LSURJ PROUDLY ENDORSES
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Shameka Parrish-Wright for Louisville Mayor
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Are you looking for a mayor who will stand up for what is right? A mayor who champions the working class, vulnerable, and marginalized communities? Here are just a few reasons you should vote to elect Shameka Parrish-Wright!
  • Shameka has first hand experience with the systems that impact Louisville's most vulnerable. 
  • Shameka has been a strategic partner of LSURJ from the beginning.
  • As a Metro Councilwoman she has fought for police accountability, sponsoring and pushing for the passage of the resolution on police accountability - the only written record naming those who lost their lives at the hands of LMPD. 
  • As Director of VOCAL-KY she works with the most vulnerable to end AIDS, the failed war on drugs, mass incarceration, and homelessness. VOCAL-KY is a member of the Care Not Cages Coalition advocating for alternative to incarceration.
  • She has been a fearless, outspoken supporter for a Ceasefire in Gaza and a defender of rights for immigrants and trans-people.
  • We couldn't ask for a better friend or advocate to fight for racial justice!
Metro Council Endorsements
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District 9: Andrea Parr
District 11: Melina Hettiaratchi
District 21: Betsy Ruhe
If you do not see an endorsement in a race you are interested in, that means candidates either did not respond or did not meet the standard for a LSURJ endorsement. Learn more about how LSURJ makes endorsement decisions.