Book Launch: You Got To Be of the People

Thu Oct 23 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-04:00

Kentucky Center for African American Heritage | Louisville

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Book Launch: You Got To Be of the People
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Celebrate 12 peacekeepers and their book about what it takes to interrupt and prevent cycles of community violence.
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You Got To Be of the People: Peacekeepers at the Heart of Public Safety in Louisville
In this unprecedented book, 12 authors from Louisville’s public safety ecosystem illuminate what it takes to interrupt and prevent cycles of violence through in-depth descriptions of their experiences in community violence intervention.
Their first-person stories highlight the voices of those most impacted by community violence and those delivering solutions to the national public health crisis of gun violence.



Join us for the book launch!

On Thursday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m., come celebrate these inspiring people and hear more about this project. The book launch at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage is free and open to the public. Registration is not required but encouraged.


Authors include:

  • Deborah Barnes Byers
  • Ravon Churchill
  • Beverly Drake
  • Kenneth Forbes
  • Xavier Hall
  • Kiara James
  • Norman Martin
  • Kimberly Moore
  • Marcus Poyntz
  • DeShondre' Watters
  • Sarai Wigginton
  • Dr. Eddie Woods


The event is sponsored by Republic Bank, and the project is supported by Fund for the Arts, Louisville Metro Government, Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation, Ballmer Group, Casey Family Programs, Fund for a Safer Future, Brown-Forman, South Arts, and Kentucky Arts Council.


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Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, 1701 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Louisville, United States

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