The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey honored Sophic Solutions as the 2025 Race, Place, and Diversity (RPD) Award recipient during their Awards Dinner. The RPD award honors individuals and organizations whose dedicated efforts exemplify a commitment to advancing diversity and equity, highlighting the importance of inclusivity and social justice in our society.
Inspired by Richard Rothstein’s ‘The Color of Law,’ this film focuses on Kansas City’s Highway 71 project and reveals how the city’s urban renewal efforts displaced 10,000 families. Land of Opportunity: The Road of Resistance explores the impact of real estate and federal policies on urban communities. 2025, Written and Directed by Nico Wiggins.
The Village KC, a youth serving organization recognized Sophic Solutions as the 2024 Corporate + Community Honoree of the year. This award is awarded to partners who support Youth by giving back via time, talent, and treasure.
During the Park Hill Hall of Fame Celebration, Superintendent Dr. Mike Kimbrel (center) recognized Sophic Solutions as the 2024 Business of the Year. The Business of the Year is an acknowledgment of the support that the district receives from the local business community.
Core Conversations podcast: Stephenie discusses what shaped her as a leader and what sparks change. Podcast host Leslie Scott. Recorded January 2022. Click the icon to listen.
Stephenie Smith, MSW is selected as the 2022 Missouri Social Worker of the Year by the Missouri NASW chapter.
Huami magazine shares the origin story of Sophic Solutions and 'the why' that drives Rodney and Stephenie's passion. Published November 2022. Click the photo to read.
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Voyage KC Magazine features Stephenie Smith: Exploring life and business. Published March 2022. Click the photo to read.
2021 Regional Leadership Awardee
Each year, the Mid- America Regional Council (MARC) presents the Regional Leadership Awards. This award honors people and organizations that advocate regional concepts, approaches and programs; address regional challenges; apply innovative solutions to regional problems; and advance a regional vision of excellence and opportunity. Sophic Solutions is honored to be a 2021 MARC Regional Leadership Award recipient.
KC Race, Equity & Inclusion Project
The KC Race, Equity and Inclusion Project is designed for individuals like you to understand the factors that have led to current day inequities and helps to put us in position to break down barriers, so that more individuals have the opportunity for success.
The workshops are just one part of an emerging community conversation with many other engaged citizens. These workshops are equipping community members with a common understanding of historical and current data trends, a shared language, and the ability to identify policies and practices that need to be addressed. To receive alerts about upcoming events, click the following link and follow KC REI Project.
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Gypsy on the Run Podcast
featuring Stephenie Smith,
Co-Founder of Sophic Solutions, LLC.
NABSW Kansas City Chapter President, Amittia Parker; Managing Partner, Sophic Solutions, LLC, Stephenie K. Smith; and Aaron Crossley, NASW chapter member discuss the importance of dismantling racism in social work. Recorded March 2021
Land of Opportunity is the story of integration in the Santa Fe Place neighborhood as one example in the fight for housing rights across America following the Great Depression.
2020, Written and Directed by Nico Wiggins