Six coalitions awarded Collective Impact funding January 30, 2025 Funding supports organizations with systems-change strategy to close economic mobility gaps in the Kansas City region.
Amplify 2024 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 […]
2024 Amplify 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 […]
How our youth spend out-of-school time is critical November 16, 2023 Access to quality programming before and after school – and during school breaks – can effectively put students and families on a path to success.
I’m a young, Black Kansas Citian planning to move – KC, why should I stay? July 30, 2020 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.
Rural businesses strive to be destination known December 14, 2020 For some small businesses, zeroing in on their uniqueness has helped them endure 2020’s turbulence.
An Immigrant in Kansas 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 […]
What if everyone got a fair shot? October 18, 2018 Everyone deserves a fair shot. That’s the promise of America.