Sarah Jane Crespo
Director of Community EngagementSarah Jane Crespo is the Director of Community Engagement at KMUW. She has worked at KMUW since 2010 in a variety of functions, from on-air to marketing, membership, and accounting. Crespo believes that public radio should empower listeners to take part in making their community the best it can be.
In her daily work, she leads the engagement department and plans and manages events such as Media Circus, Literary Feast and listener appreciation events. She is the creator and host of the monthly community conversation, Engage ICT (now in its seventh year) and has recently launched a weekly Engage ICT Mini series. As part of Engage ICT, Sarah Jane’s work won two first place awards in 2021 from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for the special program OneSmall Step: Courageous Political Conversations and the public affairs program 1A’s Friday News Roundup: Wichita Edition. She also co-produced the public affairs program Kansas Women In Politics And The GOP, which was awarded honorable mention in 2020.
Since 2020, Sarah Jane has worked as a facilitator of discussions that improve Kansan’s lives and bridge ideological divides through her work with StoryCorp’s One Small Step and the Kansas Leadership Center’s Beat the Virus project. Sarah Jane has been an avid listener since her college days at Wichita State University.
Sarah Jane can be reached by email at crespo@kmuw.org.
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KMUW's Engage ICT held a panel on July 11, 2023 at Roxy's Downtown to discuss the fate of performing arts in Wichita. -
On May 9, 2023 KMUW presented a special edition of Engage ICT as a part of 1A's Remaking America. 1A's Jenn White hosted a panel discussion on the future of higher ed. -
KMUW's Engage ICT held a panel on June 13, 2023, to discuss the future of water in Kansas. -
KMUW's Engage Kansas, in partnership with Kansas Leadership Center and Radio Kansas, convened on April 24, 2023, to discuss the "Internet for All" initiative. -
KMUW's Engage ICT convened virtually on April 11, 2023, to discuss the "Internet for All" initiative that's bringing $5.7 million to Kansas. -
KMUW's Engage ICT convened on March 14, 2023, to discuss the education-related topics before the legislature this year. -
This excerpt is from Tuesday's Engage ICT event on the education-related topics that will go before the legislature. -
KMUW's Engage ICT convened on Feb. 7, 2023, to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of living life online. -
This excerpt from Tuesday's Engage ICT event looks at the impact of technology on society today. -
Wichita’s new police chief Joe Sullivan says community policing is a priority. But it looks different depending on whom you ask. This month’s Engage ICT looked at the challenges Sullivan faces and the importance of community relationships. We get more from Engage ICT host Sarah Jane Crespo.
