{"id":257,"date":"2023-01-31T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esustage.wpengine.com\/kansas-city\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2025-09-06T19:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:51:01","slug":"branch-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"homepage-block\" class=\"content-over-image show-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/horses3.jpg');\">\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n                <h5 class=\"title\">The English-Speaking Union<\/h5>\n        \n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Kentucky<\/div>\n        \n                <h3 class=\"description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The English-Speaking Union is a non-profit, non-political, educational service organization whose mission is to promote scholarship and the advancement of knowledge through the effective use of English in an expanding global community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The Kentucky Branch is a vibrant, active organization with a devoted focus on enabling student and teacher scholars to study in the United Kingdom and promoting scholarship with students from our state.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n        \n        <div class=\"buttons\">\n                                                                                                          \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/get-involved\/become-a-member\/membership-kentucky-branch\/\" class=\"btn btn-solid\" target=\"_blank\">Join the Kentucky ESU Branch<\/a>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"side-scrolling\">\n  <div class=\"inner\">\n    <div class=\"side-scrolling-header\">\n            <h2 class=\"side-scrolling-title\">Keep in Touch with the Kentucky Branch!<\/h2>\n      \n            <div class=\"side-scrolling-buttons\">\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-solid btn-small pre-btn\"><i class=\"icofont-arrow-left\"><\/i><\/button>\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-solid btn-small nxt-btn\"><i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n        <div class=\"scroll-container\">\n            <div class=\"card-item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/news-events\/\">\n                    <div class=\"card-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/04\/2025-Celebrate-Our-Scholars-pic-1024x650.jpg);\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3 class=\"paragraph-title heading-3\">Read Our Blog<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"paragraph\">Check out our blog to hear from recent scholars.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n            <div class=\"card-item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/upcoming-esu-ky-branch-events\/\">\n                    <div class=\"card-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/ESU-2018-Party-42_re-1024x683.jpg);\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3 class=\"paragraph-title heading-3\">See our Events<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"paragraph\">Check out what we&#8217;ve got going on here in the KY branch!<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"side-scrolling\">\n  <div class=\"inner\">\n    <div class=\"side-scrolling-header\">\n            <h2 class=\"side-scrolling-title\">Our Programs<\/h2>\n      \n            <div class=\"side-scrolling-buttons\">\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-solid btn-small pre-btn\"><i class=\"icofont-arrow-left\"><\/i><\/button>\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-solid btn-small nxt-btn\"><i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n        <div class=\"scroll-container\">\n            <div class=\"card-item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/what-we-do\/shakespeare-competition\/\">\n                    <div class=\"card-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/04\/22-Shax-comp-1-scaled-e1745950094871-1024x511.jpg);\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3 class=\"paragraph-title heading-3\">Shakespeare Competition<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"paragraph\">The ESU National Shakespeare Competition is a performance-based education program. High school students develop analytical and communication skills by performing Shakespeare at the school, community, and national levels. Since 1983 more than 360,000 students have brought the timeless works of Shakespeare to life. 2024 marks the 40th year the ESU Kansas City Branch has participated in the National Shakespeare Competition. The Kansas City Branch has had two first place National winners, one second place National winner, and one third place National winner.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n            <div class=\"card-item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/what-we-do\/scholarship-program\/\">\n                    <div class=\"card-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/04\/2022-ESU-KY-Queens-Tea-147-1-1024x683.jpg);\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3 class=\"paragraph-title heading-3\">Scholarship Program<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"paragraph\">Since 1957, the ESU has provided summer study abroad scholarships to middle and high school teachers at Oxford, Edinburgh and Shakespeare\u2019s Globe in London.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"cta-section small-width\">\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                <div class=\"cta-title\">Get in Contact with the Kentucky Branch<\/div>\n        \n        \n        <div class=\"cta-button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/contact-us\/\" class=\"btn btn-solid cta-button-link\">Contact Us<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"left-image-right-text single left-image-right-text normal\">\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"flex-container\">\n            <div class=\"image\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/ESU-Shax-2023-75_re.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content\">\n                                    <h5>Support Us<\/h5>\n                                                    <h2>Donate to support the Kentucky branch<\/h2>\n                                                    <h3>The ESU Kentucky Branch is always grateful for your kind donations of any amount. The English-Speaking Union of the United States Kentucky Branch LLC is a 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. 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