Kansas City's Northeast Newscast

On this week’s episode of Women Speak — a segment on Northeast Newscast — hosts Northeast News Editor-in-Chief, Julia Williams and former Missouri House Representative for District 19 Ingrid Burnett sat down with Founder and Executive Director of Hella Good Deeds, Béty Lê Shackelford to continue our series on women who influence policy. Lê Shackelford — a first-generation, Vietnamese American — is originally from the Bay Area in California. After moving to the Kansas City metro a few years ago, she began work with Columbus Park’s Café Cà Phê owner, Jackie Nguyen to work toward Asian hate prevention in Kansas City. Through this, “Hella Good Deeds,” was created as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Throughout this episode, Lê Shackelford shares her journey and future hopes for the nonprofit as well as pivotal people who have inspired her along the way. Burnett and Williams additionally discuss happenings within the Missouri State House in Jefferson city — including government finances and what causes or organi