Kinship Cafe

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Kinship Cafe is located at 719 N 6th St, Kansas City, KS 66101 at the corner of Ann Ave and N 6th st lives an energy that welcomes all that enter. In the heart of the neighborhood of Strawberry Hill in KCK Kinship Cafe serves as a space for community to connect and prosper. As you walk in the door, you can almost always find TJ, the owner of Kinship behind the counter, taking a meeting at a free table, or chopping it up with customers. Always with a welcoming smile and a deep desire to create harmony in the space.

The love for community and passion to create opportunity for black artists is showcased all throughout the space. An entire wall is dedicated to creatives, artists and BIPOC people who are getting started branding their product. TJ has a deep desire to elevate the black dollar and create space to thrive as a whole.

Kinship is a place where out of towners visiting from NYC stroll in to take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee before their departure. It is a place where you can find staff engaging in powerful conversations about equality, and scifi books all int he same breath. It is a place that serves as a refuge for creatives and artist to feel at home. A space where artists feel seen, heard and appreciated. Some may take a meeting, while others use the open window format to dive into their craft and melt into the energy of flow.

Kinship is a place where friends who no longer are neighbors can come together and reconnect now living cities apart over a warm cup of coffee. There are many energies that walk into Kinship every day. Those energies are the ones that either need their cup filled or have enough to share. Either way, you know that when you walk through those doors, just like their windows. Their heart is always open to receive you with love.

It was through a warm breakfast, a good cup of coffee & good conversation that a smile arose from his cheeks.

There is a calmness that lives at Kinship. It's as if these four corners gives you the space to breathe, let your guard down and be

Friends that used to be around the corner now have to find pockets of time to visit one another living in different towns. It is the safety, comfort and energy of Kinship that brings them here. From the art, to the plants. These friends come together to share a conversation about young love and life.

In her phone she has a gallery of photos of Kinship. From plants, to new artist' work that hangs on the walls. She's found a place that makes her feel comfortable, free and safe. As a regular to the coffeeshop she tells me how seen she feels in this space. That is what keeps her coming back.

Kinship has the philosophy of building black business up. Using the space as a tool to create equity with small business owners trying to get their brand out there

No matter what is on your mind. What task you need to complete. You can bring it all here and it will be held, respected and valued

Creatives find inspiration in this space. Highlighting black excellence, art and culture Kinship creates a space for creatives of color to explore their craft and gives them space to create and just "be"

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