Important events and links
- Check out "The Looming Health Care Crisis: What does it Portend for Medicare," by Dave Kingsley; on the Essays tab on this site.
- “Shining Light on Dark Politics," by Max Skidmore published is the current issue of Poverty and Public Policy 8:3 (September 2016). Link to the article http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pop4.146/full.
- See Climate Disruption, Moral Obligations and Existential Choices by Ben Kjelshus in our Essays page
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OTZI: The Ice Man
Program for February 8, 2015 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Judy Dollard, Professional geographer and retired teacher activist We’ll examine details of the discovery of human remains of 5000-year-old Chalcolithiz man found in the … Continue reading
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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Is the Nation State Dying? – Mercenaries and the Americas (second in a series)
Program for February 1, 2015 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Moderators: David Carson (non-cellphone owner and convener), Luis Flores, (moderator), Mike Hoey (media specialist), and, Ray Riepen, (retired bookseller and convener) Everyone is welcome … Continue reading
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THIRD ANNUAL FRED WHITEHEAD ACTIVISM SYMPOSIUM: Re-framing the Dialogue on Race in America
Program for January 25, 2014 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Rev. Sam E. Mann, D. Min., Civil rights activist
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The Rise and Fall of the PACE program (Program for Adult Continuing Education) in KC area Community Colleges started in 1980
Program for January 18, 2015, 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Fred Whitehead, Poet, freethought historian, author and activist
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Prophetic Fire: King, Poverty and Social Justice in the 21st Century
Program for January 11, 2015 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Dr. Vernon Percy Howard, Jr., Senior Pastor at St. Mark’s Church, Kansas City, Missouri, “The Place for Christian Empowerment in The Urban Core” Diana … Continue reading
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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Is the Nation State Dying?
Program for January 4, 2015 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Conveners: Dave Carson (non-homeowner), Luis Flores, (moderator), Mike Hoey, (media specialist), Ray Riepen, (retired impresario) Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion
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Gulen Movement: History, Symbolism and Truth About Public Service
Program for December 28, 2014 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Argun Saatcioglu, Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, University of Kansas The following are links of interest based on Argun’s presentation Why … Continue reading
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Why You Need to Join the Fight for a Livable Climate, and What to Do
Program for December 21, 2014 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 John Kurmann, Community activist and co-coordinator of 350KC, the local arm of the 350.org, international grassroots climate action movement.
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Jobs for Neighborhoods
Program for December 14, 2014 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 Jim Glover, Councilman 4th District At-large, Kansas City
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Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family
Program for December 7, 2014 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301 June Carbone, Professor, University of Minnesota, Robina Chair in Law, Science and Technology. Author of Family Law (Wolters Kluwer, 2014) (with Leslie Harris), and … Continue reading
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