To attend any of our sessions, please contact Kiva Donahue at kdonahue@kcciviccouncil.org 5 days prior to the desired session.

May
2

KCT Session 9 - Personal Engagement 2024 & Beyond

Please join us for KCT session 9!

Read more about expectations for your personal perspectives here.

Resources:

Prep Memo

Agenda

Presentation Schedule for Personal Engagement Plans

Parking Instructions:

Please enter the parking garage off Grand Blvd. When you pull into the garage, take a ticket, and follow the signs for visitor parking. Check in at the security desk in the main lobby as they will have a list of visitors and clear you to go to the 22nd floor.  Take your ticket with you to the 22nd floor and have it validated. You will need this ticket when you exit the garage. There are two exit gates at Grand, please be sure you use the right exit lane which is for ticket holders.

Lunch Instructions:

If you choose to leave for lunch, I strongly encourage visiting a restaurant within walking distance to avoid needing an additional parking validation upon re-entering the garage.

For your convenience, here’s a list of nearby dining options, all within about a 15-minute walk from Lathrop GPM:

  1. Restaurants at Crown Center (Spin!, Unforked, Panera Bread, etc.)

  2. The Rockhill Grille

  3. Pierpont’s at Union Station

  4. Harvey’s at Union Station

  5. Jack Stack Barbecue – Freight House

  6. Jimmy John’s

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Mar
7

KCT Session 7 - Economic Inclusion & Empowerment

Please join us for KCT Session 7!

Participants are required to have completed the Social Leadership E-Course by the March session. Read more about the Social Leadership E-Course here.

Resources:

Prep Memo

Pre- Reads

Agenda

Speaker Bios

Kansas City University Parking Map - - Attendees will park in Lot G (labeled ‘Parking’) and walk to the Administration Building which has been marked with a red star on the map. Please note there is a slight incline to the Administration Building so be sure to wear comfortable shoes.

Session Surveys:

Personal Perspectives

Session Evaluations

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Feb
18

KCT Mid-Year Retreat

Please join us for the first KCT Mid-Year Retreat! This retreat will provide an open forum for Class 46 to share feedback about the program and foster additional time together as a cohort. Your attendance is key, as it will allow you to provide feedback firsthand, meet with your capstone teams, and connect with your sponsors.

Parking Instructions

Agenda

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Feb
7

KCT Session 6 - Education, Human Capital & Workforce for Tomorrow

Please join us for KCT Session 6!

Participants are required to have completed school visits and report out during the February session. Please email PowerPoints for your school visit reports to Cianah, at Cfaust@kcciviccouncil.org. Read more about expectations for school visit reports here.

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Nov
14

KCADC Annual Luncheon

  • Kay Barnes Grand Ballroom | KC Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The KC Area Development Council (KCADC) is hosting their annual luncheon soon – KCT participants should expect to attend and sit with the cohort at tables we have purchased for KCT. Please see details from KCADC below –

 

We look forward to having you join us for KCADC’s 2024 Annual Meeting! Below are important details about this year’s event:

 

EVENT DETAILS

* Thursday, November 14
* Kay Barnes Grand Ballroom | KC Convention Center
* 11:00 a.m. | Ballroom doors open
* 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon concludes

 

PARKING INFO

* Complimentary parking is available in the Arts District Garage (by the Kauffman Center)
* 287 W. 17th Street, KCMO 64108
* Entrances on both Wyandotte and 17th Streets
* Limited parking – first come, first serve
* Please let the attendant know that you are with KCADC

 

TICKET INFORMATION

* E-tickets that indicate your table number assignment will be sent out soon.

ADDITIONAL INFO

* Attire is business casual – come as you are!
* Visit our Annual Meeting website (https://thinkkc.com/events/annual-meeting) for more information about this year’s program, keynote speaker and sponsors.
* Vegetarian lunch options available, please email Darcy Groce if you have a vegetarian request (let her know you will be at a KCT table).

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Oct
4

KCT Session 2 - Day Touring the Greater Metropolitan Area

Join us for a day touring the KC metro area. We will be walking, as well as boarding and unboarding a bus, please wear comfortable shoes.

Resources:

  • Directions & Parking Instructions - Parking will be provided at 10 Central Car Park, adjacent to the building

  • Agenda

  • Prep Memo

    • A brief message from Dr. Hill - Kevin Fox Gotham’s Race, Real Estate and Uneven Development: The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2010, is the pre-read for the October session. I am asking that you prioritize reading chapters 2, 3 and 5 as well as Gotham’s article (linked below) prior to our convening so that our discussions can be grounded with contextual understanding of how urbanism was orchestrated. Lastly, I have attached a tour pamphlet of the "story of segregation of Kansas City", while this is not the same as the Dividing Lines tour, it offers a historical context for some of the landmarks in Kansas City that we will pass along our bus tour.

  • Presenter Bios

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Session Nine - Personal Engagement & Beyond
May
3

Session Nine - Personal Engagement & Beyond

Join us for Session Nine at Lathrop GPM LLP.

Class 44 will join us in the morning to provide updates on their civic engagement since they graduated from KCT. In the afternoon, Class 45 will present their own personal engagement plans, and are encouraged to invite their sponsors.

All resources for session nine are below:

  1. Session agenda

  2. Brief Description of Expectations: Throughout the course of the year, you will be exposed to a wide array of topics, issues, leaders, area challenges.  Your own interests and passions will become clearer to you.  At the conclusion of KCT you will submit your Personal Engagement Plan which describes your passion and how you intend to be civically engaged in the future.  This is a one-page simple narrative document which you will use as the basis of a 4-5-minute presentation to your class in May. Please invite your sponsors to hear your personal engagement plans!

    • Email all personal engagement plans to Kiva in PDF format by close of business, May 3rd.

  3. Personal Engagement Plan Presentation Schedule

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Session Eight - Public Policy & Governance
Apr
5

Session Eight - Public Policy & Governance

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Session Seven - Economic Inclusion & Empowerment
Mar
1

Session Seven - Economic Inclusion & Empowerment

Join us for Session Seven at Kansas City University.

Participants are expected to complete the Social Leader Essentials e-course prior to the session. All Session Seven resources are linked below:

  1. Session Seven Agenda

  2. Pre-read: 2023 State of Black Kansas City (Please prioritize the Economics and Health sections in your reading).

  3. Presenter Bios

  4. Social Leader Essentials E-Course Instructions

  5. Social Leader Essentials Course Workbook

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Session Four - Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Dec
1

Session Four - Innovation & Entrepreneurship

  • Shook, Hardy, & Bacon LLP – Conference Room 24A (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for Session Four at Shook, Hardy and Bacon LLP.

View the December KCT agenda here.

View and download photos/videos from session four here.

We invite you to explore pre-reads for this session:

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Session Three - Enterprise, Industry, Culture - The KC Economy
Nov
10

Session Three - Enterprise, Industry, Culture - The KC Economy

Join us for Session Three, location TBD.

View agenda here.

View and download photos/videos from session three here.

We invite you to explore the pre-reads for this session:

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Orientation Day Two
Aug
25

Orientation Day Two

Join us at Polsinelli for the second day of orientation.

View agenda here.

View and download photos/videos from orientation here.

We invite you to explore the pre-reads for this session:

  • "Spark the Heart” by Dr. Nicole Price, this insightful book explores the role of empathy in leadership, offering valuable perspectives and practical insights.

  • “When Everyone Leads” by Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride, this book challenges traditional notions of leadership, urging us to recognize and solve tough challenges collectively.

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