Leadership Marion County members and alumni joined more than 300 Kansans from nearly 40 communities across the state converging Sunday through Tuesday in Wichita for the third annual Kansas Community Leadership Initiative Summit.

The experience, convened by the Kansas Leadership Center, offered three days of inspiration, education, and intense civic leadership training.

Kansas Leadership Center president and CEO Ed O’Malley said community leadership programs would lead the way in helping the state make progress on the issues that concern us most. Through programs such as the summit, KLC seeks to encourage citizens to care more, engage more, and risk more on behalf of their communities.