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Dear JLT Patron,

There is a tradition in Louisville among social justice advocates that on the occasion of a fortieth birthday, they give back to the community. Educator/activist Aletha Fields, who teaches at Iroquois H.S., serves on a Fairness Campaign committee, and has acted in Jamboree and BOLD JOURNEY Tour productions, is sponsoring a fundraiser, Aletha Turns 40, for both Fairness and JLT to open the festival on Friday, June 5th at 6 p.m. Aletha will perform in a "Spoken Word" program. We ask that you attend this special event. A $25 ticket admits you to both the fundraiser and the evening show, Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow; and that ticket buy makes you a 10@10 donor!

In addition to providing a venue for creative expression for artists whose voices are marganilized, the purpose of black theater in a community is: (1) to provide African-American role models to young people, (2) to keep the legacy of African American's struggles for freedom as fresh a story as America's struggle for freedom from Great Britain, and (3) to be engaged in the community's on-going struggle for justice.

For ten years, with your support, Juneteenth Legacy Theatre has produced 141 plays (73 written by women), provided opportunity to 500 artists, served 10, 000 audience members, and enlisted 1500 JLTNews subscribers. JLT's artistic excellence is rewarded with National Endowment for the Arts support and is acknowledged in the Courier Journal, where arts reporter Judith Egerton wrote, in 2008, "for the first time an African-American arts organization plays a major role in Louisville’s vaunted arts reputation."

These accolades are your honors, too. Because at less than 1% public funding from the city and state, and 0% from the Fund for the Arts, your donations have been critical to JLT's success; and with your continued support, JLT will produce another ten years of new and original works about the African-American experience and its legacy.

We look forward to seeing you opening night to be a part of the Aletha Turns 40 celebration!

Catch the Spirit of Juneteenth and make your donation, today!

Thank you!
Lorna Littleway and Kristi Papailler, Co-Founding Producers