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The "Conference for a People's Agenda" was convened August 24, 2002 to develop a common community based People's Agenda (http://peoplesagenda.org) for Louisville, Kentucky in the face of the creation of new government under City-County merger

The conference synthesized several hundred policy proposals in areas such as Civil and Human Rights, Community Governance, Criminal Justice, Economic Development through Community Empowerment, Housing, Education and Youth Empowerment, Environment, Health, Human Services and Workers Rights. Over 32 community organizations participated in the call for the conference, and many more are becoming involved. As organizers point out,

"The event was a major success and was historic because it brought together in a working setting such a wide diversity of people and groups, something that had not happened on this scale in Louisville in anyone's memory - and also because there was a spirit of hope and commitment as participants realized that with all of us working together we really do have the power to shape the future of our community."

To learn how you or your organizations can participate in the development of the People's Agenda, take a look at http://peoplesagenda.org