Students struck by KC gun violence search for solutions at MECA Challenge

Editor’s note: MECA Challenge and Startland News are both programs of the Kansas City Startup Foundation, though the content below was produced independently by Startland. For more information on the relationship, click here. [divide] Escaping the cycle of gun violence can seem impossible, said Lea Thompson, still wearing a cast on her hand after being…

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KCultivator Q&A: Prep-KC CEO Susan Wally on environmentalism, horseback riding, urban edu

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a new, lighthearted profile series we’re kicking off to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Check out our first profile with Donald Carter here.  You may know Susan Wally as CEO of the education nonprofit Prep-KC, a member of KC Rising’s Human Capital committee or as a board…

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