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What is UMKC doing to cultivate an anti-racist campus?

What is UMKC doing to cultivate an anti-racist campus?

Yusra Azzeh
October 25, 2021

UMKC expanded the conversation on anti-racism by hosting a workshop specially crafted for faculty and staff members.  This month’s workshop, “Cultivating Antiracist Assessment Practices: A Faculty Workshop Series,” was part of UMKC’s Shutz Lecture Series designed...

The latest Lil Nas X music video created an uproar around the world but many aren't considering the true message behind the video and the song. (BBC)

A Christian’s love of Lil Nas X

Kayla Wiltfong
April 13, 2021

Last weekend, while helping a couple of our friends move apartments, my friend asked me if I’d seen Lil Nas X’s new music video — the one with hell and the devil and all that. At the time, I hadn’t. I’d heard vague details, and I’d seen the notes app letter that...

People flooded social media the week of the election, cutting ties with people who voted for the opposing side. (@salty_ashley on Twitter)

Opinion: Stop waiting until the last minute to have important conversations

Ciara Pate
November 16, 2020

On Election Day and the four days before the announcement of the new President-Elect Joe Biden and his counterpart Kamala Harris, social media was abuzz with discussions of the vote.  Despite people taking advantage of early voting and mail-in ballots in October, this...

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