Main photo: “The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David, public domain
We are a community of persons, based in the Kansas City Metro Area, who are lovers of truth, reason, and people.
“The solution has to start with the real story” Raoul Peck
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NO Program for Sunday, April 27, 2025
No Program Scheduled
[1] The Thinker by Rodin located at the Mus̩e Rodin in Paris. Attribution: By AndrewHorne (talk) РSelf-photographed (Original text: I (AndrewHorne (talk)) created this work entirely by myself.), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15582363. One cast may be seen nearby at the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, MO, https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/56316/the-thinker.
[2] Request for research: The Rodin cast at the Nelson Gallery in KCMO is inscribed “Gift of Grant I. and Mathilde Rosenzweig” and is on loan from Parks and Recreation to the Museum. I have found these letters that appear to be related to the Rosenzweigs, rijo.hier-im-netz.de/pdf/EN_NU_JU_rosenzweig_letters.pdf. Perhaps someone can do some research on the origins of the statue and the family that gifted it to the City.
Future Programs
Proposed programs, dates and selections TBD:
Gaza: Children are being shot in the head every day. Resources are cut off at most hospitals. Refugee camps have no food or water. What does it take for the situation on the ground in Gaza to be covered in the common news media? Segments from Democracy Now and other resources can be used to explore this issue.
A different view of religion and MAGA supporters…
Can goats save the world? Goats are used in animal assisted therapy to help Kansas and Missouri victims of PTSD. Goat products are common in the areas of the world where people live the longest.
There are two ways to join our meeting (2:00 to 4:00 PM)
1. In Person: 312 Haag Hall, UMKC:
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Our Sunday CoR meetings are now held in Haag Hall, 312, on the UMKC Campus. Free parking is plentiful on Sundays. It is strongly advised (because of the extreme convenience provided) that the parking building be used. Drive to level 4 of the parking building at the corner of 52nd and Rockhill Road. (The entrances are a little south-west on Charlotte street.) After parking, walk across the aerial skywalk to Haag and Royall Halls. The skywalk dead-ends in a hallway on the 3rd floor. After the reaching the hallway, turn to your right. Walk a few steps, turn to your right. Enter Haag 312.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/b3XtZV2LaBh8diM97
Google and Apple Maps give accurate parking garage directions for “5211 Charlotte St., Kansas City, MO.” Spiral up the garage to level 4 on the west side, and use the east side to descend to the street level. (If on the way you wind up on Holmes, drive east on 53rd to Charlotte, as 52nd is one-way westbound, but to exit to Holmes use 52nd. Most will exit directly to Rockhill, and must use 53rd.)
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