Sponsored in Part by the
Jewish Federation of Kansas City
January 4, 2019
6:45 PM at All Souls, Conover
Shabbat worship service followed by a presentation and Q&A from Alicia Valenzuela of Spay & Neuter Kansas City.
Spay & Neuter KC spays or neuters around 10 thousand pets a year. Vaccinating almost that many so they can stay healthy. And provides other resources, such as a Special Medical Care Fund, dog houses, pet food and more … all of it so that more pets can stay in their homes, off the streets, and out of shelters.
February 1, 2019
6:45 PM at All Souls, Conover
Shabbat worship service followed by a presentation and Q&A from Seft Hunter of Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO).
He’ll discuss CCO’s support of a ballot initiative in KCMO to make free pre-K available to all children.
March 1, 2019
6:45 PM at All Souls, Conover
Shabbat worship service followed by a presentation and Q&A from Kol Ami member, Brent Never, Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management. He’ll discuss economic development along the Troost Corridor.
April 5, 2019
6:45 PM at All Souls, Conover
Shabbat worship service followed by a presentation and Q&A from Monic Houpe, product and marketing director of cultural identity at Hallmark Cards, Inc., with responsibility for their Tree of Life product line. She’ll discuss the latest research on the Jewish consumer segment.
May 3, 2019
6:45 PM at All Souls, Conover
Shabbat worship service followed by a presentation and Q&A from Devin Burghart, director of the Center for New Community’s Building Democracy Initiative. Burghart’s role at the center includes tracking and unmasking the growing white supremacist movement in all its disguises. When white supremacists stage an event—often under purposely misleading banners, Devin is able to identify the hate networks behind the scenes and quickly inform local groups who the players are and what their real agenda is, providing the information they need to respond.
May 18, 2019
9:30 AM at Manheim Garden
Manheim Garden Conservancy Board Member, Jacob Canyon, will lead a tour of the Manheim Garden as well as provide an update on its current work.