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Category: Wichitans You Should Know

Wichitans You Should Know highlights members of our community who are often unseen, through stories of their lived experiences.  Know someone we should spotlight? Get in touch.

Scott Sullivan dressed as Sister Ursula of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Posted inWichitans You Should Know

Meet Sister Ursula, a glamorous nun advocating for gay and trans youth

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

By his own account, Scott Sullivan leads a boring life. He’s a 58-year-old white male who works at the local tag office, as he has for 25 years. He’s married. He grew up mostly in the Midwest, one of two children in an upper-middle class, two-parent “white-bread” family.  He knew little trauma as a child, […]

Attendees at the June 27 “Community Conversations: A Social Justice Sit-Down” discuss systemic racism issues in education. Different tables discussed different topics, including education, policing, environment, housing and food deserts. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)
Posted inWichitans You Should Know

Meet the latest cohort of The Wichita Beacon’s Community Engagement Bureau

Kristen Powell has long hair and a red shirt against a blue background by Kristen Powell July 7, 2023July 7, 2023
Gédéon Jino, a refugee from the Congo, at the wall-raising ceremony with wife Francine.
Posted inWichitans You Should Know

Refugee from the Congo escapes violence to build life anew: ‘Wichita is my home’

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl April 24, 2023April 24, 2023
Wichita Tattoo artist Shaila Roach works on a client.
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Meet Shaila Roach, a Wichita tattoo artist telling stories through ink

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl April 10, 2023April 10, 2023
Jessie Gray leads Wichita improv classes at her studio The Flying Pig.
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Wichita native returns to roots teaching improv: “I am fulfilling my purpose”

Cecilia Green by Cecilia Green April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
Ashley Alexander mourns Dustin Gotham, who died of fentanyl overdose.
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‘Storm of Addiction’ Part 2: Sober and ready to fight

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
Ashley Alexander holds a photo of her fiance Dustin Gotham who died of fentanyl. She wants to changes to laws to prevent Kansas fentanyl deaths.
Posted inWichitans You Should Know

How a Kansas woman emerged from the storm of addiction to fight fentanyl

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl March 20, 2023July 30, 2023
Cindy Coughenhour teaches self-defense to protect women
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Cindy Coughenour taught thousands of women to protect themselves after one friend couldn’t

Cecilia Green by Cecilia Green March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
Kansas songwriter Toby Tyner sings at Social Tap in Wichita
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Kansas songwriter Toby Tyner tells story behind ‘Already Gone’

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl March 6, 2023March 11, 2023
Kimmie Padocohny-Zotigh, a Kiowa indiginous person, stands before Wichita's Keeper of the Plains.
Posted inWichitans You Should Know

Kimmie Pahdocony-Zotigh works to keep her Kiowa story alive

The Wichita Beacon's Polly Basore Wenzl in pink jacket by Polly Basore Wenzl February 27, 2023February 28, 2023

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