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Interview with Erik Dickinson – KCMO 5th at-Large Council Candidate

The reality for many families in our city is little to no support for Kansas City’s youth outside of school. Working families of all backgrounds struggle to afford childcare and have limited options and flexibility. Kansas City should partner with organizations to provide programming options on days when school is out early or canceled, and

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Interview with Murad A. Baheyadeen, President of Move-Love Kansas City

Interview with Murad A. Baheyadeen, President of Move-Love Kansas City. Our mission is to inspire young men and ladies to pursue not only successful lives but lives of value, purpose, and service. To that end, we want to provide equitable access to leadership development opportunities and resources through engaging with our youth and supplying them

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CMG September Book Of The Is The Price Of The Ticket :James Baldwin

An essential compendium of James Baldwin’s most powerful nonfiction work, calling on us “to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country.” Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the four decades he composed them.

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Interview With Charles McAfee

A peek at the seniors participating in #CascadeMediaGroup’s new national documentary series called the (#youarehistoryproject). Considered the most important African American architect in the United States, Charles McAfee of Wichita, Kansas, has used architecture to create opportunities for African Americans and make social commentary about racial inequality. Born in Los Angeles to Arthur and Willie

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Reparations Are here. Are you getting yours?

Mickey Dean with the KC Reparations Coalition provides a detailed presentation on the history of reparations and what reparations look like externally and internally. Finally, Mickey shares true cases where reparations are currently being distributed and or in great progress toward delivering long overdue repair to the black community. Mickey Dean

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Interview with Adrian Maddox, founder of Better Business Bureau Accredited, Amadd Designs

In this interview, he shares what inspired him to pick up the pen and the paper. Connected to his purpose, Adrian believes the artist should get their flowers while they are alive. What’s Up, KC? Is making sure to help plant seeds to support Amadd Designs and other artists to receive their flowers while they

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Interview with Nicolette Page Singer-songwriter, musician, model, actress, holistic practitioner, Bruja, spiritual advisor, and mother

Interview with Nicolette Page Singer-songwriter, musician, model, actress, holistic practitioner, Bruja, spiritual advisor, and mother, Nicolette page is the next major crossover artist who is uniquely combining multiple genres of music from folk reggae to R&B and soul. Her electric style and lyrics of inspiration and reality are reaching into the depths of our existence;

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Interview with Khadijah Hardaway Carolyn Bryant Dunham Accusation That led To Emmett Till Murder

Carolyn Bryant Dunham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Emmett till’s abduction even before his mangled body was found in a river FBI records show that she was never arrested or brought to trial in a case that shocked the world for its brutality

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