Community members joined The Beacon’s Community Journalism Lab at the Kansas City Public Library’s North-East branch for a conversation about public safety July 16. The goal was to talk not just about property crime but about their feelings and experiences around personal safety, vulnerability and belonging in Kansas City. Public safety extending beyond property crime […]
Eden Barnes
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A community conversation on ending the school-to-prison pipeline
On Feb. 8, Community Journalism Lab representative Eden Barnes, in partnership with Fringe Benefits of Education, held a community listening session at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Our lab invited college students to discuss their experiences with youth risk factors – and how those factors could lead to future criminality or incarceration if left unaddressed. […]