Kansas City, MO - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Kansas City, MO Index / Locations Transcripts Jordan Brooks ...do them. So that, in theory, a mayor in Kansas City could do an equal pay bill in thei... Otis Moss Jr. ...had just taken place at a synagogue in Kansas City , and he had to hold that momen... Terrence Wise ...City, and Terrence is joining me from Kansas City , Missouri. Terrence, thank you agai... ...they were, like, “Well, workers around Kansas City and around the country are organizin... ...when we first began organizing here in Kansas City with the Fight for $15 and a union, ... ...bigger than just my coworkers here in Kansas City . It's so deep, Terrell. If we can b... ...begin organizing my coworkers here in Kansas City , Missouri. Through the Fight for $1... ...on wash, rinse, repeat, not only in Kansas City , but around the country and around th... ...went on strike the first time here in Kansas City , the next day, they pulled us all i... ...on that, because it was something new. Kansas City —the Fight for $15 is over two hundre... ...been organizing and fighting. But when Kansas City first started, we were one of the firs... ...it wasn't just a plan that workers in Kansas City are going on strike. We coordinate... ...east to west. I can remember, here in Kansas City [KC], the morning of the strike, wakin... ...When you look around the country, even Kansas City , Missouri, or whatever the case ma... ...nearly doubled the minimum wage here in Kansas City , and we've seen that shot down. Bu... ...an hour. They're like, “You live in Kansas City .” Yeah, but to live in Kansas City fo... ...in Kansas City.” Yeah, but to live in Kansas City for a single parent and single adult... Show more... Robert McDonald ...Boston—actually, I think I was going to Kansas City . I went to Kansas City for the Worl... ...I was going to Kansas City. I went to Kansas City for the World Series at that time t... Theresa Pouley ...and New Orleans and Detroit and Kansas City and Miami and St. Petersburg, and the... Jane Chu ...into cultural institution building in Kansas City [Missouri]. Well, I've been in th... ...form or another. Then when I was in Kansas City , really got the opportunity to be par... ...Kauffman, really wanted to have for Kansas City . And I was reading the market studie... ...see much of our resident companies—the Kansas City Ballet, the opera, as well as othe... ...really about—certainly, it involved the Kansas City Symphony being a resident company, bu... ...I did get to talk to a lot of people in Kansas City who really were there before, when i... Show more... John Rogers ...Schmidt, who was six eight, guy from Kansas City , who when he graduated from Princeton... Related Topics go to the Science Science go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency