Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, with host Eric Wesson interviewing Gwendolyn Grant, the president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. Grant is a native of Kansas City who has long been recognized as a passionate and strong voice advocating for social …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, with host Eric Wesson interviewing Ruth Ramsey, publisher of Our Health Matters™, a monthly health publication focused on Kansas City. Ruth is an entrepreneur, founding her business Ramsey & Associates Design in 1989. She launched the print and digital magazine …
Swope Health will host a free giveaway of family essential items and foods, including Thanksgiving turkeys while supplies last, from 9 am to noon on Saturday at Swope Health Central. The event will provide household cleaning supplies, toiletries, blankets and socks, and food boxes. The event is a drive-through giveaway, providing for up to two …
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In the latest edition of the Swope Health podcast, One on One with Swope Health, host Eric Wesson interviews Dr. Jennifer Collier, the interim superintendent of the Kansas City Public School District. Dr. Collier has served as an educator in the KC Public Schools for more than 23 years, as a teacher, assistant principal, and …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, featuring Qiana Thomason, President and CEO of Health Forward Foundation. Eric Wesson, managing editor and publisher of The Call, hosts the show’s conversations with Kansas Citians about issues of importance to the community’s health and wellbeing. Health Forward Foundation is …
The Swope Health annual trick-or-treat event will once again move outdoors with a drive-through version of Treat Town. This is our 27th year of Treat Town, a special Halloween trick-or-treat event for kids. Like we have done the last two years, this event is modified to accommodate COVID-19 precautions. Participants will drive through a large …
Swope Health is proud to announce the first in its series of 2024 Town Halls on the social drivers of healthcare: An evening in conversation with Ebony Reed, journalist and author of Fifteen Cents on the Dollar, How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap, a new book on the history of economic inequity. Jeron Ravin, …
National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2022. The designation is a tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have enriched and influenced society. In recognition of the contributions of Hispanic Americans in the Kansas City-area, Swope Health sponsors three free, online lunchtime events: Noon, Thursday, Oct. 6 with John …
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We all want to be treated with dignity, including those who have ongoing mental health issues. This truth led Joel Slack, mental health advocate, to found the RESPECT Institute, which trains individuals with mental health illnesses to share their personal stories of recovery with public audiences. The goal is to foster a better public understanding …
New clinic to provide pediatric, dental care to Excelsior Springs students KANSAS CITY, MO (Sept. 28, 2021) – Swope Health, the voice of community health and leading provider of quality accessible healthcare in Kansas City, today will accept a $44,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant to create a new Swope Health KidsCARE clinic at the Excelsior Springs …
