Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela R. Goodwine will be the keynote speaker for the 30th annual African American Heritage Breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Bruce Convention Center.
The Modernette Civic Club hosts the breakfast, which traditionally has an audience of several hundred guests.
Goodwine is the first Black female justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court. She was elected in November 2024 from the 5th Appellate District, which includes Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, she served six years on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. She is a former circuit and district judge in Kentucky.
A native of Youngstown, Ohio, she worked as a court stenographer before earning her bachelor’s and law degrees at the University of Kentucky. She began her legal career in private practice with Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs.
Goodwine previously chaired the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. She is the recipients of several awards, including the Fayette County Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer in 2000 and the Henry V. Pennington Trial Judge of the Year Award from the Kentucky Justice Association in 2012.
A motivational speaker, she is active in civic affairs. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Lexington and the Lexington Forum.
Tickets for the Modernette breakfast are $35 and can be purchased from club members or through Eventbrite.
Additional information is available from breakfast chair Lisa Balboa at 270-954-3004 or club president Billie Todd at 270-885-1232.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
