Diversity

Deanna Munñoz with the Fab Five of "Queer Eye"

A Chicana in the Midwest

Accessibility to youth arts programs is important to Deanna Muñoz, who considers herself “200% Chicana.” “Queer Eye” helped make her dream come true.

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Argentine mural by Jose Faus and Alisha Gambino

What More Latinx Murals in KC Mean For Representation

curiousKC investigates the question: ‘Why aren’t there more Latinx murals in Kansas City?”

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Free hugs at Juneteenth

Kansas Citians Share What Juneteenth Means To Them

On Saturday, vendors transformed 18th Street in Kansas City, Missouri’s, historic Jazz District into a hub of black-owned businesses, doing business to the booming bass pumped out by a DJ spinning a mix of ‘70s funk and ‘90s R&B. The occasion was the city’s JuneteenthKC Heritage Festival, which commemorated Gen. Gordon Granger’s post-Civil War ride…

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A Q&A with Rockhurst University’s Chief Inclusion Officer

Get to know a Rockhurst’s first-ever Chief Inclusion Officer, Leslie Doyle.

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collage of the families

Celebrating Kansas City And All Its Traditions (From Here and Abroad)

For some, it is art. For others, it is food and music. The common thread, however, is that these activities are touchstones for transplants to the Kansas City area — some of whom arrived from halfway around the world as refugees from violent conflict and political turmoil. The holiday season is a time to celebrate…

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