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Entrepreneur Claudia Amaro finds empowerment & connection
Entrepreneur Claudia Yaujar-Amaro finds KLC path to empowerment and connection Lea este blog en español. When Claudia Yaujar-Amaro saw a Facebook post promoting a KLC Latino leadership program in Topeka back in 2016, she had no idea the impact those next four months...

Claudia Yaujar-Amaro encuentra empoderamiento y la conexión
Emprendedora Claudia Yaujar-Amaro encuentra el camino de KLC hacia el empoderamiento y la conexión Read this blog post in English. Cuando Claudia Yaujar-Amaro vio una publicación de Facebook que promocionaba un programa de liderazgo latino del KLC en Topeka en 2016,...

Urban League: Inspiring Action Through Community Leadership
Urban League: Inspiring Action Through Community Leadership Two years ago, the Kansas Leadership Center began an inspiring journey with Kansans of color by launching the Creating Leadership Together initiative. This groundbreaking effort aimed to provide seed funding,...

Kaye Monk-Morgan: Our Civic Mission at Work Today
Our Civic Mission at Work Today, in Kansas and Beyond In this video, Kansas Leadership Center President and CEO Kaye Monk-Morgan shares KLC’s aspirations for civic leadership and describes the many ways in which our mission is at work today, in Kansas and beyond.Read...

New Research Findings on Latino Leadership in Kansas
New Research on Latino Leadership in Kansas Lea esta información en español. The Latino population in Kansas grew by 25% from 2010-2020, accounting for 13% of the population or 375,000 people. The Kansas Leadership Center’s aspiration is to serve all Kansans through...

Nuevo estudio sobre el Liderazgo Latino en Kansas
Nuevo estudio sobre el Liderazgo Latino en Kansas Read this information in English. La población latina en Kansas creció un 25% del 2010 al 2020, lo que representa el 13% de la población o 375,000 personas. La aspiración del Kansas Leadership Center es servir a todos...

KLC Journal team expands coverage with bilingual news
Newsroom, People, Press Releases
March 30, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Journal Team Expands with Kansas Health Foundation Grant for Bilingual News and Civic Information Lea este anuncio en español. WICHITA, Kan. – A collaboration funded through a $50,000 Kansas Health Foundation grant will support...

Thane Chastain Memorial Fund
Thane Chastain Memorial Fund At the request of the family of our beloved Thane Chastain, we have created a memorial fund. If you would like to give a gift in honor of Thane’s legacy, we and his family would be honored. Funds will be used to support the mission of the...

Remembering Thane Chastain
Remembering Thane Chastain1960-2023 We've created a Thane Chastain Memorial Fund.Learn more and contribute. The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) mourns the heartbreaking loss of a transformative staff member. Thane Chastain, director of virtual learning and engagement...

Dr. V. Kaye Monk-Morgan Appointed President and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center
February 23, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. V. Kaye Monk-Morgan Appointed President and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) announced today that Dr. V. Kaye Monk-Morgan has been named the nonprofit organization’s...

Kansas Leadership Center Launches Book: When Everyone Leads
January 31, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center Launches When Everyone Leads, a New Book with a Revolutionary Approach to Leadership Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), a Wichita-based nonprofit, is releasing a new book today by Ed...

Kansas Leadership Center Receives Kauffman Foundation Grant
January 10, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center Receives $450,000 Grant fromEwing Marion Kauffman Foundation toAdvance Local Entrepreneurship in the Heartland Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), a Wichita-based nonprofit, has been...

Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improved public health outcomes and civic capacity
Beat the Virus Stories, Community Action Plans, KS Beats the Virus, Press Releases, Research Articles
April 20, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research finds KLC's Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improvedpublic health outcomes and civic capacity across Kansas communities Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) unveiled today new research that shows...

Kansans launch 1,010 action projects to combat COVID-19
Beat the Virus Stories, Community Action Plans, KS Beats the Virus, Press Releases
February 16, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1,162 Kansans led ‘Kansas Beats the Virus’ effort to conclusion, launched 1,010 action projects to combat COVID-19 across state Wichita, Kan. – “Kansas Beats the Virus” (KBTV) – a public health partnership between the...

Relationships, trust and incentives engage Latinx community
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...

2021 Annual Report
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 partners like you have been...

Safe Shopping is Common Ground in Crawford County
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...

Connections and engagement empower civic-minded residents
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 the Kansas...

Groups addressing disparities found valuable resource through virus initiative
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...

News Release: Kansas Beats the Virus Evaluation Report
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)...

Voices on Vaccinations
Beat the Virus Stories, KBV News, KS Beats the Virus, Newsroom
“Voices on Vaccinations” Campaign Elevates the Conversation on COVID-19 Vaccination with Diverse Kansas Communities In an effort to build awareness of and interest in the COVID-19 vaccine for four Kansas communities – Black, Latino, Native American, and Kansans...

Pandemic produces ray of hope for Kansas communities
Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Silver linings have been hard to come by during COVID-19, but strengthened civic ties may very well be a bright spot that endures in Kansas communities long after the pandemic recedes. Faced with fighting a common enemy, citizens from all walks of life rallied around...

Subsidized therapy addresses mental impact of COVID
Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
The Journey church in Wichita has a small congregation that includes a surprising number of mental health professionals, so perhaps it was preordained that the church would respond to the mental health crisis brought on by COVID. The church is asking therapists to...

Kansas Beats the Virus initiative mobilized 7,000 Kansans
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...

A Conversation Series on Immigration and Demographic Change
July 13, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center to Host Series of Conversations Across Kansas on Immigration and Demographic Change Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), a Wichita-based nonprofit, and its civic issues magazine, The Journal,...

Two Communities to Participate in Entrepreneurship Program
April 12, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center Announces First Two Communities in the Heartland to Participate in Local Entrepreneurship Pilot Program Lea este anuncio en español. Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), a Wichita-based...

KLC Journal team expands coverage with bilingual news
Newsroom, People, Press Releases
March 30, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Journal Team Expands with Kansas Health Foundation Grant for Bilingual News and Civic Information Lea este anuncio en español. WICHITA, Kan. – A collaboration funded through a $50,000 Kansas Health Foundation grant will support...

Kansas Health Foundation Financia Proyecto Que Genera Noticias Bilingües E Información Cívica
March 30, 2023 PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA Kansas Health Foundation Financia Proyecto Que Genera Noticias Bilingües E Información Cívica Read this announcement in English. WICHITA, Kansas. – Una colaboración financiada a través de un aporte de $50,000 de la Kansas...

Dr. V. Kaye Monk-Morgan Appointed President and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center
February 23, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. V. Kaye Monk-Morgan Appointed President and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) announced today that Dr. V. Kaye Monk-Morgan has been named the nonprofit organization’s...

Kansas Leadership Center Launches Book: When Everyone Leads
January 31, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center Launches When Everyone Leads, a New Book with a Revolutionary Approach to Leadership Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), a Wichita-based nonprofit, is releasing a new book today by Ed...

Kansas Leadership Center Receives Kauffman Foundation Grant
January 10, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center Receives $450,000 Grant fromEwing Marion Kauffman Foundation toAdvance Local Entrepreneurship in the Heartland Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), a Wichita-based nonprofit, has been...

Announcing Recipients of Leadership Transformation Grants
October 17, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center announces recipients of2023 Leadership Transformation Grants Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) has selected 87 organizations across Kansas as 2023 Leadership Transformation Grant (LTG)...

Open Applications for Leadership Transformation Grants
August 3, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas Leadership Center now accepting applications for 2023 Leadership Transformation Grants Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) is offering workforce development grants to organizations across Kansas to help them...

Julia Fabris McBride Appointed Interim President and CEO
July 25, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Julia Fabris McBride Appointed Interim President and CEOof Kansas Leadership Center Wichita, Kan. – At its quarterly meeting on July 22, the board of directors for the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) appointed Julia Fabris McBride as...

Ed O’Malley named KHF President and CEO
June 27, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Founding President and CEO Ed O’Malley Appointed President and CEO of Kansas Health Foundation Wichita, Kan. – Ed O’Malley, founding president and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), has been named president and CEO of the...

Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improved public health outcomes and civic capacity
Beat the Virus Stories, Community Action Plans, KS Beats the Virus, Press Releases, Research Articles
April 20, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research finds KLC's Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improvedpublic health outcomes and civic capacity across Kansas communities Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) unveiled today new research that shows...
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