Why an Evangelical church in KCK opened a thrift store to build leaders in its immigrant-rich neighborhood 

By Tommy Felts | April 29, 2022
David Roberson and Jared Meek at Adelante Thrift

The heart and purpose of Mission Adelante is to develop and empower community members — especially its neighbors who come from backgrounds far from Kansas City, said Jared Meek.  “We started Mission Adelante in 2005 to really reach out to the immigrant and refugee community in our neighborhood. We focused a lot on individual transformation,…

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The Toolbox aims to bridge cultural entrepreneur gap in WyCo; opening new resource center Thursday

By Tommy Felts | April 26, 2021
Liliane Lemani, African Designs by Liliane and Amisi

Editor’s note: This story is sponsored and was produced by Forward Cities, a non-financial partner of Startland News and a national nonprofit that is managing the implementation of the ESHIP Communities program as a grantee of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Any opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. [divide] Pedro Morales,…

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