Good evening, Kansas City!
Happy Holidays! We hope you are having a relaxing start to the week. Check out these stories in KC before the holiday break!
In Today’s Newsletter:
- A new city program focuses on mental health improvement
- KCKPD launch new Real Time Intelligence Crime Center
- Joey Thomas is making a difference for thousands of KC families
- History of Black Santa
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KANSAS CITY NEWS
A New Kansas City Program Steers Residents to Mental Health or Drug Care Rather Than Custody
The KC REACH program aims to address mental health, substance abuse and homelessness by providing care instead of police intervention for nonviolent crises.
Learn more on this important program
A MESSAGE FROM THE VOICE
Submit Your King Holiday Events
Our King Holiday calendar of events will be printed in our Jan. 10 issue. To make sure your event is listed, make sure to have your event info submitted by Fri., Jan. 3. Submit your King event, or any event, using this QR code.
WYANDOTTE NEWS
KCK Police Launch High-Tech Crime Center
The Real Time Intelligence Crime Center facility operates like a high-tech command center, with intelligence analysts monitoring multiple screens showing real-time video feeds from across the city.
A MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL BLACK UNITED FRONT
The National Black United Front – Kansas City Chapter (NBUF-KC) is bringing its signature Kwanzaa celebration back for seven full days to the 18th & Vine Jazz District.
Find out the daily schedule of planned entertainment.
KANSAS CITY NEWS
Seeds of Hope: How an East-Side Barber Works to Better His Community
On a chilly November morning, hundreds of KC families lined up outside the Urban Youth Academy near 18th and Vine – they were there to become one of the nearly 1,000 families to receive – for free – a turkey and all of the fixing for their Thanksgiving dinner courtesy of Joey Thomas and his Know Joey? Foundation’s network of volunteers and collaborators.
A MESSAGE FROM BLACK WOMEN GET FIT
We are counting down the days to 2025 and excited to announce our lineup for the Jan. 4 Black Women Get Fit. We’ve curated an incredible group of health & wellness practitioners thatwill help make sure we start the year off right.
Don’t miss our special Holiday gift to you, a special Christmas newsletter in your email box on Christmas morning. It will be full of great holidays stories especially for our readers to enjoy. Here’s a taste of what you can expect:
Black Santa: Where Are You?
While Black Santa figurines, cards, photos and decorations are more prevalent, nearly 80 years after the placement of the first Black department store Santa, live, melanated Santas remain too hard to find.
Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. (Philadelphia Tribune)
Florida students are giving up their Saturday mornings to learn about African American history their schools don’t teach at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach and in similar programs at community centers across the state. (AP News)
President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. According to the White House, the individuals will have their sentences reclassified from execution to life without the possibility of parole. (CNN)
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