Dear Friends,
For nearly 100 years, Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) has served Wyandotte County and the surrounding area as an educational hub and economic driver for our community. With the College’s beginning in the heart of Kansas City, Kansas in 1923, Kansas City Kansas Junior College was founded to meet the educational and training needs of the downtown business community.
As we approach our Centennial year in 2023, KCKCC serves over 9,000 students per year and is embarking on one of its most significant projects of its time. Returning to our roots, and going to where people need us the most, KCKCC plans to build a comprehensive Community Education Center in the heart of the urban core in Kansas City, Kansas.
Beginning my presidency at KCKCC in the summer of 2018 and seeing the staggering economic and social disparities between the west and east sides of Wyandotte County, my question has been ‘why do we not have a presence in KCK’s urban core where educational and social opportunities are so desperately needed and where the people need us the most?'
As a community, we must do better! Working collaboratively with Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, Swope Health and CommunityAmerica Credit Union, KCKCC plans to build a collaborative and comprehensive Community Education, Health and Wellness Center that meets the holistic needs of those living in KCK’s urban core.
Kansas City Kansas Community College has committed $13,000,000 towards this project. However, we need your help to build this anchor institution that will provide the education and services so desperately needed to create a self-sustaining economic solution for the community that will help end the social and economic inequities that have prevailed in this area for decades.
Please help us create hope and lift an entire community out of generational poverty.
Sincerely,
Dr. Greg Mosier
KCKCC President
