Whittier LINC Caring Communities

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

All right. Another #GetVaccinated push. See how easy it is so everyone can safely join in the big summer crowds coming back to favorite places like Kauffman Sta...dium. Lots of incentives (free stuff). See more, plus help for rent and utilities and Internet in news from LINC, https://kclinc.org/ 1. Our Morning Star clinic will be ending in June, but there is still time to come by, urge family, friends and neighbors, and choose from any of the three vaccines. https://kclinc.org/coronavirus-testing-and-screening 2. If you're looking for incentives, there are a lot going around, like burgers, doughnuts, arcade tokens, a lap around Kansas Speedway . . . check out some of the offerings in The Beacon https://thebeacon.media//all-the-free-stuff-you-can-get-w/ and The Kansas City Starhttps://thebeacon.media//all-the-free-stuff-you-can-get-w/ 3. A lot of people went to a whole lot of effort to help us all #BeatCovid. Here we give up props to the Missouri National Guard Missouri National Guard and their unforgettable #TaskForceFreedom. https://kclinc.org//missouri-national-guards-emotional-cov 4. Many people need help getting through this pandemic and remember you can apply for help with rent and utilities https://kclinc.org//act-now-heres-how-to-apply-for-rental- and with Internet https://kclinc.org//4/16/emergency-broadband-benefit-coming

It's right there in front of us. We can #BeatCovid. We look at where we stand in KC, plus opportunities for #UtilityAssistance and #RentalAssistance and how to ...#EatLocal -- all in our weekend update from LINC, kclinc.org 1. Hopeful and frustrating: Many communities have got Covid19 truly on the run. The news is good https://nyti.ms/3u8AVVI. But vax rates are lagging some places https://bit.ly/3v8B10T. Help us get more of your friends and neighbors to the Morning Star vaccination clinic: https://kclinc.org//gov-parson-praises-model-in-covid-fight 2. Millions of dollars are going out to help households with back-due utilities and rent https://bit.ly/3v8hrSw. But many still don't know and need to get started applying for aid. Spread the word here: https://kclinc.org//act-now-heres-how-to-apply-for-rental- 3. There is Internet and computer cost help too available for many families. https://kclinc.org//4/16/emergency-broadband-benefit-coming 4. And do you want help finding local, healthy food options. KC Healthy Kids has an interactive map: https://kclinc.org//eat-local-kc-interactive-map-connects-

See what's up with a vaccine (the good virus news), but also the number of cases/hospitalizations. Plus help with mortgage problems and internet access -- news ...from LINC, kclinc.org. 1. The number of Covid cases and hospitalizations is cause for high alarm here and nationwide http://ow.ly/pxjq50CgEXh. But Pfizer is reporting promising results in vaccine tests http://ow.ly/aRl150CgEWx. 2. The newly created KC Internet Access Support Program has funds to help many households get online http://ow.ly/BAav50CgEWW. 3. There's aLegal Aid of Western Missouristern Missouri for many families that might be having legal trouble because of the pandemic's pressure on making mortgage payments https://kclinc.org//mortgage-worries-free-legal-help-avail.

Food distribution tomorrow (Tues) at 1:30 p.m., 2400 Troost. Remember you can find other emergency nutrition sites at kclinc.org/food-resources

See how you can apply for #InternetAccess. KC Digital Drive the #KC Coalition for #DigitalInclusion Mid America Assistance Coalition://kclinc.org/news/2020/11/9/relief-fund-can-help-many-households-get-internet-access

Counting Covid-19 cases (and votes); a boost for pandemic food distributors; and a chance to express yourself during a "Month of Gratitude" -- here comes the we...ekend at LINC, kclinc.org 1. Votes are still being counted, but so are coronavirus cases and deaths. A new record of 121,000 new cases were recorded Thursday http://ow.ly/Q0cD50CdGmg, and the growing stress on KC-area hospital intensive care units is concerning. http://ow.ly/kte750CdGm4 2. Kansas City providers of food during the pandemic got a boost as the Missouri Department of Agriculture announced up to $25,000 in funding each through the Food Insecure Urban Agriculture Matching Grant http://ow.ly/BNQW50CdGm8. Keep track of nutrition opportunities at kclinc.org/food-resources 3. For sure 2020 has been a hard year. But KC Parks and Recreation is giving everyone a chance to reflect on reasons to be grateful by posting Gratitude Walls with blank canvasses to write in grateful feelings at area parks http://ow.ly/IypC50CdGm0.

We waken to the fresh realization of our divided nation. But the best expression of ourselves remains in how we turn to the faces in our own communities with co...mfort and peace -- a word (and news tips) from LINC, kclinc.org. 1. Our work, your work, carries on http://ow.ly/icjn50Cbtfz. 2. Oh, and the record-breaking Covid numbers surge on http://ow.ly/jcDA50Cbtfh. KC-area schools watch anxiously as some are forced back to virtual http://ow.ly/3QyP50CbtfF. Here’s a look at how Germany keeps its schools open, compared to the USA http://ow.ly/oDZf50Cbtfm. 3. Back on the election, it is notable that Americans voted with unprecedented zeal here and across the nation. We particularly enjoyed voting at Arrowhead Stadium https://kclinc.org//voting-at-arrowhead-our-responsibility.

Quite an operation . . . Ran into a lot of The Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes fans today checking out #ElectionDay voting at #Arrowhead. ://kclinc.org/news/2020/11/3/voting-at-arrowhead-our-responsibility-and-we-love-the-chiefs

It's #ElectionDay fun with the The Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead. Any voter who lives in the KC portion of Jackson County can cast their ballot here until 7 p.m. #Vote #Vote #Vote.

The League of Women Voters of Kansas City, Jackson, Platte & Clay Counties can connect you. Go to https://www.lwvkc.org/content.aspx. Pass it on!

See how the school attendance crisis is "bigger than you think"; ways to talk about the election in virtual class (whatever happens); and final voting info -- t...ips for a momentous week from LINC, kclinc.org. 1. All right. Time to embrace the power and joy of voting. Polls in Missouri open tomorrow from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Look up your voting site here http://ow.ly/h7JE50C9gmj. Help family, friends and neighbors vote. If you need a ride to the polls or need other voting info, go to lwvkc.org 2. LINC has been working hard http://ow.ly/Icau50C9gmk with our partner districts on attendance and engagement during Covid https://kclinc.org//hickman-mills-campaign-against-chronic. The nation is dealing with a pandemic attendance crisis that Education Post reports is bigger than you think. http://ow.ly/YLwE50C9gml 3. The new week arrives filled with uncertainty about what’s ahead. Here’s a high school history teacher’s thoughts on how to talk with students about the election in our virtual world in unbiased ways that support their emotional well-being, intellectual growth, and human dignity. http://ow.ly/er5g50C9glj

The growing tide against "falling back," Covid hospitalizations, and safe trick-or-treating -- sending you into the weekend, from LINC, kclinc.org 1. Time for a...n increasingly unpopular task: Falling back to standard time. Daylight Savings ends Sunday morning, though more states are moving against it http://ow.ly/DWOF50C7h6Y, even with some apologies for giving an extra hour back to the forgettable year that is 2020 http://ow.ly/thww50C7h7S. 2. The rise of Covid-19 cases is bringing sick patients from rural Missouri into already-crowded KC hospitals, says KCUR http://ow.ly/LSMm50C7h6y. There is at least some relief, however, that the death rates for seriously ill Covid patients appears to be dropping http://ow.ly/dH0150C7h7l. 3. We’ve been having fun in our Caring Communities with drive-through Trunk and Treats like this one https://kclinc.org//dancing-with-dinosaurs-for-books-and-t, but if you’re looking to trick-or-treat, here’s the KC Star’s tips to do it safely http://ow.ly/e1Np50C7h6B.

Why are more majority Black school districts likely to be distance learning? What's at stake Nov. 3 for schools? Those questions plus a look at a success story... in Thursday's links from LINC kclinc.org 1. You might have noticed that KC area districts serving higher concentrations of families of color than white are more likely to still be in distance learning. A study by The 74 shows this is a national trend, marked by vulnerability to the virus, lack of trust and a political divide http://ow.ly/h6yC50C6a99. 2. As we near election day, here is Chalkbeat’s analysis listing 8 big consequences at stake in the outcome, including budgets, private schools and civil rights disparities http://ow.ly/hm1g50C6a9r. 3. Here’s a look at how one of our local districts built relationships with students and families and kept them strong during the pandemic’s isolation https://kclinc.org//hickman-mills-campaign-against-chronic.