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Advertise With Us. Latest Newscasts. Gray DC Bureau. Investigate TV. Community activist launches early campaign for Louisville mayor. By Stephen Goin. Updated: Jan. Share on Facebook. I've raised children here. I got married here. I'm a business owner here. I manage a nonprofit that manages millions and millions of dollars to keep people out of jail and to reduce people going on to prison, which costs us more money.

I've been in all these positions, and I don't think any candidate can speak to the people in a way I can speak to the people and represent the people.

Parrish-Wright, a co-chair of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and manager of the Louisville Bail Project, announced last week that she plans to run for mayor as a Democrat when Greg Fischer's third and final term expires in Parrish-Wright has been a key figure in the protests over the death of Breonna Taylor , a Louisville woman who was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police officers executing a no-knock search warrant at her apartment in March.

A Black woman like Taylor, Parrish-Wright had planned to run for a seat on the JCPS school board in after running a year earlier but said she was unable to devote the time needed for a serious election bid amid the daily demonstrations. Senate seat last week, she reflected on her own political future. Parrish-Wright moved to Louisville at 25 to start her own social justice organization, but she instead became connected to the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression , where she now serves as a co-chair.

The next step in Louisville's Breonna Taylor protests: A livestreamed hunger strike. She found a mentor in civil rights activist Anne Braden, who helped launch the alliance in the late s. And though working with the organization kept her poor, Parrish-Wright said she's never been drawn to activism for the money or acclaim.

Parrish-Wright now owns a consulting company and works as a site manager for the national Bail Project , which uses donations to free people from jail. But for the past two months, most of her time has been spent at Jefferson Square Park, where she and other members of the Kentucky Alliance have been supporting the ongoing protests — giving out free food and leading educational sessions on healing and safety.

The members don't lead the nightly marches that continue to draw dozens. If Applicable, Attorney Last Name. If Applicable, Attorney Email. If Applicable, Attorney Phone Number. Your First Name required.

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