What is a partner organization?
Together Frankfort’s partner organizations are those with whom we have developed, formally or informally, close working relationships to achieve mutual goals. Together Frankfort works to facilitate local, regional, national, and international partnerships with those working to improve civic engagement.
In 2018, Cary Sudduth, a member of Together Frankfort’s leadership team at that time, contacted numerous local organizations which share similar goals with Together Frankfort. After he sent letters to each organization, he arranged for organizational representatives to meet with the Together Frankfort Coordinating Team.
We outlined ways in which we could work together as organizations. Many, if not most, of the local organizations listed below have built on the meetings which we held in 2018 & 2019. A primary feature which identifies each of our partners is that these are the folks working to improve the democratic process in our community:
Educating citizens about significant electoral issues, such as campaign finance or election reform;
Conducting educational programs on issues which have marginalized citizens; and
Addressing related community concerns, as requested, or as they arise in our community, state & nation.
"What does it mean to be a “Partner? For Your Organization, as a Partner, and for Together Frankfort”
Partners help each other to achieve mutual goals. These partnerships are not legal in nature and imply no direct or indirect responsibility for proper organizational functioning and protocol.
Our partners work with our organization to play many roles, among which are:
➢ Sharing information about Together Frankfort’s events with their members through print materials or social media; in turn, Together Frankfort promotes our partner organizations events and activities.
➢ Encouraging their members to join Together Frankfort as individual members (there’s no membership fee. Just go to the website and fill out the form. We request a $5 donation but it’s not required.) In turn, we publicize membership drives and other organizational initiatives of our partners.
➢ Helping plan and/or conduct educational programs, such as recommending speakers, providing materials for in-person meetings, sharing costs for Zoom meetings or for facility rental fees.
➢ Sharing information about the Partner’s events in which Together Frankfort members may be interested - using social media, newspaper advertisements, our e-newsletter, writing emails to friends about our partners' events.
➢ Co-sponsoring events, meetings, or activities to share meeting planning, operation, management and follow-up.
➢ Writing social media posts or newspaper articles, together with a partner organization, about issues of mutual concern.
➢ Celebrating the joy, value, and camaraderie of our diverse and engaged citizens working to improve our democracy.
We express our utmost thanks to all our partners past years and look forward to continuing our collaboration in 2022!
Partner Organizations in Frankfort, the Bluegrass, Statewide, National, and International
For each organization, the Together Frankfort member who stays in touch with that group is listed as our "Liaison." Current as of Oct. 2021; Always being updated.
Send corrections/additions to Karen Armstrong-Cummings)
Instructions: Click on the links to open external websites and to email.
Capital Pride
President-Matt Crowe (click his name to email Matt Crowe)
Vice-President-Amy Mitchell
Secretary-Ray Shields
Treasurer-Jesse Ruble
General emails: info@capitalprideky.orgmarketing@capitalprideky.org
Judy Goddard - Together Frankfort Liaison
Kentucky Correspondence Club
Facebook Page
Operates through a public Facebook group page; activates letter & postcard writing events to local/state/national elected officials. Meets at locations announced on their Facebook page.
Edward Fowler, Convenor
Linda Waller, Together Frankfort Liaison
Frankfort Youth Climate Strike Organizers
Local organization affiliated with national Youth Climate Strike
Facebook
Twitter: @strike_youth @climate_strike_frankfort
Co-chairs: Natalie Dufour, Emma Strong
General email: frankfortyouthclimatestrike@gmail.com
Bill Klier, Together Frankfort Liaison
Represent US
P.O. Box 60008
Florence, MA 01062
Twitter: @representus @DJamesJameson
Instagram
Josh Silver, Exe. Dir. & Co-founder James Jameson
Ph. 855.585.8100
General Email: info@represent.us
Karen Carey, Together Frankfort Liaison
Frankfort Audubon Society
Local chapter of National Audubon Society
President: Hannah Helm
Ph. (844)428-382
General email: FrankfortAudubonChapter@gmail.com
Bill Klier, Together Frankfort Liaison
Indivisible (National)
Indivisible Kentucky
Facebook Page
Twitter: @indivisibleteam @Leahgreenb @ezralevin Twitter Indivisible Kentucky: @Indivisible_KY3
Instagram
Leah Greenberg, Co-Executive Director
Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director
General email: contact@indivisible.org
Media Releases: press@indivisible.org
Barbara Hadley Smith, Together Frankfort Liaison
National Association for the of Colored People (NAACP): Frankfort/Franklin County Chapter
NAACP, PO BOX 5101, Frankfort KY 40602
Twitter: @NAACP (National Office)
President: Maria Bush
Treasurer: Sherron Jackson
Secretary: Dantrea Hampton
Dantrea Hampton, Together Frankfort Liaison
Envision Franklin County
General Inquiries
Phone: 502-875-4545
Mary Lynn Collins - Together Frankfort Liaison
South Frankfort Neighborhood Association
PO Box 4727
Frankfort KY 40604-4727
Facebook Page
David Stumbo, President; Ph. 502-330-8688
General email: sfna-news@southfrankfort.org
Judy Goddard, Together Frankfort Liaison
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): KY State University Chapter
NAACP, Campus Box 98, KSU
400 E. Main St. Frankfort KY 40601
Twitter: @KysuNaacp
Contact: Katianna Yates, KSU Director of Campus Life 502-597- 5946 Campus Life: (502) 597- 6785
Contact: Katianna Yates
Dantrea Hampton, Together Frankfort Liaison
American Association of University Women - Bluegrass
Facebook page
Twitter: @AAUW
President: Pauline Van Horn, Bluegrass Central Branch
Public Policy Liaison: Gae Broadwater, 502.320.0044
General email: bgaauw@gmail.com
Gae Broadwater, Together Frankfort Liaison
International Town Gown Association (ITGA)
ITGA, City Hall 1250 Tiger Blvd, Clemson Univ., Clemson SC 29631
Twitter: @ITGA_ORG
Beth Bagwell, MPA Executive Director
Susan Stafford, MA Assistant Executive
Phone - Director Bagwell: 864- 624-1148
E-mail: Beth@itga.org SusanStafford
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Together Frankfort Liaison
Charter for Compassion
PO Box 10787, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Together Frankfort is a partner in the Social Justice Sector of the Charter for Compassion
Twitter @TheCharter
General e-mail: contact@charterforcompassion.org
Social Justice Sector Contact: Priscilla Hutton
Karen Armstrong-Cummings - Together Frankfort
National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers
1580 Lincoln St., Suite 520 Denver CO 80203
Twitter: @NANReformers
Andy Moore, Executive Director
Ph. 720-256- 8956
Karen Carey, Together Frankfort Liaison
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frankfort Alumnae Chapter
P.O. Box 4211 Frankfort, KY 40604
Facebook
Twitter: @dstinc1913 (National level contact)
Instagram (National Level contact)
President: Brenis Woods
Social Action Chair: Shandria McMillan
Mary Lynn Collins - Together Frankfort Liaison
Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (National)
Anchor Organizations: Repairers of the Breach & Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice
Twitter: @UniteThePoor
General email: info@poorpeoplescampaign.org
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Together Frankfort Liaison
Woods & Waters Land Trust, Inc.
P O Box 6967, Frankfort KY 40602
Jennifer Palmer, Executive Director
Ph. 502.209.9581
Bill Klier, Together Frankfort Liaison
Moms Demand Action - National
Moms Demand Action - Kentucky
Facebook (
Twitter: @spicecat17 @MomsDemand
Instagram
Contact email: Cathy Hobart
Kathy Murphy, Together Frankfort Liaison
National Conversation Project
Part of The Listen First Project
Twitter: @USConvoProject @ListenFirstProj @PearceGodwin @NationalConversationProject
General Email: Pierce Godwin
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Together Frankfort Liaison
iCivics
1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 21B
Cambridge, MA 02141
Instagram
Ph: (617)356-8311
General email: info@icivics.org
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Together Frankfort Liaison
Frankfort Anti-Racism Advocates (FARA)
FARA maintains a Facebook group page which interested folks can ask to join.
David Rome: 502-319-1454
Convenors email: Carol Baughman and David Rome
General Email: FARA
Mary Lynn Collins, Together Frankfort Liaison
Women’s Network, The
PO Box 910246 Lexington, KY 40591-0246
Donna Moore Campbell, Chair
General email: info@womensnetwork.com
Barbara Hadley Smith, Together Frankfort Liaison
Bluegrass Activists Alliance - Lexington KY
Facebook page (Public Page)
Facebook Group Page (Private - must request to join)
Twitter: @bgaAlliance
Instagram
Primary Contact: Julie Martinez
General email: info@bluegrassactivistalliance.org
Mary Lynn Collins - Together Frankfort Liaison
EarthDay.org
1752 N Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (202) 518- 0044
Twitter
General email: info@earthday.org
Karen Armstrong-Cummings - Together Frankfort Liaison
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC)
PO Box 1450, London KY 40743
Statewide organization with chapters. Each chapter has a separate Facebook Page, Twitter, & other info. Check KFTC website.
Twitter: @kftc
Instagram
General email: info@kftc.org
Position Vacant for Together Frankfort Liaison
Kentucky State University
400 E. Main, Frankfort KY 40601
Note: Together Frankfort works with numerous KSU faculty, staff & students. Two KSU staff serve on Together Frankfort’s leadership team: Kemba Cofield & Dantrea Hampton.
Facebook Page
Twitter: @KyStateU
Sonia Sanders, Assistant VP, Public Engagement & Community Outreach
Michael R. DeCoursey, Office of Town Gown & Community Outreach: (502) 597-6000
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Together Frankfort Liaison
Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration
Blair Hecker bhecker@frankfort.ky.gov
Sylvia Coffey, Founding Organizer, Ph. 502-352- 2180 General Email: frankfort.wscc@gmail.com
Margaret Townsley, Together Frankfort Liaison
Focus On Race Relations (F.O.R.R.) Frankfort
FORR: Frankfort
P.O. Box 973
Frankfort, KY 40602
President: Kristie Powe
Secretary's Email: Rachelle Chattin
Mary Lynn Collins - Together Frankfort Liaison
Together Frankfort
Women’s March
Washington, D.C.
Facebook Page
Twitter: @womensmarchonwash @womensmarch
Instagram
IRachel O’Leary Carmona, Executive Director
General email: info@womensmarch.com
Media inquiries: press@womensmarch.com
Mary Lynn Collins, Together Frankfort Liaison
Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (Kentucky Chapter)
Twitter: @DrDon09
Tri-Chairs: Dr. Don Gillet, 859-396-5925; Tayna Fogle, 859- 492-0397 Rev. Megan Huston, 270- 996-7021
Pam McMichael, KY Coordinator
General email: kentucky@poorpeoplescampaign.org
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Together Frankfort Liaison