For Immediate Release - CONTACT: - Jeremy Weir Alderson, Director, Homelessness Marathon, 607-546-2084 - Jeff Humfeld, show producer,

KKFI 90.1 FM, 816-921-8231 - Desiree Montize, Executive Director, Hope Faith Ministries, 816-471-4673 - Richard Tripp, Director, Care of Poor People, 816-920-6119 14th Annual Homelessness Marathon to Originate from Kansas City, Missouri "Why not do the right thing?" to be broadcast's theme The 14th Annual Homelessness Marathon will originate from Kansas City, Missouri on the night of February 23, 2011. The broadcast will start at 6:00 p.m. Central Time and end at 8:00 a.m. the next morning. The broadcast will be carried by over 100 American radio stations, and by Free Speech Television, channel 9415 on the Dish Network. 40 Canadian radio stations will be carrying a parallel Canadian Homelessness Marathon, and the two broadcasts will link for an hour. "If we really looked at who is homeless, I think we'd feel a lot of remorse for the way our country is treating its most disadvantaged people." - Unidentified voice, official Kansas City, MO Task Force on Homelessness video. The Homelessness Marathon is coming to Kansas City because Kansas City represents heartland America, where home and community are sacred values. Yet in Kansas City, according to the Homeless Services Coalition, there are around 13,000 homeless people and fewer than 3000 beds to accommodate them. This kind of disparity is common across America, but why shouldn't Kansas City lead the way in putting a roof over every head? We're asking Kansas City, "Why not do the right thing?" "It's not getting any better. It's getting worse." - Charley German, chairman, Kansas City Task Force on Homelessness The Homelessness Marathon could not exist without the support of dedicated community groups. The 14th Marathon's hosts on the ground in Kansas City are Care of Poor People and Hope Faith Ministries. The broadcast will originate from outside the new Hope Faith facility at 705 Virginia Ave in Kansas City. KKFI 90.1 FM is proud to be the broadcast partner for the Homelessness Marathon providing the facilities and Kansas City's 100,000 watt community radio station. "KKFI is pleased to contribute to the dialog on homelessness and what we should do about it." - Jeff Humfeld, KKFI program producer More information may be found at http://www.homelessnessmarathon.org -- 30 -3901 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 Web: kkfi.org Facebook/kkfi901fm (816) 931-3122 Twitter @kkfi901fm

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Contact: MC Richardson, (816) 822-8866 or (816) 694-2273

KKFIFM90.1airsspecialradioprogramCivilRightsandtheStoryofthe1923Catcher, ArkansasRaceIncidentduringthe101stNAACPConvention
Guess Whos Coming to Kansas City show focuses on the struggles of African-Americans In honor of the NAACP convention taking place in Kansas City from July 10-15, KKFI-FM 90.1 radio program "Guess Who's Coming to Kansas City" will air a special show on Saturday, July 10, from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. The program features a discussion of civil rights and the 1923 Catcher, Arkansas race incident with guests Moira Bryant from Ft. Smith, Arkansas, author of "Healing Catcher An Oral History of Murder and Racism"; Calvin L. Richardson, president of the Ft. Smith, Ark. NAACP chapter; Larry Delano Coleman, civil rights attorney; and Alvin Sykes, president of the Emmitt Till Justice Campaign. What Happened in Catcher? On December 28, 1923, Effie Latimer, a young white woman, was brutally murdered and allegedly raped. Three black men were accused of the crime. While two were grown men, the third was only 14 years-old. The two men were executed, and the young boy was sent to prison where he would soon face a questionable death. Besides the murder and executions, Catcher would face racial tensions and more violence. Within two days of Latimers murder, a black man would be gunned down, or lynched, and all of the blacks would be forcibly removed from their homes and the community. [From the prologue to the Catcher, Arkansas oral history, see University of Arkansas Fort Smith 2010 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Presentation Anthology http://www.uafortsmith.edu/attach/Symposium/Index/Symposium2010.pdf ] Eleven black men would face their own trial in 1924 for the accusation of "night riding." Although, according to public records, they would later be acquitted, this bit of information has been lost in the Catcher community. One assertion whites in the area preserve is that no black has lived in the area since these events. Great-grand niece of Effie Latimer, Linda Mitchell Griffith, who now lives in Montana said, I strongly feel that there has been no justice for my aunt or for the two men and teenager who were rushed to trial and executed. The show highlights an under-reported incident in US race relations during the NAACP convention, which will be held in Kansas City and will attract 10,000 members. Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. For more information about the NAACP convention, visit http://naacp.org/pages/convention Guess Whos Coming to Kansas City producer MC Richardson said, This NAACP National Convention promises to be the best to date taking place in Kansas City, the Heart of America. The radio program, on the air since 1996, publicizes issues that impact the Kansas city minority community, encouraging the pursuit of positive solutions to community problems. MC Richardson is the CEO and founder of the United Minority Media Association, based in Kansas City and established in 1974. ###