Lawrence, Kansas -home of the "your dollar is your vote" sticker- a reminder from liberals of what class votes the most under capitalism. Its a big college town 40 miles West of Kansas City. There are lots of trendy restaurants and bakeries in the older East Side so plenty of hot dumpsters. (1)

There is also a relative abundance of soup kitchens. Jubillee Cafe, Salvation Army , LINK , all coordinate so there should be at least one free meal a day. On Thursdays there's a free veggie lunch at the ECM,1204 Oread Ave. As for shelter, there isn't any in the Summer. If you're hitchiking and want to get out of the cold at night a good place might be the Java Break coffee house on E. 8th that is open 24 hours a day.
9/25/03-from an anonymous email, There is a new community center/infoshop which is located at 13 W. 14th Street. Follow massachusets ave. south towards 23rd street but take a right on 14th street. Take your immediate left into the gravel parking lot and it's the duplex in front of you behind the building you just turned behind. check out kansasanarchist.net for more info on kansas city area dealings or kcdirectaction.net