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09/18/2026

💰 Three Things Thursday with G: Give Your Money a Purpose

Ever look at your account and wonder, where did all my money go? 👀

Financial well-being isn’t only about how much you make. It’s also about being intentional with what you already have.

This week, G is giving us three reminders:

✨ Decide what’s important before you start spending.
✨ Give every dollar a job.
✨ Check in with your money regularly.

A plan isn’t meant to restrict you. It gives you direction. Your money should be helping you build the life you want, not leaving you wondering where it went.

So don’t go through life on autopilot. Go through it on purpose.

🌱 Three Things Thursday with G, where we grow through what we go through.

09/17/2026

History Wednesdays with Professor Wilmore 📚

The Confederate flag wasn’t banned from William Jewell College’s campus until the 1970s, but the college’s connection to slavery reaches all the way back to its beginnings.

Among those connected to the founding and early leadership of the college were Dr. William Jewell, Alexander Doniphan, the Missouri Baptist Convention, and Robert James, father of Frank and Jesse James. Several of these early figures held pro-slavery views or enslaved people themselves.

The history is also embedded in the campus.

Enslaved people helped construct Jewell Hall, and research has identified nearly 500 enslaved people connected to trustees who served the college between 1849 and 1865.

Dr. William Jewell freed several people he enslaved during his lifetime, but records indicate that not everyone he enslaved had been freed by the time of his death.

This is the kind of history that reminds us why research matters. The buildings and institutions still standing today can carry stories much deeper than what we see on the surface.

Special recognition to Professor Wilkins and his students for doing the research that continues to bring this history forward.

Thank you for tuning in to History Wednesdays with Professor Wilmore on Echoes of the City.

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🎥 Videography: Jordan Stephens

09/04/2026

⏳ **Three Things Thursday: Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time**

How many dreams, goals, ideas, or plans have you put on hold because you’re waiting for the “right time”?

When you have more money.
When life slows down.
When you feel more confident.
When everything finally lines up.

But what if the perfect time never comes?

Sometimes you don’t need more—you just need to **start with what’s already in your hands.** You don’t have to feel completely ready. You don’t have to have every step figured out. You just have to be willing to take the first one.

This week, G reminds us:

✨ Start with what you have.
✨ Stop waiting to feel completely ready.
✨ Give yourself a deadline and create some movement.

Because waiting is still a decision.

So what have you been waiting to start?

**Don’t go through life on autopilot. Go through it on purpose.**

🌱 *Three Things Thursday with G — where we grow through what we go through.*

09/03/2026

History Wednesdays with Professor Wilmore 🏫

In 2010, a decision changed the landscape of public education in Kansas City.

Kansas City Public Schools voted 5 to 4 to close 26 schools, resulting in approximately 700 jobs being lost and thousands of students facing major changes to where and how they received their education.

For many Kansas Citians, these weren’t simply buildings.

Westport closed. Ladd closed. Knotts closed. Askew closed. Schools where generations learned, grew up, built friendships, and created memories were suddenly gone.

With 26 institutions closing, the decision became one of the largest mass school closings in the nation at the time, with Black students and families carrying much of the impact.

More than 15 years later, the history raises important questions about education, community, and what happens to neighborhoods when institutions that have served generations disappear.

What school do you remember?

Thank you for tuning in to History Wednesdays with Professor Wilmore on Echoes of the City, where we continue to preserve and amplify the people, places, and stories that shaped Kansas City.

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🎥 Videography: Jordan Stephens

08/31/2026

🚨 KANSAS CITY, WE HAVE ONE WEEK. 🌍🎥

In just 7 DAYS, Echoes of the City KC will be leaving Kansas City and heading to Togo and Ghana for Echoes Global.

We’ve prayed for this. We’ve planned for this. We’ve worked for this. And now we’re asking our community to help us FINISH STRONG.

We are still short of our $10,000 goal, and every donation made this week helps us get closer.

This journey is about more than getting on a plane. We’re going to serve, learn, document, capture, preserve, and amplify powerful stories connecting Kansas City to West Africa.

These are stories of faith.
Stories of leadership.
Stories of community.
Stories that deserve to be preserved.

We have 7 days. Let’s close this gap together. 🔥

If you’ve been watching, sharing, encouraging, or waiting for the right time to give — this is the time.

$10. $25. $50. $100. Whatever you can give moves us forward.

🌍 Kansas City stories. Global impact. The stories keep echoing.

Donate today:
👉🏾 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/echoes-global

08/27/2026

History Wednesdays with Professor Wilmore 📚✊🏾

Today, we’re looking at the history and legacy of J.S. Chick School and the impact African-centered education had on generations of Black children in Kansas City.

Joseph Smith “J.S.” Chick came from one of Kansas City’s early founding families. His father, William Chick, was among the early purchasers of land connected to the original development of Kansas City, while J.S. Chick became a trader and helped establish one of the city’s earliest banks.

The school bearing his name opened in 1930, but decades later, its story would take on an entirely new significance.

In the 1990s, J.S. Chick realigned its educational approach around African-centered values. With a student population that was nearly 100% Black, the school went on to become one of Missouri’s highest-performing schools, with success reflected in academics, student behavior, and classroom engagement.

But its impact went beyond test scores.

J.S. Chick helped nurture a generation of children who were taught self-love, cultural identity, pride, and Black excellence alongside their academics.

It’s a powerful reminder that education isn’t only about what children learn. It’s also about helping them understand who they are.

Thank you for tuning in to History Wednesdays with Professor Wilmore on Echoes of the City, where we continue to preserve and amplify the people, places, and stories that shaped Kansas City.

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🎥 Videography: Jordan TA Stephens

08/26/2026

We’re taking Kansas City stories GLOBAL. 🌍🎥

Echoes Of The City KC recently joined FOX4 News Kansas City on Midday Conversations to share the vision behind Echoes Global — our upcoming documentary journey to West Africa.

This September, we’re traveling to Togo and Ghana to document the powerful work and stories of Pastor Gary Jay Jones and Chief Dre Taylor — two Kansas City connections whose impact reaches far beyond home.

We’re now just $5,000 away from our fundraising goal, and we need our community to help us close the gap.

Your support helps us travel, document, preserve, and bring these stories back home so they can continue to inspire, educate, and create impact.

Every donation matters. Every share matters. Every person who believes in this work matters.

🌍 Help us take Echoes Global.

Donate here:
👉🏾 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/echoes-global

Thank you to FOX4 News Kansas City and Midday Conversations for giving us the platform to share this journey.

Kansas City stories. Global impact. The stories keep echoing. 🌍

08/25/2026

🧠 Monday Mental Health Moment | The Weight a Family Carries

When one member of a family experiences a life-changing event, the emotional impact rarely stops with that one person.

This week on Monday Mental Health Moment, Adrienne Taylor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, helps us look at the emotional weight families can carry through trauma, loss, and incarceration.

In this week’s story, Christina Williams reflects on the shock of learning her brother had been arrested for murder and the pain of watching her family, especially her mother, navigate yet another devastating chapter. Nearly 25 years later, Christina can also see a story of growth, faith, and hope as her brother has worked to better himself and prepare for the life he hopes to build beyond incarceration.

Sometimes families carry grief, love, disappointment, hope, and healing all at the same time.

💙 Healing begins when stories are shared, heard, and understood.

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, having thoughts of su***de, or needs immediate emotional support, call or text 988 to reach the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline. Help is available 24/7.

Join us every Monday for another Monday Mental Health Moment with Echoes of the City KC.

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