Search Results for: Economic Gardening from The Kauffman Foundation

Funding supports organizations with systems-change strategy to close economic mobility gaps in the Kansas City region.

This year’s conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, November 8-9, 2024, at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. Trip to Brown v. Board Museum Seventy years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education changed the trajectory of public education and sparked the end of segregated schools. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the […]

Over 200+ educators of color attended this year’s Amplify conference on Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9, 2024, at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. Friday, November 8, 2024 Trip to Brown v. Board Museum To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that changed the trajectory of public […]

Access to quality programming before and after school – and during school breaks – can effectively put students and families on a path to success.

Our hometown needs to invest in, make space for, and give its Black community resources to lead or my young, diverse generation will take our talent, leadership, and drive to create equitable, anti-racist communities elsewhere.

For some small businesses, zeroing in on their uniqueness has helped them endure 2020’s turbulence.

Angelica Castillo Chappel sees the Somali refugees rely on their children for translation, just as she and her siblings did for her parents. Many work at the Tyson plant, just as her parents did—one worked the day shift, the other the night shift. “There’s a whole lot who started with $100 in their pocket,” Castillo […]

Everyone deserves a fair shot. That’s the promise of America.