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People and the Pandemic, Episode 2: Gabrielle Griffie (My Fellow Kansans, Season 3)

Gabrielle Griffie is a businesswoman and an organizer in Wichita. (Photo by Nomin Ujiyediin / Kansas News Service)
Gabrielle Griffie is a businesswoman and an organizer in Wichita. (Photo by Nomin Ujiyediin / Kansas News Service)

Besides the coronavrius, another urgent topic surfaced again this year: an end to racism. The Wichita vintage store that Gabrielle Griffie co-owns had been open for only a few weeks before the coronavirus forced businesses to shut down. And just weeks after it reopened, Griffie found herself focused on something entirely different: racial equality. Griffie spoke with Nomin Ujiyediin of the Kansas News Service about the intersection of the two biggest themes of the year for the My Fellow Kansans podcast, produced by Jim McLean.

 


Discover more stories about the health and well-being of Kansans, their communities and civic life from the Kansas News Service by visiting ksnewsservice.org.  

Click here to listen to the first episode in the series,  People and the Pandemic, Episode 1: Montella Wimbley (My Fellow Kansans Season 3)
Click here to listen to the next episode,  People and the Pandemic, Episode 3: Anil Gharmalkar (My Fellow Kansans Season 3)

Subscribe to this season of My Fellow Kansans wherever you get your podcasts.

 

 

The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.