Nearly 1 in 10 Americans face food insecurity - uncertainty over meeting their basic nutritional needs. Millions more grapple with access to fresh items while living and/or working within food deserts. Fortunately, Kansas City has a number of innovative nonprofits addressing these issues head on.
Join Connext to learn about some local organizations solving these issues, and how we as a sector can help; From direct service to advocacy and more, these nonprofits are weaving together their creative approaches to make change across the community.
We are thrilled to have the following organizations join us on our panel:
Cultivate Kansas City
The Giving Grove
Harvesters
Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City Community Gardens
Brittani Rhoades, JFS (Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City) Food Pantry Manager, has a lifelong dedication to food, people, and finding ways to bring them together. With their previous experience as a personal chef and volunteer manager, as well as several years of volunteering with Free Hot Soup Kansas City, and a bachelor's degree in Culinary Management, the natural progression was to start working at a food pantry at the beginning of the pandemic. Brittani is originally from California but has set down roots in Kansas City for the last 11 years and has become locally known as a "Militant Kindness Activist" through speaking about the importance of doing small things daily with great care for self and others. You can also find her listening to podcasts, reading, and watching all things food and food history-related, and willing to talk about food at any time.
Jennifer Meyer serves as the Director of Development and Marketing for Kansas City Community Gardens. Her passion for growing stems from her childhood on a multi-generational family wheat farm in central Kansas. In between the farm and KCCG, Jennifer picked up a degree in Piano Performance from MidAmerica Nazarene University and held development roles with local healthcare and performing arts organizations. She’s delighted to have returned to her roots in her current role at KCCG, where she has the joy of connecting donors and community members with the organization’s wide-reaching network of gardeners.
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Tuesday May 24, 2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
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