Warren Adams-Leavitt

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Work History

Start Year End Year Organization Position
1985 1989 Kansas City Organization Project Board Member
1989 2005 Kansas City Church/Community Organization Director
1997 2000 Wyandotte Interfaith Sponsoring Council Director

Organizer Profile

Growing consciousness of injustice and dysfunction in the United States.

A relational understanding of community and society that has become the primary lens through which I look at the world.

A much deeper, more nuanced grasp of personal and organizational power.

Stamina – the ability to keep focused on long-term change in this country at times when the short-term realities can be very depressing.

Mahatma Ghandi
Sr. Mary Jordan Langenhennig, PICO
Ron Snyder, PICO

Civil Rights Movement, Gandhi’s Satyagraha, the Nicaraguan Sandinista revolution

Fundamentally changing the way Kansas City handles housing reinvestment.

1) Stable funding - We need to find better ways to fund organizing over the long-term. We're overly dependent on the whims of foundation funding.
2) Depth with scale - We need to be able to reach to higher levels of government and debate, while still retaining depth in local communities. Organizations tend to sacrifice depth for scale or else never move to scale in order to hold onto depth.

No. I'm running a Community Development Corporation - building houses, running a senior program

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Warren Adams-Leavitt's Trainers

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Medellin, PaulKansas City Organization Project
Reed, ScottPICO

Warren Adams-Leavitt's Coaches

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Collazo, DenisePICO
Reed, ScottPICO
snyder, ronPICO

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Warren Adams-Leavitt's Trainees

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Graves, DeniseKansas City Church/Community Organization
Schulte, EvaKansas City Church/Community Organization (CCO)
Young, JerryKansas City Church/Community Organization

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