KC Star: Nonprofit CEO left career as a public school teacher to serve all of Kansas City
Recently Miles-Bartee sat down with The Kansas City Star’s culture and identity reporter, J.M. Banks, and talked about the transitioning into nonprofit work, finding a passion for helping the community and her fears these days about federal and state budget cuts.
Shawn Foster named new chair of LINC
Foster, who joined the LINC Commission in 2023, is a founding partner of Preuss | Foster Law, an adjunct professor in Trial Advocacy and Constitutional Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a governor-appointed commissioner on the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority.
LINC welcomes new commission members
LINC has named BLAQUE KC Founder Cokethea Hill, human resources specialist and youth mentor Deborah Hogan, and Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley President Tammy Robinson to join the LINC commission in overseeing the work of LINC’s Caring Communities in support of children, families and neighborhoods.
Confidence and joy: New basketball players thrilled with gift of shoes
Eleven-year-old Landon’s new shoes were sleek, black with a magenta sheen, winged with electric green and bright blue. Best of all, said the Whittier Elementary School fifth-grader to his LINC […]