THREE COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL HONORED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF MOLO VILLAGE

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Official News Release

(Louisville, KY) MOLO Village CDC announces their 3rd Annual MOLO African Gala on Saturday, March 25th from 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at LCCC located at 1300 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. 

The gala is an evening of Black Excellence and Elegance with guests encouraged to wear African attire and/or black tie as you enjoy a special performance by The Unlimited Show Band.  Three deserving individuals in our community will receive the MOLO Village Community Award. 

This year’s awardees will be Dave Christopher Sr., Executive Director, and Founder of AMPED; Honorable Colonel Pamela Stevenson, State Representative for Kentucky House District 43; and Honorable Greg Fischer, Louisville Metro Mayor from 2011 to 2023. 

Rev. Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson, President & CEO of MOLO Village says, “We know it takes a village to make this community better. People from all walks of life and their perspectives professions is what makes a community whole.  This year’s honorees exemplify leadership even through adversity.  We invite the community to community and celebrate with us.” 

Tickets for the 3rd Annual MOLO African Gala can be purchased on Eventbrite. You can also purchase tickets at MOLO Village CDC at the Village @ West Jefferson, Ste. 204 or at  www.molovillagecdc.org.  Individual tickets are $100 plus service fees and a table for 8 is $850 plus services fees.  

We would like to thank all our supporters for making this event a succuss including the following sponsors: AARP of Kentucky, Norton Institute of Health Equity, The Church Building and Loan Fund of the United Church of Christ, LG&E and KU Energy, Russell Places of Promise and the Cabinet of Health and Human Services Ministries (CHSSM) of the United Church of Christ. 

This year’s proceeds benefit the MOLO Village CDC. 

If you would like to setup an interview with Dr. Ferguson, contact VIPP communications by calling 502-341-7306 or by email at info@vippcommunications.com.  We also invite you to cover the gala.  Please post and/or announce on your community calendars. 

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BRINGING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH JAZZ AND SHOPPING AT THE VILLAGE

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(Louisville, KY) MOLO Village is hosting Holiday Jazz & Shopping at the Village on Friday, December 9th at The Village@West Jefferson located at 1219 West Jefferson Street in Suite 204.

We invite you to this free event which will run from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson, President & CEO of MOLO Village says “As the Russell community continues to thrive
so does the need for shopping options. We invite you to come out and enjoy some great music while shopping
for your holiday needs with local vendors. We take pride in showcasing local entrepreneurs and we support
them any chance we get. We also invite you to checkout our brick n’ mortar businesses at The Village. When
you visit.”

Please post and/or announce our holiday event. If you would like to setup an interview, contact VIPP
communications by calling 502-341-7306 or by email at info@vippcommunications.com. If you would like to
be a vendor contact MOLO Village at 502-513-6682.

WHO: MOLO Village

WHAT: Hosting Holiday Jazz & Shopping at the Village

WHEN: Friday, December 9, 2022

WHERE: The Village @ West Jefferson, 1219 West Jefferson Street, Suite 204

TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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Statement in regard to the latest homicide in Louisville, KY

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Statement from Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson, MOLO Village

“This evening, we received the unfortunate news that there was a homicide on 13th and Jefferson Street. near The Village @ West Jefferson in the Russell neighborhood. We do not know officially the circumstances of the incident at this time, but we wanted to send our condolences to those involved. We will assist the Louisville Metro Police Department anyway we can. Please remember to keep our whole community safe. If you see something, please say something. Again, we can not comment on the investigation because we do not know the circumstances, but I can say that we will remain vigilant in watching out for our neighbors.”

If you have any questions, please contact us at molovillage@att.net.

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TheVIPPReport: Meet the leader behind the MOLO Village

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Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson is building back her community one block at a time

Special Report by Sherlene Shanklin, WHAS11 ABC Louisville

Kentuckiana has so many fascinating women leaders working for the betterment of the community.  Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson had a vision that takes up a whole block. I spoke to the visionary in today’s Moments that Matter. 

Ferguson spent a lot of time just across the street in Beecher Terrace at her aunt’s when her mother was at work. Not knowing as a little girl that someday she would be able to turn the parking lot into a block of desperately needed resources.  But before she had the vision Dr. Ferguson also fondly known as Pastor  J travelled to Africa on a mission trip where her vision became clear.   

Ferguson says “I visited a young woman who had, who was taking the anti-viral drug. She had HIV. She had a young son and the mission that I went there for working with people infected or effected by HIV and AIDS because reckoning race and reconciliation. So when we went to this young woman’s house. I came into her house  and she grab me and starting weeping  and started saying MOLO momma MOLO and learned that meant ‘welcome home’.” 

While in Africa. Ferguson spoke to a minister with a large congregation. He shared his success and how to be resourceful. The minister said to Ferguson, “I used what I got! I use what I got! I had the mindset prior to that, that we had this historical building next door but we were not using the entire building.” She went on to say “So when I came back. We changed our attitudes  to use what we got . God would not bless us more until we start using what God had provided for us already.” 

She had a shift in her mindset. Her faithful team started serving about a thousand people a week.  Plus, providing a long list of resources and services.  “We had the clothes ministry,  we had recovery ministry, we had Dare to Care ministry, Senior ministry, We had Youth ministry. We had everything in that building. We no longer worried about the condition of the building.  It wasn’t that it was falling down  it just needed some repair.” 

Early, 2006, Dr. Ferguson was welcomed to church but not with some opposition but later being named pastor of the congregation.  She says “And at that point there were 15 German-American senior adults at the church of that 15, one left cause he did not want to worship with a person that look like me. 

Even though she could not speak German but she had an appreciation of their culture because her father. Ferguson says “My father actually was the first student at Louisville Municipal College which was the Black portion of the University of Louisville to major in German.” 

They went into planning, and creating partnerships of how to utilize the city block they owned. They started the process to resurrect the community.  “We decided to take the east parking lot of the church and develop the Village of West Jefferson. Being in a community one without for such a long period of time.  This facility here is the first new construction on Jefferson Street of West Jefferson Street in over 30 years.” 

Dr. Ferguson tells me she’s far from being done. She has a lot more work to do. Her next big undertaking will be in the renovation of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ. 

The MOLO Village is located at 1219 W. Jefferson Street in West Louisville. 

►Contact WHAS11’s Sherlene Shanklin at sshanklin@whas11.com or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. 

To see the television of the story, just click the link provided: https://www.whas11.com/article/news/community/moments-that-matter/molo-village-jamesetta-ferguson-west-jefferson-russell-outreach-ministry-africa/417-0abc671e-f2b2-47cd-8007-af312c638a74