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A Prospect Avenue street prayer against violence marks the holiday weekend ahead, plus renewed vaccination urgency, housing stress and more as we break for July... 4 -- news from LINC, https://kclinc.org/. 1. Saturday beginning at 6:21 p.m., an hour of prayer begins along the east side of Prospect Avenue. https://m.facebook.com/events/342682467254197. Find your spot anywhere along the 8-mile stretch to stand for peace. With the SCLC Greater Kansas City Chapter 2. The Delta Variant and a rise in #Covid19 cases renews the urgency for everyone to #GetVaccinated. Especially in Missouri. https://www.kansascity.com//coronavi/article252473503.html Where can you go? Check our Covid info page: https://kclinc.org/coronavirus-testing-and-screening 3. Affordable housing is at a crisis point coming out of the pandemic and here The Beacon and KCUR 89.3 take a deeper look at what we can do about it. https://thebeacon.media//kansas-city-affordable-housing-c/ 4. The Kansas City Public Schools passed a restorative justice code of conduct policy that ends most suspensions for elementary students https://kclinc.org//kansas-city-public-schools-reducing-su. 5. The annual KIDS COUNT report on the welfare of children in Missouri lays out an urgent call to action as we look to the other side of the pandemic. https://kclinc.org//kids-count-surveys-pandemic-stress-on- 6. One cause for relief: Missouri's legislature averted a budget crisis, hurdling political standoffs to pass the Medicaid funding tax ahead of Governor Mike Parson's deadline. https://www.kcur.org//at-the-last-minute-missouri-legislat. Happy Fourth.

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This is #KIDSCOUNT's call to action for the sake of children and families with The Family and Community Trust and the Annie E. Casey Foundation https://kclinc.org//kids-count-surveys-pandemic-stress-on-

Happy Juneteenth. We send you to the weekend with news on events, reactions to violence in our community and how we're joining together in song, in prayer -- an...d vaccinations. https://kclinc.org/. 1. Juneteenth is now an official holiday nationwide, and here is what's going on in Kansas City with JuneteenthKC. https://www.juneteenth-kc.com/ 2. We're freshly wounded by violence that renews cries for solutions The Kansas City Star Opinion https://www.kansascity.com//toriano-/article252090173.html. LINC remembers #TerrellBell https://kclinc.org//10/linc-remembers-slain-alum-terrell-b and we want to work for change. https://kclinc.org//epfp-project-proposal-youth-peace-amba 3. The stress between landlords and tenants remains difficult. Here The Beacon provides a primer on #TenantsRights https://thebeacon.media//tenant-rights-renter-protections/. If need rental assistance (and utility assistance) here's how to apply: https://kclinc.org//act-now-heres-how-to-apply-for-rental- 4. The SCLC Greater Kansas City Chapter and partners are calling for a community #PrayerOnProspect Saturday July 3 at 6:21 p.m. as part of the 21 days of peace community cease fire. https://www.sclcgkc.org/ 5. And once again, we encourage vaccinations against Covid-19. (And testing if you have gotten sick or been exposed). Here's where to go to #GetYourShot and #GetVaccinated. https://kclinc.org/coronavirus-testing-and-screening

See what summer looks like for #LINCCaringCommunities in Hickman Mills C-1 School District, Kansas City Mo., Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy North Kansas City Schools with more to come in Center, KCPS and Grandview. https://kclinc.org//on-your-marks-linc-summer-session-take