FYI - Racial Wealth Gap Symposium

The Racial Wealth Gap Symposium is Feb. 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s Buck O’Neil Education & Research Center, 1824 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo., 64108. Free, but registration required: Click here for more details and to register

Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, will open the event, which features Ebony Reed and Louise Story, co-authors of Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap. The book will be available free to registrants who provide a mailing address. (Ebony also speaks to Plaza Rotary Club on Feb. 16.)

Following a reading and discussion by the co-authors, they will moderate two panels on the Racial Wealth Gap. Panelists are:

• Brandon Calloway, Founder and Executive Director of Kansas City G.I.F.T 
• Emmet Pierson Jr., President & CEO, Community Builders of Kansas City 
• Ryan Sorrell, Founder and Publisher of news outlet “KC Defender”
• Wendy Doyle, President & CEO, United WE 
• Adam Hawley, Partner at BMG Advisors and co-founder of LIFT KC 
• Theodis Watson, Director of Community Development, CrossFirst Bank
• Dr. Marvia Jones, Kansas City Health Department Director 
• Lisa Brooks, Special Projects Manager, Women’s Business Center 
• Carlos Gomez, President/CEO, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City 
• Christine Kemper, Founder and Board chair for Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy

KCUR will record the event for later replay from its website. The event is sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation and Players Coalition​. This gathering is for anyone who wants to grow their knowledge about the wealth gap. This is also for those whose work, including business and civic leaders, intersects with this gap. This gathering is also for individuals and family leaders who want to know more about the wealth gap to help inform their children, friends and neighbors.