Patrick Klein

Director of Aviation
Kansas City Aviation Department

Patrick Klein became Director of Aviation for the Kansas City Aviation Department June 1, 2016. In this role Klein oversees all aspects of the management, development, operation and maintenance of Kansas City International Airport and Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. Klein is responsible for 550 employees and annual revenues of over $100 million.

Klein has worked for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for nearly 20 years, serving in a variety of management roles. Since 2013 Klein has worked with groups which have been studying future options for terminal modernization. This includes the mayor’s Airport Terminal Advisory Group, and the Airport Leadership Committee. Klein is familiar with all aspects of the airport’s operation and has worked extensively with Aviation Department staff.

Klein earned his bachelor’s degree from K-State and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Innocent Magambi

A refugee from birth, Innocent spent the first 27 years of his life in five refugee camps in Eastern and Southern Africa. Despite facing much hurt along his journey, he never allowed the adversity to define him or to determine his destiny. With support from a local Church, Innocent became a change agent for fellow refugees and the host community in Malawi. Against all odds, he founded There Is Hope, an organisation that aims at mitigating the effects of long-term displacement among refugees and generational poverty among Malawians.

Innocent led There is Hope for fifteen years, impacting thousands of refugees and Malawians through educational scholarships, vocational training, Job creation through social enterprise Kibebe, and Leadership development through Bible training. A strong believer in healthy leadership succession, Innocent left his organisation, which now operates with a staff of 53 under the safe hands of local professionals. Deeply marked by his own experience, Innocent has dedicated the next phase of his commitment to advocate for refugee rights through Inua Advocacy. In Malawi, all refugees face indefinite encampment, excluded from local integration and deprived of right to employment.  

More details on Innocent’s journey can be found in his memoir titled “Refugee for Life: My journey across Africa to find a place called home”.“I have consistently used the difficulties I overcame as a catalyst to help others going through the same”

Rtn. Innocent is a member of the Rotary Club of Lilongwe- Lingadzi, Malawi.

The Justice Committee and Vocational Committee sponsors a trip to visit the National Parks Historic Site, the Brown v Board of Education Museum in Topeka, KS.  https://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm

We will carpool, leaving KC at approx 8:30 am Saturday Sept. 24. We will have a 90-minute guided tour at the museum. Tour is free, donations optional. Limited to first 20 -- please let Nancy or Roger know if you are interested in joining.

Optional lunch break at The WheelBarrow before returning. 

The Road to Justice

The story of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in public schools, is one of hope and courage. When the people agreed to be plaintiffs in the case, they never knew they would change history. The people who make up this story were ordinary people. They were teachers, secretaries, welders, ministers, and students who simply wanted to be treated equally.

 https://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm

Chiluba Musonda serves is the Deputy Director of Operations & Organizational Development for the Kansas City Museum and holds two degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC); a bachelor’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Administration.

After spending several years in higher education and the public sector, Chiluba joined the Kansas City Museum staff in 2018 to oversee the day-to-day building operations of the Museum. In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, he played an instrumental role in transitioning the operations of the Kansas City Museum from the City of Kansas City, Missouri (public entity) to the organization now responsible for the management and operations of the Museum, the Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc. (private entity). This successful transition effort led to the Museum to reopen to the public in October of 2021 after having been closed for several years to undergo renovation and restoration work.

Chiluba now spearheads the strategic planning initiatives for the Museum while managing the business development and operations of the historic Kansas City Museum.

In 2015 Chiluba published a memoir titled “Home Away from Home: The Story of an International Students Journey from Africa to America.” The book chronicles his journey from Africa to America and offers a unique perspective on life in America as seen through the eyes of a black immigrant.

Outside of work, Chiluba is a proud dad of two little girls, and spends his free time offering community presentations on a range of topics that include Culture Shock, the “hidden costs” of immigration, and the unintended consequences of foreign aid in the developing world.

For more information, please visit kansascitymuseum.org or you can follow and like his personal Twitter and Facebook social media pages.

Join us for the Justice Committee Book Club 

When: Thursday, October 6 at 6 pm

Where: Aixois, 251 E. 55^th St, Kansas City, MO 64113

We will be discussing the short story 

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

by Ursula K. Le Guin

All are welcome to participate in this opportunity 

for reflective and thoughtful conversation. Purchase your own drinks, snacks or dinner at the event. PLEASE RSVP to Nancy or Kristy so we can have sufficient space reserved. 

“They all know it is there, all the people of Omelas,” Le Guin writes. “Some of them have come to see it; others are content merely to know it is there. They all know it has to be there. Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city, the tenderness of their friendships, the health of their children...depend wholly on this child’s abominable misery.

The short story is available on Amazon in Kindle edition for $6.49 https://www.amazon.com/Ones-Who-Walk-Away-Omelas-ebook/dp/B01N0PZ35J/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15MQGADCBSDH9&keywords=the+ones+who+walk+away+from+omelas&qid=1662931693&sprefix=ones+who+%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1 (If you don't have an ebook reader, reach out to Kristy; the short story is also available in short story collections.) 

Trina is presently working with Dre Taylor  founder of Nile Valley Aquaponics and The KC Urban Farm Coop to educate families in the urban core about self -sufficiency thru growing their own food for their families.

Trina Hert began working as a community activist in both Kansas City, Ks and Kansas City, Mo in 1989. Along with local pastors Rev. David L Gray (former pastor Pleasant Green Baptist Church Kansas City, Ks), Bishop Marvin Donaldson (Greater Pentecostal Temple Kansas City, Ks.), Rev. Fuzzy Nelson Thompson (Martin Luther King Urban Center Kansas City, Ks and former community activist) and the first African American District Court Judge in Kansas Judge Cordell Meeks Sr., she formed Christian Youth Against Drugs in an effort to educate the urban community about rising drug use and crime.  

Trina is the founding member  and Executive Director of Oracle Center for Social and Cultural Activity KC, established in 2006. She began raising awareness for the homeless with the annual Oracle coat drive to provide coats, hats and gloves. In 2014 Oracle Center sponsored a community healthcare event to educate the urban community about how to eat to prevent  diabetes and high blood pressure.

As a reporter covering breaking news and legal affairs, Margolies wants to demystify often-complex legal issues in order to expose the visible and invisible ways they affect people’s lives. He covers issues of justice and equity, and seeks to ensure that significant and often under-covered developments get the attention they deserve so that KCUR listeners and readers are equipped with the knowledge they need to act as better-informed citizens.

Join Kathy and Roger as they lead the committee members and club members in a joint planning session for our next club fundraiser, Pickleball Tournament on April 15, 2023.

Please join us for a Chief's Watch Party, Sunday, October 23rd at 3pm at Steve and Beverly Johnston's home for the Chiefs vs. 49er's Game!  Friends and family are all welcome. We will grill potluck style, so please RSVP with Club Service Chair Bethany Ruhl at bethanyruhl@gmail.com with how many people you'll be bringing and sign up to bring a dish or something to grill! "   The Johnstons live at 2032 West 96th Street, Leawood, KS 66206.  Geographically, that is one mile north of I-435 and Stateline Rd or 1/4 mile SW from 95th(Bannister Rd) and Stateline Rd.  Split rail fences line the road.

Join the Justice Committee for this KCPublic Library Event --

Segregation, Redlining, and Opportunity Hoarding: A Case for Reform

Sheryll Cashin

Thursday, October 27, 2022

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Reception: 

5:30 pm

Program: 

6:00 pm

Plaza Branch

Room: 

Truman Auditorium

In Person Event

Online Event

 

 

The reception starts at 5:30 pm, the presentation starts at 6 pm. After the event, join us at Grand Street for cocktails, snacks or dinner. RSVP at the Library https://kclibrary.org/signature-events/segregation-redlining-and-opportunity-hoarding-case-reform and let us know if you will join -- contact Nancy (nancy@nancyshawver.com or 816-916-1141)

 

 

 

 

 

Phyllis is the Executive Director, of the Community Capital Fund

Phyllis leads the CCF team and guides the strategic direction for CCF.   Her work focuses on the development of relationships with community partners, awareness of the CCF community and economic development programs, and advancement of collaborative strategies with CCF’s sister organizations, AltCap and Equity2.

Chris Gutierrez is the President of Kansas City SmartPort, Inc., a non-profit economic development organization that works to attract freight-based companies, such as manufacturing, distribution and warehouses, to the 18 county, bi-state Kansas City region. SmartPort is an affiliated group of the Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC).

Chris has been active in logistics and international business for more than thirty years.  He has worked in the public and private sector in economic development, international business and logistics. 

Chris’ community involvement includes his positions as a board member of the following organizations: Board of Advisors of the University of Kansas Supply Chain Management Program, CSCMP, Mid-America District Export Council, Kansas State MBA Program, and World Trade Center – Kansas City. He is also alumni of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions.

Save the Date and contact Ralph Foiles for more information.  The club plans to sponsor a table at the District Foundation Dinner.  November 5, 2022.  

The keynote speaker will be:  Mike McGovern.  Mike has served as the Chair of the Rotary International PolioPlus committee since October 2014. In addition, he served in many Rotary positions, including Director and Vice President of Rotary International and as a Trustee and Vice Chair of the Rotary Foundation.

Patrick Montgomery is the CEO/Owner/Beef Slinger of  the KC Cattle Company.

Patrick is a former Army Ranger with the First Ranger Battalion. He founded KC Cattle Company with a goal to mentor and employ veterans, and to honor his brother in-law, Jeremy A. Katzenberger, who was killed in action in 2011. Patrick brings the lessons learned through sweat, blood and hardship in the military, to agriculture, for the very same community he once served as an Army Ranger. 

The Case for Ranked Choice Voting—Our speaker will show us 1) why the way we conduct our elections is the root cause of our political turbulence and 2) why Ranked Choice Voting is the path to political peace for all of us.

Missouri native Larry Bradley is a retired U.S. Army Officer and the creator of, “Why the Two Party System Isn’t Working Anymore—And What to Do About It.” Larry’s work life has been focused on making meaningful organizational change happen. He was on the Fielding Team for the first ever fielding of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (Companion vehicle to the Abrams tank) to a combat unit, cowrote the Army’s revised regulation on equipment modification and worked on early versions of the weapons system known as drones. Larry says changing to Ranked Choice Voting is the path to political peace for America.