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Combating Missouri’s Urban Food Deserts

UM System Extension & Engagement Week 2022

In this session, the panelists will explore the current state of resource availability and historical events that led to our current issues. We’ll end our discussion on how you can join the creative ways our communities are addressing the problem.

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EEW2022 Kansas City St. Louis Urban Issues
UniverCities Exchange: Growing More Than Community Gardens

UniverCities Exchange: Growing More Than Community Gardens

UM System Extension & Engagement Week 2022

In this session, panelists will explore ways that various forms of urban agriculture can increase food production and distribution to reduce food insecurity and shrink cities’ food deserts. We’ll discuss initiatives in Kansas City and St. Louis that are underway and opportunities to get involved.

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EEW2022 Kansas City St. Louis
Health and Wellness Video Series: Move More, Get More!

Health and Wellness Video Series: Move More, Get More!

UMKC Collaboration, Community Engagement, Health, Public Health, Research & Data, Youth Programming

UMKC’s Health and Wellness Video Series is a collection of six videos produced during UMKC’s 2021 Engagement Month Celebration. Each video highlights ways that UMKC is contributing to important work in the community in the field of healthcare.

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Collaboration Health Health Disparities Kansas City Program Public Health Research Youth
KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion

KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion

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The Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion is an open, collaborative group of Kansas City area nonprofits, individuals, government entities and business focused on fostering internet access and digital readiness in greater Kansas City.

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Integrating STEM + KC

Integrating STEM + KC

UMKC

A STEM capable workforce is integral to fostering the innovation needed for prosperity in Kansas City. This conference hosted by UMKC is meant to be a collaboration of researchers and professionals to design and implement STEM education improvements.

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Collaboration Community Conference Education Kansas City STEM
Move More Get More

Move More Get More

UMKC Collaboration, Community Engagement, Health, Public Health, Research & Data, Youth Programming

Move More Get More is a federally funded program to increase physical activity and nutrition among middle school students in Kansas City Public Schools.

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Collaboration Health Health Disparities Kansas City Program Public Health Research Youth
Watch the First Session of UniverCities Exchange: Health Disparities in the Time of COVID-19

Watch the First Session of UniverCities Exchange: Health Disparities in the Time of COVID-19

UMKC COVID-19

UMKC and UMSL partner on a Virtual Town Hall to discuss the health disparities that have been experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically in Kansas City and St. Louis.

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Kansas City Pandemic Public Health St. Louis Urban Issues
Vaccine Equity: Building Trust Among Communities of Color in the COVID-19 Era

Vaccine Equity: Building Trust Among Communities of Color in the COVID-19 Era

UMKC COVID-19, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Public Health

Dr. Barbara Pahud, UMKC Associate Professor of Pediatrics, will join a virtual panel discussion about building trust around vaccines in our communities.

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COVID-19 Kansas City Public Health UMKC Vaccines
An Inside Look at the Impetus and Funding for KC Art On the Block- Black Lives Matter Murals

An Inside Look at the Impetus and Funding for KC Art On the Block- Black Lives Matter Murals

UMKC Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Nonprofit

Learn how KC Art on the Block materialized, the fundraising behind it, and what the nonprofit sector can learn from its success.

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Art Civil Rights Community Kansas City
Critical Conversations: A Dialogue Among Women of Color and White Women in Higher Education

Critical Conversations: A Dialogue Among Women of Color and White Women in Higher Education

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education

The University of Missouri-Kansas City Division of Diversity and Inclusion will hold a series of critical conversations addressing systemic racism in the United States.

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