Urban Connections conducts guest interviews covering issues effecting our local, national, international and global communities from a Black perspective. Subjects include current events, trends, history, education, economics, science, political science, health, race, law and more.
On Tuesday, March 25th, the Kansas City Defender and the Kansas City Call hosted an urgent town hall titled Kansas City’s Crisis of Black Food, Land & Survival — And How We Fight Back. Per the KC Defender, Kansas City’s Black farmers and urban growers are leading the fight for food sovereignty. They invited the community to join The KC Defender and The Kansas City Call for an urgent Town Hall to strategize, organize, and take action.
Carl A. Stafford
Our guest, Carl A. Stafford, artist, and founder of the Kansas City non-profit organization My Region Wins!, participated as a panelist at the town hall event. Carl Stafford shares his town hall experience with us here today. Other panelists participating in the town hall include: Nadine Farris, Executive Director of WELL, Inc., Alana Henry, Executive Director of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council, Mike Rollen, founder of Ophelia’s Blue Vine Farm, Alecia Kates, Board Member, KC Black Urban Growers.
The stated mission of Carl’s organization, My Region Wins! is to “TRANSCEND EVERYDAY CHALLENGES by nurturing innovative ideas that drive societal change, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future FOR ALL. It’s vision: “We are building a future where the transformative power of the Arts, nature, and neighborhoods foster creativity, sustainability, and connection.”
The Kansas City Defender is a Black nonprofit community media platform employing innovative digital and community-building strategies to engage Gen Z and Millennials across the mid-west. Their primary areas of focus are education, justice, business, arts & culture, and technology. Reaching over 50 million people and growing our social media audience to over 75,000 followers since launched in 2021, they have created a new model for reaching Black people and Gen Z.
The Kansas City Call, or The Call is an African-American weekly newspaper founded in 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, by Chester A. Franklin. It continues to serve the black community of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.
host/producer/engineer: Donna Morrow Wolfe
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