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Ryan Sorrell

Ryan Sorrell

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Co-Founder and Editor, The Kansas City Defender

Kansas City

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Automotive , Tech

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Seniority Positions

Content

Total articles 3

  • Ivanhoe Farmers Market Turns to Community As U.S. Government Wages War on Black Farmers

    By Mili Mansaray Verified, Ryan Sorrell| Kansas City Call@ For Executive Director Alana Henry, the sudden cancellation of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council’s federal farming grant was a direct assault on Black self-determination, economic empowerment, and the right to feed one’s own community. “We are under attack by a hostile government,” she said. “But that has been our experience for many centuries. We have navigated it many times and iterations […]

    By Mili Mansaray Verified, Ryan Sorrell · Kansas City Call

    Feb. 28, 2025

  • The Kansas City Defender toolkit, radical black press and the future of media

    By Ryan Sorrell| Reynolds Journalism Institute@ The toolkit will help you serve the needs of communities and provide a practical guide to creating a community-centric and digital-first media organizationThe Kansas City Defender and the Reynolds Journalism Institute are partnering to build a toolkit that will include the rich history of the radical Black press, its vital contributions to the future of the field and a template for a media future that genuinely caters to the needs of our communities.

    By Ryan Sorrell · Reynolds Journalism Institute

    Dec. 07, 2023

  • Ivanhoe Farmers Market Turns to Community As U.S. Government Wages War on Black Farmers

    By Mili Mansaray Verified, Ryan Sorrell| Kansas City Call@ For Executive Director Alana Henry, the sudden cancellation of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council’s federal farming grant was a direct assault on Black self-determination, economic empowerment, and the right to feed one’s own community. “We are under attack by a hostile government,” she said. “But that has been our experience for many centuries. We have navigated it many times and iterations […]

    By Mili Mansaray Verified, Ryan Sorrell · Kansas City Call

    Feb. 28, 2025

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Company Info

The Kansas City Defender

We are a Black nonprofit digital startup producing news, digital tools and public services for people in Missouri and Kansas. Our primary areas of focus are education, justice, business, arts & culture, and technology.

Founded: 2021