1 Million Cups Featured Live Stream

By | July 9, 2013

http://new.livestream.com/kauffmanfoundation/1MC071013 Wednesday July 10, 2013, 1 Million Cups, the entrepreneurial pitch program created by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation meets for weekly coffee at 9 am. The caffeinated morning event engages Kansas City’s entrepreneurs to be supportive, mentor, learn, and connect the community. This week, 1 Million Cups is featuring two start-ups with two conventional…

1 Week Kansas City

By | July 9, 2013

The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City companies and non-profit organizations came together to host 1 Week KC to further grow the city’s electric entrepreneurship scene. 1 Week KC brought the community together to learn about entrepreneurship, promote the develop of small businesses and build business relationships with the community. 1 Week KC went…

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Tech Startup Encourages Civic Engagement

By | July 7, 2013

Chances are you’ve updated your Facebook status in the last 24 hours, but when was the last time you “shared” anything or checked in with your local school district and fellow parents? Well, at the KC office of the midwestern startup MindMixer they’re putting their heads together with two local school districts in hopes of…

Startups: Made in KC May 9, 2013

By | May 10, 2013

Watch online: Fannect, KC Roundtable, and Title Boxing.

KCPT Education Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Free Professional Development for Area Teachers

By | April 25, 2013

Over one hundred educators from 15 local school districts gathered at the tenth KCPT Education Conference Tuesday.

Slideshow: KC High School Seniors Strut their STEM Stuff

By | April 19, 2013

250 local seniors displayed Engineering and biomedical projects that are the fruits of students’ participation in the KC STEM Alliance’s Project Lead the Way coursework.

Bittersweet Day for KC Charter School

By | March 15, 2013

Académie Lafayette had their annual lottery for next year’s kindergarten class Thursday March 14.

Study Finds Proposed Startup Visa Could Create Half Million Jobs

By | February 27, 2013

New report suggests that passing legislation to offer Startup Visas has the potential to add between 500,000 and 1.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years.

Patients Prescribe Best Practices for KC Health Care Providers

By | February 13, 2013

Kansas City Health Care Foundation kicks off health literacy conference with a panel patients sharing their experiences navigating the health care system.

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Community Reflects on Its Own Immigration Practices

By | July 20, 2012

At KCPT’s Homeland: Immigration in America screening on July 16, 2012 attendees saw their community on the big screen.

People discuss hate in KC after watching Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness

Not In Our Town: Come Together to Stop Hate

By | September 16, 2011

Join a group of fellow concerned citizens in taking a stand against hate in our community.

Community Conversation: Civil Rights in KC

By | April 28, 2011

A special discussion of civil rights activism in Kansas City, hosted by the Kansas CIty Public Library.

Local Student Gets on the Bus!

By | April 25, 2011

LeRoy Ford will be one of forty college students participating in PBS and American Experience’s 2011 Student Freedom Ride.

Community Conversation: Civil Rights in KC

By | April 14, 2011

Join KCPT and the Kansas City Public library for a special community conversation, Monday, April 25, 2011

From Separate to Equal, the Creation of Truman Medical Center

By | April 7, 2011

Airs Thursday, April 14 at 9pm