by Sam Smith | Mar 25, 2021 | Newsroom
We are proud to announce that KLC alumnus Matt O’Malley of Pittsburg, Kansas is this year’s winner of the Ron Alexander Scholarship. Each year, in honor of Senior Associate Ron Alexander, the Kansas Leadership Center offers a full scholarship for the Teach Leadership...
by Sam Smith | Mar 19, 2021 | Kansan Portraits, Newsroom, People
Cut paper illustration by Lauren Fitzgerald Clarina Nichols Birth—Jan. 25, 1810 Death—Jan 11, 1885 Suffragette, reformer, journalist Before women could vote or run for public office, some ran newspapers in Kansas. In 1857, Clarina Nichols, associate editor of the...
by Sam Smith | Feb 26, 2021 | Kansan Portraits, Newsroom, People
Cut paper illustration by Lauren Fitzgerald Mary Elizabeth Lease Birth—Sept. 11, 1850 Death—Oct. 29, 1933 Political activist, writer, lecturer, leading spokeswoman for the Populist Party Newspaper editors of the day ridiculed her, calling her “ugly and foul of...
by Sam Smith | Feb 15, 2021 | Newsroom, Press Releases
February 15, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center Announces Three New Board Members Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), an educational organization founded to foster civic leadership for healthier Kansas communities, welcomes three new...
by Sam Smith | Feb 1, 2021 | KS Beats the Virus, Newsroom, Press Releases
February 1, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘Kansas Beats the Virus’ project mobilized 7,000 Kansans launching 827 action plans to combat COVID across the state Wichita, Kan. – “Kansas Beats the Virus”– a statewide, bi-partisan public health intervention to combat the...
by Sam Smith | Jan 29, 2021 | Kansan Portraits, Newsroom, People
Cut paper illustration by Lauren Fitzgerald Martin and Osa Johnson Martin (Oct. 9, 1884 — Jan. 13, 1937) Osa (March 14, 1894 — Jan. 7, 1953) Explorers, authors, filmmakers, photographers Martin and Osa Johnson dared to dream and do things different. The...
