Camp Kadesh, a new Kentucky nonprofit:
I have joined the founding board of directors of a new nonprofit- Camp Kadesh.
Camp Kadesh was founded by activist and friend Chris Applegate, who spent seven years incarcerated and came home to find that landlords wouldn't even let him fill out an application. He knew firsthand that the people who need housing the most are often the ones least likely to get it — and that the gap between release and stability is where people fall back in. What started as a piece of rural land in Owen County, Kentucky (north of Lexington) became something more: a small community of furnished living spaces, walking trails, a garden, a fire ring, and neighbors who check on each other. Camp Kadesh is small by design. The goal isn't scale for its own sake — it's connection, accountability, and a genuine shot at a different life. The name comes from the Hebrew word for a place set apart, a refuge or sanctuary. That's what we're trying to build.”