Dear Kansas City Readers,
As members of The Voice team move around Kansas City covering stories of importance to our KC readers, we’re getting to know more and more of you and learning more about the stories you want to know and hear more about.
What we’re also learning is how much our Kansas City readers appreciate the quality work and coverage our publication provides. My response when I hear this is always the same, “Thank you, but it takes a lot of work.”
Producing quality stories like those in this issue on development in Kansas City, KS, and our exclusive on KCK Mayor Tyrone Garner choosing not to run for reelection, along with thousands of other great KC stories, requires a great deal of work and a great deal of resources and time.
Providing this level and quality of reporting is inherent to our mission:
“To cover news and fill information gaps of importance to the African-American communities we serve, as a way to empower them to create positive change in their lives and their communities.”
I’m writing you today to let you know, we are stretched as far as we can go, but there is so much more we want to do and so much our readers are asking us to do. There are stories to tell, issues to investigate, and countless resources to connect our community with. Yet, to expand our efforts and maintain the quality of our reporting, we need to grow our team — a necessity that comes with significant costs.
KANSAS CITY, earlier this month, we launched an online fundraising campaign to help us keep the stories coming. So far, our support from Kansas City has been limited.
If you believe in our mission and the positive impact our work has on your community, we ask you to consider making a one-time or recurring contribution. Your support will enable us to continue delivering trusted, empowering information that uplifts our community and helps individuals create change in their own lives.
Thank you,
Bonita Gooch
Editor-In-Chief
P.S. You can support us by donating online or mailing a check to:
The Community Voice
2918 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS 67214
