Teamsters Local 41 was proud to participate in Operation Backpack on August 3rd from 11 AM to 2 PM at Swope Park. Operation Backpack is a back-to-school supply and food giveaway for residents of Kansas City, MO hosted by Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw.
The event, which saw several unions and community organizations volunteer alongside Local 41, distributed backpacks, school supplies, computers, tablets, hot spots, books, food boxes, feminine products, COVID vaccines, and much more.
The event was sponsored by: Councilman Darrell Curls, Senator Barbara Washington, Kansas City Royals, Black and Veatch, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Building Trades Council, Oracle, Children’s Mercy, Health Forward Foundation, HNTB, IBEW Local 53, Laborers Local 264, Heavy Constructors Association, McCownGordon, Polsinelli, Research Hospital, Spire Energy, Swope Health, Heavy Construction Laborers, Teamsters Local 41, Hot 103 Jamz, Power 105.1, and University Health.
Tristin Amezcua-Hogan is the Editor of The Labor Beacon and a member of LIUNA Local 264. Tristin also serves as the Director of Communications for the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO and the Chair of the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance.
Tristin grew up as the son of a UA Local 669 member in Tecumseh, KS and the great-nephew of George C. Amis, longtime leader of the United Rubberworkers (now USW Local 307) in Kansas. Growing up in rural Kansas as the child of teen parents, Tristin quickly came to appreciate the life-changing benefit of a union job.
Tristin and his partner, Rebeca Amezcua-Hogan, are residents of the Westside, Kansas City, MO's historic Mexican neighborhood. They are proud members of Kansas City's New Reform Temple.
