Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice
LISC Greater Kansas City is intentional in building and maintaining diversity and inclusion. We are committed to ensuring that equitable policies and practices are embedded throughout all our work. LISC Kansas City Staff works with a diversity, equity, inclusion and justice consultant who provides technical assistance to address diversity, equity, and inclusion in our everyday policies and within our 2020 to 2024 strategic plan. As an organization, we are committed to building and maintaining a diverse, effective, and inclusive Local Advisory Board (LAB). We are committed to ensuring that the ways in which LISC KC staff work with one another, their partners, and the communities they serve are inclusive, respectful, and that they are able to support LISC’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Affordable Housing
A safe, affordable home is one of the basic requisites of life—a key to individual and family health, family wealth, economic stability, and wellbeing, and is the foundation for sustainable, economically vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. [...]
Financial Stability
Healthy, sustainable communities are made up of people who have living wage jobs and feel confident about their economic futures. LISC invests in helping people tackle all the facets of financial life. [...]
Our Stories
LISC and Coalition Partners Awarded $2 Billion via National Clean Investment Fund
LISC is one of five organizations leading Power Forward Communities, a new coalition investing in green housing and jobs to support economic opportunity and climate resilience. Today, the EPA awarded the coalition $2 billion to implement a decarbonization strategy that also lifts up under-resourced communities—making housing more affordable, mitigating climate impacts and improving local health.
Pathway Financial Education Offers Free Courses to Kansas City Residents
Financial literacy is the ability to understand financial management, budgeting and investing. LaTasha Jacobs, executive director of Pathway Financial Education, is a Kansas City resident and community leader dedicated to closing the racial wealth gap. Within the past three years, the racial gap has grown. Education is one of the top determinants of that growth.
Meet The Woman Making Significant Contributions in Professional Women's Soccer
As soccer season is underway, LISC Greater Kansas City (LISC KC) sheds light on the phenomenal woman making significant contributions to the Kansas City Current (KC Current) professional women’s soccer team and breaking barriers in all of women’s sports, Jocelyn Monroe. Monroe is the vice president of marketing for KC Current, covering retail, brand, content, creative and field marketing.