MidCity Excellence to host 12th annual MLK Jr. ‘Solutions Summit’, celebrating 25 years of history
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- A St. Joseph youth academy celebrates their 25th year of educating the local youth with their 12th annual MLK Jr. 'Solutions Summit.'
Doors open for MidCity Excellence's free event at 10:30 a.m., with the event taking place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, at Word of Life Church – MYC Fellowship Hall, located at 3902 NE Riverside Road.
This year's theme is a 'Homecoming of Excellence', where attendees will hear from MCE alumni panelists as they share their journeys of becoming workforce-ready, trauma-informed and opioid-free.
'Solutions Summit' Speakers include Tyrese Huskey, an electrician and U.S. Army veteran with eight years of deployment in Kuwait, Kaliana Ginn, a Lafayette High School graduate, who is now attending Missouri Western State University on a full nursing scholarship and Jordan “Mama J” Alford, a nonprofit program director, entrepreneur and former founder of the Missouri Western Dance Company.
"Spending time with the youth, whether it's drums, whether it's helping them with their homework, whether it's talking to them about a fight or their anxiety and their depression. Those conversations that our mentors, our college students, our interns, our volunteers, our community leaders have had playing chess and Uno, it matters," MidCity Excellence CEO Kimberly Warren said.
The event will also include food from Big Daddy’s BBQ for those who RSVP and performances from their St. Joe Stixx drum line, YouthCity Gospel Choir and MidCity Trash Can Band.
For anyone interested in the event, RSVP is available until Jan. 14 by contacting HelpMidCity@gmail.com or 816-273-5450.
