Charles Booker confirmed, Inauguration information, and more...

Have you decided what you're wearing to the ball this Tuesday? There are some very exciting things coming up!

First, some more exciting news: Rep. Charles Booker (who is exploring a bid against Mitch McConnell) will be joining us at our 12/15 meeting along with Reps. Cherlynn Stevenson and Joe Graviss! Please CLICK HERE to RSVP and for details.

Are you going to the Beshear/Coleman parade, inauguration, and ball? See the bottom of this email for more. Hope to see you there! We want to thank the 14 volunteers who stepped up to help teachers find their place as Grand Marshals in the parade!

Plans for 2020: In conjunction with National Indivisible and other allies, we are planning a massive effort in 2020. Expect to see several large billboards, lots of contacting legislators, recruitment efforts, and more. More on that when details are available. Encourage your friends to get involved!

Also, as you may know, BGAA has ~5,000 members in the private Facebook Group and a large email list. Our participation rate online is fairly high, but in-person and general participation is low.It will take a while to contact all 5,000 members, but we will be asking every singe person to participate in some way in 2020. It will be an aggressive get-out-from-behind-the-keyboard effort. 2020 will be a challenging year, so we need all hands on deck. But, 2019 showed us that we can do great things when Kentuckians participate!

We look forward to seeing you this Tuesday and next Sunday at our first general meeting in a while.

INAUGURATION, PARADE, & OTHER INFORMATION:

The inauguration is Tuesday, December 10, 2019. All events that day are free and open to the public.

The weather for the day, as of now, is expected to be 42 degrees and rain off and on. It will be important to dress accordingly.
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Parking will not be available at the Capitol or Capitol Avenue, the parade route, and several other streets around the Capitol and downtown will be closed beginning at 7:00 am. The best options for parking will be:

Transportation Cabinet (if available):
1231 Wilkinson Blvd, Frankfort, KY 40601
The Kentucky History Center (which is limited):
100 W Broadway St, Frankfort, KY 40601
*No shuttle service will be provided from these locations.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services: Will have a shuttle to & from events throughout the day: 275 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601

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Events will begin at 7:30 am. The first event will be a breakfast reception at the Kentucky History Center. The Kentucky History Center will also serve as the staging area for those participating in the parade.

The Inaugural Worship Service begins at 8:30 am and will be held at the First Christian Church of Frankfort which is located at 316 Ann Street, Frankfort, KY. This event is open to the public, but seating is limited. It will also be live-streamed.

Parade
Staging for those participating in the parade will happen at the Kentucky History Center. The line up will begin at 9:00 am. The parade will begin at 10 am and will last approximately 90 minutes. You can find the parade route here: https://kentucky.gov/Inauguration/Documents/Inauguration2019.pdf

At the conclusion of the parade, there will be a roughly two-hour break. There will be music and some opportunities for food on the grounds during the break and while the final preparations are made for the public inauguration. The Capitol Building itself will be closed during this time.

Public Swearing-In
The public inauguration of the Governor and Lt. Governor will begin at 2:00 pm. There will be some dedicated bleachers for educators and those will be marked. All educators are asked to wear something visibly red.

The swearing-in ceremonies will last approximately 90 minutes. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the Governor and Lt. Governor will open the capitol to the people of the Commonwealth.

The Capitol will be open until roughly 5:00 pm at which time the doors will be closed to prepare for the evening’s events.

Attendees are asked to have identification such as a Driver’s license, and please be patient with on-site security who will be working to keep everyone safe on the day of the event.

For all other public events, such as the Grand March and Inaugural Gala’s, please visit www.kentucky.gov/inauguration to RSVP and to find more information.

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