Month: April 2017

  • How to Write About Local Issues

    How to Write About Local Issues

    Passionate about an issue? I’m imagining all of us becoming community reporters, sending a letter to the editor of our local papers every week. Add a Facebook post and Tweet telling the same story to reach more people. Then go to a local town hall with copies of what you’ve written.

  • How This Kansas City Project is Helping Homeless Veterans

    How This Kansas City Project is Helping Homeless Veterans

    The Veterans Village gives me hope that as a society we’ll serve veterans whose service to society too often is dismissed when they return home. Two veterans in the Kansas City area, Kevin Jamison and Chris Stout took action on their concern about homeless veterans. They formed the Veterans Community Project and organized volunteers and…