If proposed redistricting is approved, Missouri’s 4th, 5th and 6th Congressional Districts would meet at the area of Gladstone and Independence avenues in Kansas City’s Northeast neighborhood, according to an employee in the Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives’ office.
Redistricting lines would split KCMO’s northeast neighborhood into 3 districts
Independence Boulevard Christian Church is located at the proposed three-way district intersection, at 606 Gladstone Avenue. The church’s pastor, Mindy Fugarino, joined protesters in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Wednesday at a rally against the redistricting.
“I believe the dividing line is literally right at our church’s intersection,” Fugarino said. “So, our neighbors and our participants will be divided into all three.”
Fugarino also leads Intersect KC, which is housed inside the same building at Independence Boulevard Christian Church. The nonprofit primarily works with food-insecure and unhoused people in the Northeast neighborhood.
“We’re very concerned about the watering down of voices in our neighborhood,” she said…