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Vision
By virtue of Harmony's work,
the Kansas City metropolitan area will be a model community that
values and respects the cultural diversity of its people, a
community that strives for a high quality of life for all, and one
that celebrates the uniqueness of each individual.
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Mission
Harmony is a resource and
catalyst in and for the metropolitan Kansas City community to
improve race relations, increase appreciation for cultural
diversity, and eliminate intolerance. |
History
Kansas City Harmony began in
1989 when Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor pro-tem Emanuel Cleaver and
Mayor Richard Berkley galvanized leadership within business,
government, education, and religious communities to work on an
eighteen month project to improve race relations, reduce prejudice
and celebrate diversity throughout the Kansas City metropolitan
area. It soon became evident to those involved with Harmony
that improving race relations and reducing prejudice was not a
"project", but an ongoing process.
Race relations and diversity
work require vigilant attention in order to build upon and expand
the progress that has been achieved. Through the committment
of civic leadership, progress will continue to be made to make our
community, Kansas City, a world class city. What began as a
project with fanfare and celebration, continues as a multi-faceted
community process, fulfilling its mission and completing its
vision.
Harmony, commonly known by
one of the organization's earliest and most successful campaigns,
"Harmony in a World of Difference", continues to diligently pursue
its mission... " to improve race relations, increase appreciation
for cultural diversity and reduce prejudice in metropolitan Kansas
City." Kansas City Harmony works toward uniting classrooms and
living rooms, cultures and races; building bridges that will span
generations.
Staff
Diane Hershberger,
Executive Director
Darryck
Dean, Associate Executive
Director
Candice Harrison, Community
Involvement Coordinator
Maryan
Warsome, Administrative Assistant
Vicki
Richmond, Blue River Glade Project
Coordinator
Janet Moss, Congregational
Partners Program Coordinator
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Board of
Directors
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Millie Nottingham,
President,
AT&T
Bill
Washington, Vice President,
Sprint
Robert Glaser,
Treasurer, Community
Volunteer
Harriet
Brewer,
Secretary
American Family
Mutual Insurance
Robert
Zambri, Past- President, Fortis
Benefits
Rev. Emanuel Cleaver II, Honorary
Chair
Marian Augustus,
WyCo/KC, KS Unified Govt.
Mark Bohen,
Fortis Benefits
Michael Carter,
Carter Broadcasting
Irene
Caudillo, Youth Opportunities
Unlimited
Ron Curry, Community
Volunteer
Abbie Dillard, Sprint
PCS
Olivia Dorsey, KMBC
TV-9
Taylor Fields, Fields &
Brown Attys. at Law
Dena
Fortini, Hoescht Marion
Roussel
Eileen Garry,
The Museum Without
Walls
Vickie Harris,
Hallmark
Ricky
Olivarez, Coalition of Hispanic
Organizations
Richard Spring,
KCPL
Marvin
Szneler, Jewish Community Relations
Bureau/American Jewish Committee
Crystal
Whitmore, Deluxe
Checks
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Advisory
Council
Mark
Levin, Congregation Beth
Torah
Justin Orr,
Heart of America Indian
Center
Paul Quick,
Hallmark Cards,
Inc.
Dee Rusconi,
KCPT
Joshua Taub,
Temple B'nai
Jehudah
David Warm,
Mid America Regional
Council
Paul Williams,
Community
Volunteer
Lenita Johnson,
Children's Mercy
Hospital
Josephine
Njoroge, Village
Church
Shirley Phenix,
Resources Management &
Consulting
Pauline Rios,
Mid-Continent Council of Girl
Scout
David A. Smith,
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas
City
Tom Van Dyke,
Bryan Cave,
LLP
Bronwyn
Werner
Scott O. Wright,
Western District Court of
Missouri
Marjorie Kaplan,
Shawnee Mission School
District
Dave Odegard,
Odegard Outdoor
Advertising
Vic Poirier,
Kansas City Power & Light
Company
Joe Rodriguez,
US Department of
Justice
Beth Smith,
Bloch School of
Business
Cathy Wagner,
Old Northeast,
Inc.
June White,
Station
Casino
Susan Asjes,
Women's
Foundation
Richard
Berkley, Tension
Envelopes
Tom Bowser,
Blue Cross & Blue
Shield
Russell Brown,
Greater Kansas City Community
Foundation
William Clark,
Urban
League
Jane Elliott,
Brown Eyed-Blue Eyed
Consultant
William Fromm,
Barkley &
Evergreen
Susie Haake,
Hallmark Cards,
Inc.
Pat Jacobs-McDonald,
Black Economic
Union
Rosalyn Bauchum,
Heart of America United
Way
Mike Boothe,
Hickman Mills School
District
Melicent Boysen,
Visible
Horizons
Betty Burry,
HealthNet
Lucille
Douglas, Community
Activist
Pearl Fain,
KCMO Police
Department
Gerard
Grimaldi, Kaiser
Permanente
Marian
Hess
Mary Lou Jaramillo,
Mattie Rhodes
Center
Edward Beasley,
Educator &
Historian
Rita Botello,
Advance/COHO Civil Rights
Committee
Art Brisbane,
Kansas City
Star
Peggy Ekerdt,
Visitation Catholic
Church
Maggie Finefrock,
The Learning
Project
Sheryl Guth,
William Chrisman High
School
Evelyn Hudson,
Douglass National
Bank
Drue Jennings,
Kansas City Power & Light
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