Kim Rafferty

Kim Rafferty (born c. 1966) is the owner of Creative Rugs, a community activist, and a candidate for Birmingham City Council District 2 in the 2009 Birmingham City Council election.

Rafferty is a fifth-generation resident of Roebuck. She and her husband Mark have two children. She has degrees in human resources and history from the University of Kentucky and UAB. Besides her rug shop she is involved in numerous volunteer efforts, including Meals on Wheels, the Birmingham Hospitality Network, Interfaith Hospitality House, and Wonder Book Camp.

Rafferty has served as vice-president of the Roebuck Neighborhood Association and founded Airport Neighbors United in 1999. She has been the chief polling inspector for the McElwain Baptist Church precinct and a delegate to the Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform convention. She has served as an officer of the Parent-Teacher Association at her children's schools, chaired the 1st annual Earth Day Festival at East Lake Park for the Village Creek Human and Environmental Justice Society, helped organized the auction for the Alabama Environmental Council's Green Tie Affair, coached the Leeds Cap Ball Team, and directed programs for the We Care Circle of the United Methodist Women.

For her service to the community, she was awarded a Sierra Club "Community Activist of the Year" recognition in 2002. As a City Council candidate she is running on a platform of improving quality of life through support for community schools, streamlining citizen involvment, and mitigating the effects of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on neighborhoods.

References

• "Birmingham City Council elections: District 2 candidate Kim Rafferty." (August 12, 2009) Birmingham News

External links

• Kim Rafferty campaign website