Racial Equity Collaborative will present community forum

LAWRENCE — The Racial Equity Collaborative will host a community forum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Forum guests will discuss the confusion of neglect and poverty, the progress of kinship care in the state of Kansas and how to make meaningful change.

This community forum will feature special guest Associate Commissioner Aysha Schomburg of the United States Children’s Bureau. Limited registration for the community forum is still available. For more information, please visit the event page.

The Racial Equity Collaborative comprises three founding organizations: The Kansas Department for Children and Families, CarePortal and the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Together, they successfully gathered over 2,500 Kansans to educate, amplify and support the common goal of reducing the number of Black and Brown children in foster care to achieve racial equity in child welfare. This was accomplished through developing a shared language, hosting learning lectures, engaging stakeholders through curious questions and other activities since September 2021.