KLC at Open Streets
We’re at #OpenStreetsICT — come find us.
Spin the prize wheel. Explore our work with Wichita Documenters and the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. Connect with what’s happening in your community.
📍 Just east of Harvard on 17th.
🕓 Here until 4 p.m.
🚗 Easy parking on campus — enter from 21st.
Recognizing four years of Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan at KLC! 🎉
As CEO, Kaye brings vision and a deep commitment to strengthening communities—while creating space for people to learn, grow and thrive.
Cheers to four years! 💫
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
At @wsutech.bsky.social’s event 4/15, Racquel Thiesen invited people to answer true/false prompts.
▪ Anyone can exercise leadership anytime, anywhere.
▪ Asking powerful questions is an act of leadership.
▪ Leadership can mean disappointing people at a rate they can absorb.
How would you respond?
What starts in a room of 140+ people quickly shifts into small groups working on real challenges—practicing new skills, then coming back together to reflect and keep building.
#KLCpath #YourLeadershipEdge
For two years, Jennyfer has helped make KLC stronger 🌱
Program associate Jennyfer Lumbreras brings care, positivity & team spirit to everything she does.
You might also spot her behind the counter at Coffeedaze. ☕️
Thanks for 2 great years! 💫
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
Stop by the KLC blue tent! Learn about The Journal, Wichita Journalism Collaborative, Wichita Documenters & our leadership programs. Connect w/ our team & see what’s happening across Wichita.
🎶 40+ vendors
🍔 Food trucks
🎭 Performances all afternoon
🔗 openstreetsict.com
#OpenStreetsICT
Wichita, this is your sign to get outside.
This Sunday, Open Streets ICT transforms 17th Street (Oliver → Volutsia) into a car-free stretch of music, movement & community, noon–4.
We’ll be near the Main Stage Hub—packed w/live music, dance crews, drumlines & nonstop energy.
🔗 openstreetsict.com
Celebrating 2 years with Emily Speake at KLC 🎉
She brings creativity, care and heart to every program experience—and a little extra magic as our resident Disney Princess.
Grateful for all you bring, Emily 💫
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
This story was published in conjunction with Planeta Venus. Para leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí.
#ksleg #immigration
A late-night vote at the Statehouse quietly expanded law enforcement authority. Now the ripple effects could reach far beyond immigration.
✍️ @steflugli.bsky.social & Claudia Amaro
📸 Jeff Tuttle
#ksleg #immigration
How did Wichita’s local governments get on a new path to collaboration? And where might it be leading?
✍️ Stan Finger
📸 Jeff Tuttle
Panelists at a recent dialogue say Rural Health Transformation Program offers opportunities but also comes with big question marks for Kansas.
✍️ Jacinda Hall
#KShealth #KSleg
If you care about your neighborhood, where do you start?
At Friday's Strong Neighborhoods Conference, Beka Starkey Keasling facilitated When Everyone Leads – Barriers to Progress, Wichita Documenters' Debbie Haslam led Empowering Active Engagement. Shaun Rojas connected with residents & partners.
Three eastern Kansas law enforcement leaders—each with different backgrounds—are driving changes rooted in similar ideas.
The Journal looks at what’s unfolding in Wabaunsee County, Topeka and Overland Park: klcjournal.com/new-faces-in...
Healthcare is constantly shifting—and this room leaned into it.
The inaugural Leadership in Healthcare Summit at @wsutech.bsky.social brought administrators, practitioners and clinicians together to connect, share ideas and explore what’s ahead.
You’ll want to be in the room next time.
What counts as civic action? More than you might think.
Starting April 23, a new Civic Action Passport will offer simple ways to take part in community life in Wichita.
Go at your own pace. Try what fits.
Networking. Insight. What’s next in healthcare — including AI.
This 18-second clip captures what the Leadership in Healthcare Summit is all about.
📅 April 7 | Wichita
Register: gettrained.wsutech.edu/courseDispla...
@wsutech.bsky.social #HealthcareLeadership #HealthcareInnovation
Three weeks from now, you could be ready for your next moment at the microphone.
Join a FREE workshop to learn how to speak with confidence at city council or school board meetings.
📅 April 28 | 6–8 PM
📍 Wichita City Hall
🎟️ No cost
Save your spot! 👉 kansasleadershipcenter.org/workshop
Ciara Huntley
Stefania Lugli
Jennyfer Lumbreras
Brittany Engle
A few more of the people behind KLC.
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
Cindy Kelly
Emily Speake
Kathy Lefler
Pedro Cuevas Franco
The work we do today starts somewhere.
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
Diego Cortez Rios
Dani Gains
Seth Bate
Neha Batawala
Long before the roles and titles.
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
Lydia Santiago
Amy Williams
Jason Bosch
Debbie Haslam
Different experiences. Shared commitment to the work.
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
Jaryth Barten
Shannon Pope
Camille Scott
Tanner Radford
Every path looks different.
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
This is who we were.
A glimpse of the people behind the Kansas Leadership Center—and the many paths that brought them here.
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#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
Last year I wrote for @theklc.bsky.social about how Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach was - as usual - in on the ground floor of the assault on birthright citizenship, part of his larger anti-immigrant project. klcjournal.com/is-citizensh...
Celebrate Racquel Thiesen on 5 years (on staff 😏) with KLC—after contributing since the very beginning.
She builds partnerships nationwide and teaches programs that help communities make progress.
Also: top-tier foodie 🍴👏
#KLCstaff #BehindTheKLCene
“The old joke is that there are two ways to stop serving — move or die.”
An inside look at Kansas townships.
✍️ Dale Hogg
The KLC Journal reports Lawrence, KS saved money by restructuring its advisory boards—cutting nine boards in 2024 reduced costs by $100K.
✍️ Rami Toubia Stucky
What does leadership in healthcare look like right now?
It's changing every day. The challenges are real.
On 4/7, administrators, practitioners & clinicians will gather in Wichita for a first-of-its-kind conversation at the Leadership in Healthcare Summit: gettrained.wsutech.edu/courseDispla...
Big work ahead for Kansas communities.
Congrats to Tamara Bauer on being named inaugural director of the Institute for Community Health and Well-being at @kstate.bsky.social.
She brings people together to take on complex challenges—and turn ideas into action.
