Hartzell

Día de los Muertos celebration, a moving tribute to tradition, memory, & the beauty of Latin American culture @ the Nelson-Atkins

Art, music, & shared moments of remembrance reminds me that honoring our ancestors is also about protecting the future we build for the next generation.

Grateful to stand with our neighbors, union partners, and movement leaders to get food, water, diapers, and dignity to the people who need it most. This is what real community looks like.

You still have time to drop off your food at The Ship until 7pm - 1221 Union Ave. KCMO.

We are extremely proud of KC Eats and partner organizations for making this food drive happen. No one in our community should go hungry while billionaires get handouts and workers get pink slips.

Good news, a federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to release billions in SNAP contingency funds, funds they’ve had all along.
Let’s be clear: this wasn’t about scarcity. It was about cruelty.
We need leaders who will feed families, not starve them to score political points.

Poverty wages keep people on SNAP, not laziness.
If billionaires paid their fair share and corporations paid fair wages, fewer families would need food assistance at all.

42 million Americans rely on SNAP to eat.

Here’s who they really are
- 80% have jobs
- Nearly half have kids
- 1.2 million are veterans

They’re not “lazy.” They’re working, in a system that doesn’t pay enough to live.

Over 40 million Americans are about to lose their SNAP benefits. Families held hostage.

We deserve and demand a government that feeds the hungry, heals the sick, and houses the unhoused and cares for our climate.

Missouri’s 4th District deserves better than a rubber stamp for Trump’s cruelty.

Join us in showing up for one another, bring the much-needed materials listed below to the Ship every Friday between 4-7 or any of the donation sites. We’ve got each other’s backs.

Our working class deserves so much more than crumbs. But one thing the people of KC know how to do, it’s come together & take care of one another.

We’re so proud to uplift the incredible work that KCEats and coalition partners are doing to make sure our communities are loved & fed in the holidays.

Thousands of our neighbors here in Kansas City are feeling the impacts of this Trump government shutdown, and soon more than 600K Missourians could lose their SNAP and WIC benefits.

It’s shameful that the richest country, children still go to bed hungry & parents struggle to put food on the table.

It’s time to tax wealth like work, invest in housing, universal health care, and good paying jobs. We can build an economy that works for everyone, not just the billionaire class.

Millions of families are at risk of losing the food assistance they depend on just to get by

As your Congressman, I’ll fight for an Ultra-Millionaire Tax so the ultra-rich finally pay their fair share:
- 2% on wealth above $50 million
- 3% on wealth above $1 billion
- 8% on wealth above $10 billion

Tax the Rich is the framework to rebuild America.

While Missouri hands millionaires one of the largest tax cuts in the country, the richest 1% now control $52 trillion. That’s more wealth than the bottom 90% combined.

From KC to rural missouri , workers are fighting billionaires and corporate greed. We are demanding fair pay, safe conditions, and a voice on the job.
I’m running to stand shoulder to shoulder with labor: to pass the PRO Act, ban exploitative non-competes, and guarantee good jobs for all.

Hurricane Melissa isn’t a “natural” disaster. This is the result of decades of corporate pollution, political cowardice, and climate denial.

While oil executives cash record profits, families in Jamaica are losing everything.
This is what the climate emergency looks like.

I’m throwing a birthday bash for the people! 🎉 $28 gets you in for a night of fun, music, and a movement ready to shake things up in MO-04. Join the celebration tonight at The Ship and let’s build something real together!

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If we want informed communities, we need independent newsrooms, strong antitrust, and an end to PE roll-ups.

Private equity embodies unfettered corporate greed—swallowing whole industries, stripping them for parts, hiking prices, and delivering the bare minimum while extracting the maximum profit. It’s parasitic.

No Chiefs game today so let’s spend our Sunday together belligerently singing Creed at Offkey Karaoke Lounge in Westport! 5-7:30p!

“It’s wonderful to see someone running who I actually feel joy when they speak… they’re authentic, their personality shines through — and that’s deeply missing from our politics.”
— Lily Greenberg, Activist & Organizer.
We deserve leaders who bring joy. Who lead with honesty, vision, and heart.

“Fascism is on the rise, democracy is in decline, the climate is on the brink. Your involvement makes a difference.” — Michael Greenberg, Executive Director, Climate Defiance.

“We beat a $2.2 trillion company with no political backing and $2.50 in our GoFundMe. The formula? People power.” – Chris Smalls. Chris Smalls backs Hartzell because we need leaders who fight for us, not billionaires and corporations. This campaign is about people power vs money.

“We demand leaders who stand up to big business, big oil, and foreign interests—and who fight for an economy that works for everyday Americans.” – Sunjay Muralitharan
Young Americans are done waiting. We’re fighting for leaders we can trust, who say no to corporate greed and fight for us.

People are done settling for the lesser evil. This campaign is about building real alternatives — rooted in values, powered by people, and accountable to the communities long ignored by politics as usual.
It’s not about managing decline. It’s about organizing for something better.

“We’re saying not the worst evil is our best that we can offer. We are turning young people off… We’re proud to have Hartzell as a member of our chapter. Our movement is definitely stronger with him.” — Drew Sorenson, KC DSA

“We’ve got us—because we know who doesn’t. We take on corporate greed, we take on those who say you don’t deserve it all—enough of that noise.” — Congressional Candidate, Hartzell Gray

This is people power in action. Stay tuned. Share widely. And if you’re ready to get involved, now’s the time.

📢 Last week, we held a national call to bring key leaders together and show what’s possible when we fight back — together. We’ll be sharing highlights from each of the powerful voices who joined us.

From organizers to labor leaders to national youth leaders, folks across the country are stepping up to support Hartzell Gray because this campaign isn’t just about one district. It’s about affordable housing, universal health care, and an economy that works for all of us.

650,000 Missourians are set to lose food assistance, on top of a shutdown engineered to jam through massive health-care cuts that will kick millions off coverage. Insult to injury. Fund SNAP & WIC now and reverse the cuts. This is why we need to elect leaders who put families over billionaires.