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, October 20, 2024
No Program
Stay tuned… (See future programs…)
Early voting has started in Kansas side, and starts Tuesday October 22nd in Missouri.
A note on information from prior programs: Missouri Constitutional Amendment 7 will prevent local and state elections from using Ranked Choice Voting. A vote of NO will help preserve the ability of local and state elections to use Ranked Choice Voting. A vote of YES, if the amendment passes, will effectively prevent any use of Ranked Choice Voting.[1] St. Louis presently successfully uses Ranked Choice Voting as an important part of their election process.
The amendment opens with language supposedly preventing non-citizens from voting:
“Critics painted the proposal as nothing more than ‘ballot candy’ designed to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment and trick voters into signing off on the amendment’s other provision — a ban on ranked-choice voting.
“Marilyn McLeod, president of the League of Women Voters of Missouri, called the proposal a ‘red herring’ at a legislative hearing last month.
“‘It’s already against the law,’ she said.”[2]
To find information on Kansas City Missouri elections, see KCEB[3], and for Kansas side see Johnson County Election board[4] and Wyandotte County Kansas election information[5].
(Presented for educational purposes.)
[1] Kansas City Star on Missouri Amendment 7: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article294185379.html.
[2] Missouri Independent on Missouri Ammendment 7: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/06/04/already-outlawed-in-missouri-noncitizen-voting-ban-will-appear-on-statewide-ballot/.
[3] Kansas City Election Board, KCEB: https://www.kceb.org/.
[4] Johnson County Kansas Election Board: https://www.jocoelection.org/.
[5] Wyandotte Kansas Voter Information: https://wycovoteskck.gov/.
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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2. Zoom meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84206282809?pwd=THdkQlNBNENjZ3Bpbit5Z1grN3hEZz09 (NEW–Click here for web browser or Zoom enabled cell phone.)
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For past programs, please check out our Monthly schedules page.