We are a mission-driven Working Coalition focused on needs in the community. We operate on a consensus and move as effectively and efficiently as time and financial constraints permit. On the rare occasion that we cannot agree how to move forward or we feel the decision is too weighty to be made alone, we seek the input, challenging questions and votes from our Board, also known as “The Decision-Making Council.” These elders, prophets and seers came about when leaders and members of the Education Committee for the Coalition for the People’s Agenda decided to spin off from the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and form their own PAC (Political Action Committee). Those ties were officially severed earlier this year after complaints of repeated unethical conflicts of interest being committed by one or more of its three co-chairs went unaddressed.

Our organization’s leadership began as a coalition of community leaders from a racially diverse group of historically marginalized, LGBTQ+, disabled, poor grassroots voices and their allies and accomplices, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability in public education in Louisville, Kentucky. The DMC members are asked to vote in the event the Working Coalition cannot come up with a consensus on endorsements, policies, spending decisions and other impasses that prevent our mission’s work from moving forward.

The 2024 Board members, voted in at our Annual April Fools Gathering, are:

Dr. Kimberly Mucker-Johnson, JCPS Classroom Teacher, Counselor, Author and Founder of “The Stoop, LLC” non-profit. Dr. Johnson is currently seeking justice in the court of law for retaliation and discrimination she experienced as a whistleblower in JCPS.
Rhonda Mathies, Momma of the Movement, Former KY Alliance Chair, Organizer, Public Speaker, Champion for Justice for Breonna Taylor and accountability from LMPD.
Dr. Randy Wieck, Retired JCPS Teacher, TRELF Founder, Outspoken Critic of JCTA Leadership
Steven Neal, Retired JCPS Teacher, Retired JCTA Executive Director, Outspoken Critic of Current JCTA Leadership, JCPS Grandparent
Kenyata Dean Bacon, JCPS Teacher, JCTA Officer, JCPS Grad, JCPS Parent, Former KY Alliance Board Member
Tami Charles, Survivor, Warrior, Mother of Seven Bridges, Suicide Prevention Activist
De’Nita Wright, JCPS Graduate, KY Alliance Former Chair, Assoc. of West Lou Neighborhoods Chair
Bob Cunningham, Co-founder of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

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Chris Adelmann, Mechanical Engineer, Father of JCPS graduate, “Retired” from GE Appliances after 10 years, Chairman of PAC.

Tori Bacon, JCPS Student Voice, Central Law Program, Justice Fest presenter, and challenger of the status quo.

Chaunda Lee, Black Lives Matter activist, mother of several JCPS students and graduates, chef and provider of meals for the community, Breewayy, Livestreamer, Courtwatcher, public speaker, and all around voice for the voiceless.

Keoni Smalls, JCPS Student Voice, advocate and warrior for the people, especially JCPS students.

Chris Thieneman, “Support the Libraries, Not the Tax” Chair (2007), Candidate for Louisville Mayor (2018), Community Organizer and Activist for Affordable Housing and LMPD Accountability. Warned against dirty cop Hankison before Breonna Taylor was murdered, and has been targeted, harassed and retaliated against for doing so.

Anonymous Black Teacher, representing the hundreds who have contacted us but fear retaliation and retribution for speaking out against the racist and corrupt system.

Current Advisors (Non-voting Board Members) Nominated for 2025 Decision Making Council (upon acceptance of nomination)

Lamont Collins, Roots 101 African American Museum Curator and Director, Descendant of the Enslaved

Cheri Eskridge, JCPS Teacher, State Pension Holder, MENSA Member, Descendant of Privilege

Shreeta Waldon, KY Harm Reduction Coalition Director, Winning Primary Candidate for KY Senate in 2024, JCPS Parent, Descendant of the Enslaved, Descendant of Police Family

Shaun Spencer, Small Business Owner, HR Professional, JCPS Parent, Descendant of the Enslaved

Augustus Seabrooke, I still have to ask

Dave Nichter, I still have to ask

Tanyqua Oliver, Flower Child, Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Certified Ediphologist, Future Cannabis Cultivator, Mother of 3, Pro Se Litigant and Descendant of the Enslaved

Anonymous Black Male JCPS Employee, Informant, Whistleblower, Descendant of the Enslaved

Due to an ongoing conflict of interest presented by one of the co-chairs of the of the JCPS teachers union, who also has misled her board while serving as an executive officer of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. There were numerous examples of unethical behavior by her and another family member who acts as a leader of faith in West Louisville but has been caught lying to his congregation. The final straw was when she turned her back on an injustice being done to one of the Alliance’s own board members, a Black female teacher, during her campaign for union president. Several of us ultimately resigned from both boards in protest, after the presidency was stolen from her by white supremacists, and the one with tire tracks over her back, was slandered and unethically removed from the union board. The KY Alliance and teachers union both remain compromised and ineffective to this day. Several of those members who quit in protest currently serve on our board or have in the past. #Sheroes.

*Candidates currently running for office are disqualified from serving during their campaign, due to campaign finance laws and possible perception of conflict of interest.