Segment 1: Organizer fears that, "If we wait five years to make a bold intervention . . . we won't have people of color, workers and poor folks able to live in our city anymore."
A new tenant-power organization looks to help the more than twenty-thousand renters in the Kansas City area deal with issues related to poorly managed rental properties. Tara Raghuveer is behind the effort and she spoke about informing tenants of their rights and providing relief in the ongoing affordable housing crisis.
- Tara Raghuveer, director of KC Tenants
Segment 2, beginning at 25:12: For pioneer climber, scaling the big rocks is where he finds peace.
At 49, Mark Synnott has been rock climbing for more than 30 years. He spoke about the skills needed to scale hundreds, even thousands, of feet on unforgiving surfaces.
- Mark Synnott, professional climber and author of "The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan and the Climbing Life"
Mark Synnott will speak about "Life on the Vertical," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Muriel Kauffman Theatre, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri 64108. Tickets are available through the Kauffman Centerwebsite.
