ARTSPEAK RADIO- Navarro, Livengood, Van Tuyl, Lewis, and Foat

Wednesday January 9, 2019 noon - 1PM, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kansas City Kansas Police Officer Osvaldo Navarro, artist Sandy Van Tuyl, Mid-Continent Public Library Curator Mark Livengood, Kansas City Public Library staff Courtney Lewis and KCPT's Lindsey Foat. Osvaldo Navarro, Kansas City Kansas Police Officer, talks about community programs through the Kansas City Kansas Police Department. SAFETY FIRST, COURTESY ALWAYS- Our department provides emergency services to the community of Kansas City, Kansas, which spans approximately 125 square miles with over 330 sworn officers serving a population of approximately 150,000 citizens and 10 million visitors per year. KCK POLICE DEPARTMENT JUVENILE ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader Program- This initiative was designed to engage with children and inspire them to learn. Once a month, COPPS and MPS officers respond to Parker Elementary School and read from selected books to the Kindergarten, First and Second grade students. The selected reading always supported whatever character trait the school was teaching for that month. These sessions usually last about ½ hour, and always end with a question and answer session. Summer Job Program – This teen program is designed to be a initial stepping stone toward…