Community Partners

Harnessing the power of community, American Public Square partners with numerous organizations to deliver programming to local and national audiences.

Below are a few of the organizations APS has partnered with to maximize the impact of civil, fact-based programming in our area.

If your organization is interested in partnering with American Public Square, reach out to us at:

[email protected]

KC Media Collective

Made possible with support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, six nonprofit organizations, including American Public Square, united to form the KC Media Collective in Fall 2021.

The collective is a collaborative initiative designed to support and enhance free and fair journalism. In addition to APS, members of the KC Media Collective include Kansas City PBS| Flatland, KCUR, Missouri Business Alert, Startland News and The Kansas City Beacon.

Together, the partners seek to deepen their understanding of the people who make up our region, reduce barriers to access, and earn trust. The goal of the KC Media Collective is to better meet community information needs by maximizing resources through new lines of communication, content sharing and collaborative reporting.

“We have three primary objectives with the KC Media Collective: To reduce barriers to news coverage, to build and nurture trust within the communities that we serve, and through these efforts, to strengthen and sustain local journalism in Kansas City and the surrounding region. We do this because we know that an informed citizenry is the bedrock of strong communities and a thriving democracy, and that is what the residents of our area deserve.”

– Claire Bishop, Executive Director – American Public Square

National Coalition Partners

The Bridge Alliance is a coalition of ~100 organizations working together to promote healthy self-governance in our democratic republic. Bridge Alliance members span ideological spectrums, but are unified to work efficiently, outside arbitrarily defined political lines. Learn more.

The Listen First Coalition is comprised of 500+ organizations bringing Americans together across divides to build understanding, trust, relationships, and solutions — to turn down the heat and find a way forward together. Learn more.