulnerable populations and being of service to others. Ms. Johnson stood at the forefront and led and supported efforts aimed at addressing racial disparities and equity concerns found within the populations served in child welfare. Prior to joining Metro United Way, Ms. Johnson served as Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services. She is a native of Louisville and has two children, a son and a daughter, and two precious grandchildren 

Enid Trucios-Haynes, Faculty at University of Louisville School of Law and Director of their Human Rights center

Professor Trucios-Haynes teaches constitutional law, immigration law, international law and race and the law. Her research and scholarship focuses on immigration law, constitutional law and race and the law with an emphasis on issues affecting Latinos. She is the Director of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice and is the Co-Principal Investigator for a 21st Century Research Innovation Grant creating the Cooperative Consortium for Transdisciplinary Social Justice Research, which she has co-directed since January 2017. She is also is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Brandeis Human Rights Advocacy Program, and is the co-recipient of the 2017 Exemplary Designation Award from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Rus Ervin Funk, Director of the Justice Center at All Peoples

Rus Ervin Funk is a longtime organizer of   dozens of grassroots organizations including DC Men Against Rape, the Peoples Coalition for Justice, and the Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force. He also co-founded the Ohio Men’s Action Network, and the North American Men Engage Network. As an author, Rus wrote the first book by a man for men against rape in 1992 (Stopping Rape: A Challenge for Men) and has published numerous books, chapters and manuals since then.

Rus, a native of Texas, lives in Louisville with his partner, Amy, their Child Kiernan and a cat, Appa who belongs to himself.

Our EmCee for the evening will be Ashleigh Hazley 

Ashleigh Hazley is the Senior Manager for Programming & Community Engagement at the Muhammad Ali Center. At the Muhammad Ali Center, Ashleigh provides oversight for Youth Programming, the Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Anti-Racism Program, as well as their Community Engagement efforts. In addition to their work at the Muhammad Ali Center, Ashleigh serves on the programming committee for Steam Exchange – a community arts program where they support curriculum development and program ideation.

If you or your organization are interested in helping to sponsor our Human Rights Day Celebration, contact Rus Funk, Director of the Justice Center directly at justicecenter@allpeoplesuu.com

Join us after Ms. Norman's presentation to practice tarot and divination together! We'll be celebrating the thinned veil with lots of cards and lots of fun!

This is a beautifully illustrated introduction to a topic that has rarely been written about before: Italian American magic. Tarot and magic expert Dee Norman shares never-before-disclosed practices and rituals for personal wellbeing.

The Italian folklore tradition is one of the most ancient unbroken chains of wisdom on earth. Discover the previously unwritten secrets of an Italian American family’s magical tradition passed down from generation to generation. This spellbook provides easy, step-by-step introductions to the basics of authentic Italian American magical practice.
 
Discover how to:

• Run a magical household, including creating a family altar and connecting with your ancestors
• Enhance your wellbeing for self and family through Buona Fortuna
• Perform transformative candle magic
• Diagnose, cure and ward away malocchio
• Learn time-tested health remedies from relieving symptoms of viruses to maintaining healthy skin and sleep routines
• Develop your most important magical tool – your mind
• Master divination through cartomancy, dreams, pendulums and more
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  With Tarot and folk Italian magic expert Dee Norman as your guide, build your magical toolkit and discover one of humanity's longest-lasting traditions for good fortune, a happy home and self-care.

Join us for a titillating evening of mystery and suspense! Two award-winning authors discuss their work - included in the 2022 anthology Best American Mystery and Suspense.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha. 

New York Times bestselling author and “superb storyteller” (Boston Globe), Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and selects twenty short stories that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.

Megan Pillow is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in fiction and holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kentucky. She is project manager for Roxane Gay and co-editor of The Audacity. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in, among other places, in Electric Literature, Brevity, The Believer, Guernica, and Gay Magazine. She lives in Louisville with her two children. 

James D.F. Hannah is the Shamus Award-winning author of the Henry Malone series; his most recent novel, Behind the Wall of Sleep, won the 2020 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original from the Private Eyes Writers of America. His short fiction has appeared in Rock and a Hard Place, Crossed Genres, Shotgun Honey, The Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Trouble No More, Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel, Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression, and the upcoming Playing Games, edited by MWA Grandmaster Lawrence Block. He’s frequently snarky on Twitter and Instagram at @jamesdfhannah.

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With this new take on legendary cryptid Mothman, Cushing (A Sick Gray Laugh) dives head-first into the surreal horror and humor lurking just below the surface of 2020 America. It starts with a middle-aged, mentally ill woman setting off on a road trip to visit her parents. After a terrible accident en route, a mysterious entity that has been following her reveals himself, telling her that her true name is Nid Cold and that he is her real father, Indrid Cold, an alien from the Homerealm who had Nid implanted in a human host to grow to maturity. Her brother, S’Indrid, known to humans as Mothman, was similarly implanted, but the process of extracting him from his human form has driven him mad and he’s now missing. Before Nid can assume her own alien form, Indrid sends her to search for answer among the group who know the most about the Mothman: the attendees of MothCon 2020. Cushing ably skewers both the U.S.’s response to the pandemic and the era of internet “experts,” and never shies away from the gross or the grotesque. As the weirdness compounds, however, the plot falls away, leading to an abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying ending. Still, fans of weird horror and surreal psychological fiction will find plenty to enjoy. - Publisher's Weekly

Nicole Cushing is the Bram Stoker Award® winning author of Mr. Suicide and a two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award.

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Mobility device access info:

While our store has ramp access to the right of the main entrance, the event space is more easily accessed by entering at Bayly Avenue. Please call the store when you arrive and we will be happy to welcome you via this entrance. This door is next to a loading zone for easy car access, and our parking lot reserved ADA spots are also close to this entrance.

NOTE ON THE EVENT PROGRAM:

A typical schedule for author events includes a reading from the author(s), followed by an interview format between the scheduled speakers, followed by a Q&A session in which the audience is encouraged to participate. For in-store events, this presentation will end approximately 10-15 minutes before the store closes (generally one hour before start time, except on weekends), and we encourage you to purchase the authors’ books! Thanks so much for supporting authors and community bookstores. The following half hour will be available for author signatures and personalizations, and possibly photos.

This is by no means a set-in-stone format, but is indicative of what essentials can be expected. Programming considerations remain at the discretion and preference of the author(s). We will do our best to give folks the very best opportunities to attain signed copies and the chance to interact with authors in-person. Please check listings for specific details and allow for scheduling variations for offsite and special events.

Pre-ordering is encouraged: when ordering in person or over the phone, or online (in the Notes section), please indicate any personalization requests - we will attempt to our best ability to honor these requests. Unless otherwise noted, we will reserve copies for pick-up or shipping after the event has occurred and the author(s) have the opportunity to sign your copy. Thanks!

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In-Conversation with David Dominé

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Register HERE

Pre-registering helps us order enough books for our guests and helps us set up the room for safety and comfort. We will allow pre-registrants to be seated first. No one will be turned away, but please note that seating is limited. Please contact the store ahead of time if you need assistance with mobility or other concerns - we are happy to help!

“Extraordinary . . . This book breaks new ground.” —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple

A page-turning generational saga about a young man's search for a parent he never knew, and a moving portrait of motherhood, race, and the truths we hide in the name of family

Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami. He arrives at Brown University on a scholarship—but also to learn more about his late father, Jasper Patterson, a famous ballet dancer who died tragically when Jenry was two. On his search, he meets his estranged grandfather, Winston Patterson, a legendary professor of African American history and a fixture at the Ivy League school, who explodes his world with one question: Why is Jenry so focused on Jasper, when it was Winston’s daughter, Juliet, who was romantically involved with Jenry’s mother? Juliet is the parent he should be looking for—his other mother.

Revelation follows revelation as each member of Jenry’s family steps forward to tell the story of his origin, uncovering a web of secrecy that binds this family together even as it keeps them apart. Moving seamlessly between the past and the present, The Other Mother is a daring, ambitious novel that celebrates the complexities of love and resilience—masterfully exploring the intersections of race, class, and sexuality; the role of biology in defining who belongs to whom; and the complicated truth of what it means to be a family.
 

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You can get the book on the registration page, but it’s cheaper if you link below because we don’t pay extra service fees. Whatever is more convenient for you, we love to get you your books!

Mobility device access info:

While our store has ramp access to the right of the main entrance, the event space is more easily accessed by entering at Bayly Avenue. Please call the store when you arrive and we will be happy to welcome you via this entrance. This door is next to a loading zone for easy car access, and our parking lot reserved ADA spots are also close to this entrance.

NOTE ON THE EVENT PROGRAM:

A typical schedule for author events includes a reading from the author(s), followed by an interview format between the scheduled speakers, followed by a Q&A session in which the audience is encouraged to participate. For in-store events, this presentation will end approximately 10-15 minutes before the store closes (generally one hour before start time, except on weekends), and we encourage you to purchase the authors’ books! Thanks so much for supporting authors and community bookstores. The following half hour will be available for author signatures and personalizations, and possibly photos.

This is by no means a set-in-stone format, but is indicative of what essentials can be expected. Programming considerations remain at the discretion and preference of the author(s). We will do our best to give folks the very best opportunities to attain signed copies and the chance to interact with authors in-person. Please check listings for specific details and allow for scheduling variations for offsite and special events.

Pre-ordering is encouraged: when ordering in person or over the phone, or online (in the Notes section), please indicate any personalization requests - we will attempt to our best ability to honor these requests. Unless otherwise noted, we will reserve copies for pick-up or shipping after the event has occurred and the author(s) have the opportunity to sign your copy. Thanks!