In keeping with its goal of empowering families and communities through effective organizing, advocacy, resources, development, programs and services, Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) implemented a number of measures in the third and fourth quarter to facilitate the voting process for its community. “I cannot stress how important [...]

Community Builders of Kansas City’s 2020-2023 strategic plan lays out five goals – 1. Increase organizational capacity, 2. Develop an integrated entrepreneurial model, 3. Build and maintain financial stability, 4. Empower families and communities and 4. Implement a comprehensive communications strategy. Each details the evidence required to prove progress [...]

At The Guardian Summit in March in New Orleans, Community Builders of Kansas City’s Emmet Pierson, Jr., was on hand to explore investment opportunities in entrepreneurship, economic mobility and policy in order to close the racial wealth gap and design more inclusive economies for communities of color. Along with [...]

This fall brought a flurry of engagements where CBKC had the opportunity to represent East Side interests including a meeting with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, to CBKC President and CEO Emmet Pierson, Jr., and Pedro Zamora, executive director of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation [...]