A broad-based coalition has called on the Unified Government to act now to make Wyandotte County a safer and more welcoming place.  

To read the letter signed by the coalition and the additional supporters of a municipal ID ordinance urging the Mayor and Commissioners to act, click here.  To learn about the campaign for Safe & Welcoming Kansas, click here.

The Safe & Welcoming Wyandotte Coalition: 

  • ACLU of Kansas
  • Advocates for Immigrant Rights & Reconciliation (AIRR)
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association - Missouri/Kansas Chapter
  • Amnesty International - Kansas City Chapter (Local #115)
  • Community Health Council of Wyandotte County
  • Cross Border Network 
  • El Centro, Inc.
  • Grandview Park Presbyterian Church
  • Immigrant Justice Advocacy Movement (IJAM)
  • Indivisible KC
  • Kansas Appleseed
  • Kansas State Conference of the NAACP
  • MainStream Coalition
  • Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equality (MORE2)
  • Sister Therese Bangert
  • Vibrant Health Wyandotte

Supporters for a Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte:

  • Bethel Neighborhood Center Board of Directors
  • Better Together, Inc.
  • Central Avenue Betterment Association
  • Communities Creating Opportunity
  • Cross-Lines Community Outreach, Inc.
  • Historic Northeast Midtown Association
  • Kansas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers
  • Kansas/Missouri Dream Alliance (KSMODA)
  • Latino Arts Foundation
  • Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)
  • Mision Alcance
  • NEA-KCK Teachers Union
  • Project Rally
  • Rainbow Mennonite Church 
  • ReStart, Inc.
  • Rosedale Development Association
  • SEIU 1
  • Sunflower House
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
  • Wyandot Inc.