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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
Nelson Mandela

IN ReCeNT yeaRS, ouR CoMMuNITy HaS loST SoMe ICoNIC fReeDOM, iNC. MeMBeRS & LeaDeRS,
COMMUNiTy aDVOCaTeS & aCTiViSTS, CiViL RiGHTS HeROeS, aND POLiTiCaL LeaDeRS.

aasim Rosa James Rosemary lowe Rev. Kenneth
Ray, Sr.
Baheyaden (1934–2020) educator, (1926–2020) one of the (1932–2020) longtime
early female leaders of
Freedom’s candidate for Jackson County Freedom, Jackson County community pastor, Jackson
Democratic 7th Ward
KCPS Board Member Committeewoman Democratic 14th Ward County Democratic 18th
Committeewoman Ward Committeeman

Daniel P. Helen Ragsdale yvonne Wilson
Clarke, Sr. Curtis Jones, Sr. (1931–2020) educator, (1929–2019) educator,
(1932–2017) educator, Jackson County Freedom’s candidate for retired Missouri State Senator,
Jackson County Democratic 16th Ward KCPS Board, served three Jackson County Democratic
Democratic 3rd Ward Committeeman terms as Board President, 16th Ward Committeewoman,
Committeeman Treasurer, Committee Chair longtime Freedom member

Carol Coe (PuBlISHeD FRoM RoSeMaRy loWe’S oBITuaRy)
Mrs. Lowe was there when Freedom, Inc. was founded in 1962 and fought hard for the historic public accommodation city ordinance in 1964 to
(1947–2021) attorney, outlaw discrimination in use of public facilities. “It meant that if you were Downtown shopping and you got tired, you could go have a hot dog and
Jackson County legislator, not have to stand up to eat it,” recalled Mrs. Lowe, in a 1996 article in the Kansas City Star. The next year Freedom, Inc. helped elect Harold Holliday,
City Councilwoman, and Sr. and Leon Jordan, Freedom founders, to the Missouri Legislature. “We sent them,” said Lowe. “The men got the titles, but the women did the
founder of Green acres work.” Freedom Inc. in 1987 gave her its Distinguished Service Award.
Farming & Gardening
(FReeDoM, INC. TaBloID aRTICle, PuBlISHeD IN JuNe 2015)
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Darwin Curls
(1943–2020) Community green aCres helps loCal
and social change activist,
involved with Congress of residents of food deserts
Racial equality (C.o.R.e.),
lifelong Freedom member by aIley PoPe
Green Acres Farm & Gardening is a non-profit organization founded five years ago by former City
Councilwoman Carol Coe. Beginning with a mini-farm at 27th and Prospect, Green Acres provides
alex Harris healthy food options within the urban core. Green Acres has made a commitment to grow and provide
(1930–2020) Founder healthy vegetables in what is known as a “food desert.” carol coe is ready to prepare land for a community garden, as
of Mo-Kan Minority Over the years Green Acres has expanded from gardening to Aquaponics. This innovation allows fish to rev. Kenneth ray and state representative randy dunn look on.
be grown inside a green house year round. The fish also provide a means to grow vegetables in the green
Contractors association, house. Using old-school ways of cultivating soil in combination with innovative techniques, Green Acres has contributed substantially to the distribution of healthy
advocate for minority food. In partnership with the Kansas City School District, Lincoln University and the City of Kansas City, mO, Green Acres has helped feed thousands of residents in
contractors “food deserts” across the city.
The development of parcels for people in the urban core to collectively garden, farm and cultivate helps to revitalize neighborhoods. Green Acres has been helpful in the
Rev. Wallace elimination of blight and the creation of food producing green spaces. We need to expand operations to serve more people and stabilize more neighborhoods.
Hartzfield, Sr. “With the dynamic team of Jermaine Reed, Quinton Lucas, aIley PoPe has a Master’s degree in
(1929–2020) Tireless civil Ken Bacchus and Lee Barnes on the City Council, Green Acres theological studies from southern Methodist
rights activist, Pastor of can expand, create jobs, and feed our community!” university. she is currently a congressional
Metropolitan Missionary aide in the u.s. senate.
Baptist Church
neighBorhoods matter! JoBs matter!
Paid for by Freedom, Inc., Bruce Beatty, Treasurer.

our residents deserve a safe and thriving neighborhood to live and
raise their families. we must make a long-term commitment to reduce
crime, eliminate blight, and maintain and improve our infrastructure.” It’s extremely important that
we focus our attention on job
creation. everywhere I go people
are talking about how we must get
our young people trained and into a
living wage career that they can be
proud of.”

Paid for by Freedom, Inc. Bruce Beatty, Treasurer.