Trauma Informed Caring in Leadership –Funders Can Be Trauma Informed, Too

Essential Conversations

Listen in to our fascinating and inspiring conversation with Cathy Harding and Randy Lopez of Wyandotte Health Foundation in Kansas City, Kansas, a mission-driven organization that has sought to improve the health of Wyandotte County residents for the past quarter of a century. Over the past few years, the Foundation has shifted the way they fund and support their mission, demonstrating innovation in trauma informed caring in leadership as a philanthropic organization. Deeply trusting and collaborating alongside their community partners, both mindsets and practices are changing, and the resulting outcomes -though at times surprising -are positively impacting the health and well-being of individuals and the larger community, both now and in ways that promise to benefit future generations.