by Sam Smith | Dec 21, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Relationships with trusted groups, incentives helped reach the Latinx community To help reach the state’s largest group of non-White residents in the KBTV initiative, some project leaders used incentives, innovative ideas and established relationships with the Latinx...
by Sam Smith | Dec 20, 2021 | KS Beats the Virus, Newsroom, Press Releases, Research Articles
Annual Report of the Kansas Leadership Center See where we’ve been, where we are and where we’re headed in KLC’s 2021 Annual Report. In KLC’s first-ever Annual Report, we’ve outlined a few of the key takeaways from the work our team and...
by Sam Smith | Dec 15, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Finding common ground in rural Kansas results in successful project By finding common ground, a health and wellness coalition and its volunteers in a rural southeastern county created a Kansas Beats the Virus (KBTV) initiative that helped change residents’ behaviors...
by Sam Smith | Dec 9, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
“Look, regardless of whether you believe in the virus or not, it’s creating effects on your organization. What are those effects and how can we go about mitigating them?” –Phil Black, Salina musician and concerned community member When an email announcing...
by Sam Smith | Nov 24, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Groups addressing disparities found valuable resource through virus initiative With disproportionately high COVID-19 infection and death rates among non-White populations the pandemic put a spotlight on racial disparities in health care. In Wyandotte County, community...
by Sam Smith | Sep 28, 2021 | KS Beats the Virus, Newsroom, Press Releases, Research Articles
September 29, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research on grassroots pandemic activism finds personal connections, shared purpose empowered Kansans to take action Wichita, Kan. – Third Floor Research—the research partnership between the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC)...
