The Forum

Hilary Noonan specializes in sustainable landscape design and Mark Samborski, a minister and community advocate, operates Antioch Urban Growers. They will cover the importance of soils within our interactive planetary ecosystem, how we can mitigate the climate crisis by restoring soils to their original condition, and recent developments in this growing effort.

Kelsey Ryan, the founder and publisher of The Beacon in Kansas City and Wichita, speaks from the frontlines of non-profit journalism, with a view of the imperiled state of local, […] The post The Kansas City Beacon and the Fight for Local Journalism appeared first on KKFI .

Aaron Deacon, Managing Director of KC Digital Drive, explores the digital future of Kansas City in the critical pursuit of equitable access, the promise in economic opportunities and the fascinating […] The post KC Digital Drive and the Pursuit of Innovation and Equity appeared first on KKFI .

Steve Nicely is with the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater KC and a retired KC Star journalist.  Sarah Crews is the founder of Heart Land Prairie Cemetery in Central Kansas. The state’s first prairie restoration […] The post Making the Case for “Green” Burials appeared first on KKFI .

Henry Stoever and Cris Mann of PeaceWorks-KC describe their work for nuclear disarmament through civil disobedience and lobbying Congress, and talk of other strategies, including supporting the Cities Appeal of […] The post PeaceWorks-KC: Resisting Nuclear armament in 2022 appeared first on KKFI .

With the rapid spread of disinformation endangering public health and polarizing politics, communities desperately need trustworthy local news. Years of runaway media consolidation and ad-driven clickbait have destroyed newsrooms and […] The post The Future of the Media — and What You Can Do About It appeared first on KKFI .

Former State Senator Kiki Curls unpacks the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure package recently signed into law by President Biden and discusses its potential effect on Missouri. The post The Federal Infrastructure Law and What It Means to Missouri appeared first on KKFI .

Continuing an annual tradition, the Forum welcomes Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to share an address on the State of the City. The post State of the City with KC Mayor Quinton Lucas appeared first on KKFI .

Kansas City Star reporters Eric Adler, Kevin Hardy and Mike Hendricks discuss a month long investigation into how a neglected section of the city has become a hunting ground for […] The post Kansas City’s East Side Land Grab appeared first on KKFI .

In a time of changing enrollment and financial challenges, the Kansas City Public Schools is engaging the community in shaping the future of our city’s schools. District leaders will discuss […] The post Shaping the Future of Kansas City Public Schools appeared first on KKFI .

Attorneys Craig Lubow and David Bell analyze the impacts of recent court events, including cases involving Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin, Officer Derek Chauvin in Minnesota, Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, and […] The post Analyzing the Wave of Major Court Decisions appeared first on KKFI .

After Charlottesville, after the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol, and as militias grow geometrically, Leonard Zeskind explores strategies for turning back the ominous tide. He is an author and […] The post How Can the White Supremacists Be Stopped? appeared first on KKFI .

  Women’s reproductive rights are under attack like never before. Attorney Bob Eye, a long time advocate for Women’s rights, will give us an update on the various threats working […] The post The Assault on Women’s Reproductive Rights appeared first on KKFI .

  Cheryl Kimmi, the outgoing executive director of the Kansas City Fringe Festival, will host a lively discussion about the arts and its effect on the community.. The Fringe Festival […] The post Supporting the Community through its Arts appeared first on KKFI .

  UMKC’s Professor Dr. Loyce Caruthers and Institute for Urban Education Associate Director Dr. Brad Poos retrace the history of Critical Race Theory, examining its intent to reshape America’s understanding […] The post Critical Race Theory and America’s Fractured Reckoning with History appeared first on KKFI .

Stacey Johnson-Cosby, Realtor with ReeceNichols and President of the Kansas City Regional Housing Alliance will discuss the economic shutdown and how it negatively impacted private property rights across the country, […] The post Landlords and Tenants and America’s Housing Crisis appeared first on KKFI .

    Pulitzer Prize winning author, Heather Ann Thompson, will be speaking about her book, Blood in the Water, on the Attica prison uprising of the 1970s. Thompson will address […] The post The Attica in All of Us appeared first on KKFI .

  Retired public health executive and activist Jim Nunnelly stands in the breach of Kansas City’s public health crisis, rallying communities to solutions in the fight against the pandemic, diabetes, […] The post Solutions to the Social Injustices in Kansas City’s Public Health Crisis appeared first on KKFI .

Dr. Richard Randolph, MD is the Senior Chief Medical Officer for Heart to Heart International.  He has treated many zoonotic infectious diseases including COVID 19, Ebola, Zika, Cholera, Malaria, and […] The post Don’t Mess with Mother Nature appeared first on KKFI .

Zack Pistora is the state lobbyist for the Kansas Sierra Club and Interim Executive Director of the Kansas Rural Center. He will cover the challenges Kansas faces in regards to […] The post ‘Water’ we going to do, Kansas? appeared first on KKFI .

Jason Miles, an activist with Reaching Out From Within, talks about prison reform in Kansas and turning back mass incarceration from the inside through the non-profit’s work empowering prisoners through […] The post Kansas prison reform, from the inside out appeared first on KKFI .

Counselor Lynn Barnett, a gender specialist, explores the challenges and issues ahead for the trans+ and non-binary community, speaking from her close personal experiences with members of the community and […] The post Standing up with the Trans+ and Non-Binary communities appeared first on KKFI .

  NOTE: Due to a technical issue, this program was not broadcast on 10-14-21; however, the replay here is the intended program. Nomachot Adiang, an organizer for Missouri Health Care […] The post Health Care for All: The Fight for Medicaid Expansion appeared first on KKFI .

Bryce Reeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia, takes a close look at how climate change is already straining our world, the increasing peril in climate […] The post Can the Paris Climate Agreement save our imperiled world? appeared first on KKFI .

George Guastello, Union Station president & CEO shares important perspective regarding this historic exhibition gathering more than a thousand original objects and photographs from around the world in an unparalleled […] The post Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. appeared first on KKFI .