Diversity
A Chicana in the Midwest
Accessibility to youth arts programs is important to Deanna Muñoz, who considers herself “200% Chicana.” “Queer Eye” helped make her dream come true.
What More Latinx Murals in KC Mean For Representation
curiousKC investigates the question: ‘Why aren’t there more Latinx murals in Kansas City?”
Kansas Citians Share What Juneteenth Means To Them
On Saturday, vendors transformed 18th Street in Kansas City, Missouri’s, historic Jazz District into a hub of black-owned businesses, doing business to the booming bass pumped out by a DJ spinning a mix of ‘70s funk and ‘90s R&B. The occasion was the city’s JuneteenthKC Heritage Festival, which commemorated Gen. Gordon Granger’s post-Civil War ride…
A Q&A with Rockhurst University’s Chief Inclusion Officer
Get to know a Rockhurst’s first-ever Chief Inclusion Officer, Leslie Doyle.
Celebrating Kansas City And All Its Traditions (From Here and Abroad)
For some, it is art. For others, it is food and music. The common thread, however, is that these activities are touchstones for transplants to the Kansas City area — some of whom arrived from halfway around the world as refugees from violent conflict and political turmoil. The holiday season is a time to celebrate…
Opening Up About Coming Out
It has been more than two decades since Darrel Brenneke broke the news to his mother that he was gay, but the memory still brings him to tears. He knew his mom would worry that this was a death sentence, since it had not been that long since his brother had died of AIDS. But…
Game Changer
Jackie Robinson’s push for racial equality spanned a lifetime where he used his athleticism as a conduit to challenge our country’s segregated system and demand change. Now, a new two-part film on his life airs next week on KCPT. (Flatland is KCPT’s digital magazine.) Through a collection of old photos, film, and interviews, the project delves…
Muslim Like Me | To Keep Searching
According to the Pew Research Center, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world, and Muslims currently make up just less than 1 percent of the total U.S. population. Pew projects the numbers of Muslims in America to grow to 2.1 percent of the population by the year 2050. What these findings suggest is that Islam,…
Muslim Like Me | Powered by Love, Acceptance, and Coffee
According to the Pew Research Center, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world, and Muslims currently make up just less than 1 percent of the total U.S. population. Pew projects the numbers of Muslims in America to grow to 2.1 percent of the population by the year 2050. What these findings suggest is that…
Making Buddhism Matter, in KC
“Come inside.” Lama Chuck Stanford is standing just inside Kansas City’s Rime Buddhist Center on a frosty Sunday morning in late December, urging the morning’s volunteer greeter to come in from the cold. She can welcome people once they come indoors, he says. It’s what other greeters do. As visitors arrive to the entryway of the…