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Topic: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

UMKC to Host 2023 All Girls Matter Conference

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Youth Programming

This all-day event enables young ladies to develop their character, values, talents, and personal leadership to achieve their full potential in the future.

upcoming: October 07, 2023
Pride Breakfast- 2023

Pride Breakfast- 2023

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month

A collaborative initiative on behalf of the UMKC Divisions of Diversity and Inclusion, Student Affairs and External Relations and Constituent Engagement .

upcoming: October 10, 2023
Division of Diversity and Inclusion
Announcing: RoosREAD

Announcing: RoosREAD

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Speakers & Lecture Series

Join our inaugural celebration of the power of the written word to inspire, provoke and empower.

recurring - next: October 12, 2023
Division of Diversity and Inclusion
The Homelessness Intervention Ecosystem of Greater Kansas City: Insights from UMKC’s Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership

The Homelessness Intervention Ecosystem of Greater Kansas City: Insights from UMKC’s Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership

UMKC Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Nonprofit

This unique Navigation Series session will present the key results and findings of research conducted over the last two years designed to identify and describe the characteristics of all of the programs and agencies in Greater Kansas City that say they are working to deal with one or more aspects of homelessness.

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UMKC Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
“An Angel in America: Remembering Jaymes Leahy” Exhibit Opening Reception

“An Angel in America: Remembering Jaymes Leahy” Exhibit Opening Reception

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join us for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit “An Angel in America: Remembering Jaymes Leahy” from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm on Friday, June 16 on the third floor of Miller Nichols Library. 

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UMKC Libraries
2023 Rainbow Read-In

2023 Rainbow Read-In

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join us for a Rainbow Read-In, celebrating the writing, poetry, art, and music of LGBTQIA+ people worldwide! The Rainbow Read-In is an event with a crowd-sourced program. We invite you to attend as a listener, or to attend as a presenter to read, perform, or share the work of historic and contemporary LGBTQIA+ creators. This event […]

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UMKC Libraries
Community-Centered Leadership: Practicing DEI in our Organizations and Communities

Community-Centered Leadership: Practicing DEI in our Organizations and Communities

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Nonprofit

This one-day workshop will explore the fundamental role DEI plays in community-centered leadership.

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Henry W. Bloch School of Management UMKC Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
Bloch Alumna Builds Nonprofit Animal Grooming School to Help Single Parents

Bloch Alumna Builds Nonprofit Animal Grooming School to Help Single Parents

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public administration program, faculty fuel business success with Pawsperity.

Henry W. Bloch School of Management
Acknowledging Native Lands in the St. Louis Region: Histories, Issues, Ethics

Acknowledging Native Lands in the St. Louis Region: Histories, Issues, Ethics

UMSL Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

Acknowledging Native Lands in the St. Louis Region: Histories, Issues, Ethics Lecture and discussion. Reception begins at 2 PM with program at 2:30.

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Learning to Read and Write in Early Japan: Perspectives from Mokkan

Learning to Read and Write in Early Japan: Perspectives from Mokkan

UMSL Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

Please join us for another outstanding Japanese studies event!

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Freedom Riders Panel

Freedom Riders Panel

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

Join us for a discusion with four legends of the American Civil Rights Movement.

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UMKC School Of Education, Social Work, And Psychological Sciences UMKC School Of Humanities And Social Sciences
UMKC Culture Fest

UMKC Culture Fest

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Returning for the first time since 2019, the UMKC Culture Fest celebrates our uniqueness while exploring the ways we are all connected.

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UMKC International Student Affairs Office
Nelly Don: Labor, Unionization, and Community on the Factory Floor

Nelly Don: Labor, Unionization, and Community on the Factory Floor

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Athenaeum and the Kansas City Public Library. This talk is part of the KCPL’s Missouri Valley Sundays series.

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UMKC School Of Humanities And Social Sciences
UMKC Student Develops Kansas City Women’s History Trail App

UMKC Student Develops Kansas City Women’s History Trail App

UMKC Community Development, Community Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education

Paid internship provides experience, peace of mind

UMKC School Of Humanities And Social Sciences
The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture – Crete from the Homeric Age to Rome: Mixing, Myths and Monsters

The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture – Crete from the Homeric Age to Rome: Mixing, Myths and Monsters

UMSL Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture – Crete from the Homeric Age to Rome: Mixing, Myths and Monsters

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UMKC STAHR Scholars Program

UMKC STAHR Scholars Program

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Summer Camp, Youth Programming

UMKC’s Students Training in Academia, Health, and Research (STAHR) Partnership is a two-part program to increase the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds entering health care programs and to better prepare them for success.

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Summer Programs
2023 African American Read-In

2023 African American Read-In

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

UMKC’s Annual African American Read-In is a celebration of African American literature and literacy.

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UMKC Libraries
Spring Schedule for the Marilyn T. & Byron C. Shutz Lecture Series

Spring Schedule for the Marilyn T. & Byron C. Shutz Lecture Series

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

The UMKC Trustees and School of Humanities and Social Sciences are proud to introduce the Marilyn T. and Byron C. Shutz Lecture Series. This annual series will host lectures, seminars, and workshops in fields such as creative writing, literature, and art history.

recurring
UMKC School Of Humanities And Social Sciences
Continuing Legal Education: Intermediate Elimination of Bias: Tools to Combat Bias

Continuing Legal Education: Intermediate Elimination of Bias: Tools to Combat Bias

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The UMKC School of Law’s continuing legal education’s topical and timely events and commitment to outstanding customer service have gained a national reputation for excellence.

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UMKC School of Law
Guardian Ad Litem Training with Jackson County CASA

Guardian Ad Litem Training with Jackson County CASA

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The UMKC School of Law’s continuing legal education’s topical and timely events and commitment to outstanding customer service have gained a national reputation for excellence.

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UMKC School of Law
UniverCities Exchange: Urban Agriculture- Growing More Than Community Gardens

UniverCities Exchange: Urban Agriculture- Growing More Than Community Gardens

UM System, UMKC, UMSL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Extension & Engagement Week 2022, Food, Workforce Development

UniverCities Exchange, an ongoing collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas.

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UMKC UMSL
Continuing Law Education: Crime in the Bayou: Learning from Civil Rights Litigators and Activists about Fighting Systemic Racism in the Justice System

Continuing Law Education: Crime in the Bayou: Learning from Civil Rights Litigators and Activists about Fighting Systemic Racism in the Justice System

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The UMKC School of Law’s continuing legal education’s topical and timely events and commitment to outstanding customer service have gained a national reputation for excellence.

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UMKC School of Law
Chancellor’s Certificate in Advancing DEI in the Workplace

Chancellor’s Certificate in Advancing DEI in the Workplace

UMSL Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, Workforce Development

The Chancellor’s Certificate in Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is a highly interactive, cohort-based, online professional development program that explores the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Diversity Workforce Development
MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS)

MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS)

MU Community Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Training & Professional Development, Youth Programming

MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS) offers no‐cost pre‐employment transition services to Missouri high school students with disabilities to prepare them for the transition from high school to post-high school training and/or employment.

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Career Readiness Career Services
UM System Partner Organization, Special Olympics- Missouri, preparing for their 2023 Polar Plunges.

UM System Partner Organization, Special Olympics- Missouri, preparing for their 2023 Polar Plunges.

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Nonprofit, Youth Programming

Join UMKC in this “unbearable” event and show your bravery as you support local Special Olympics athletes by walking, running, or crawling into the most frigid winter waters that Missouri has to offer.

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ERCE UM System
Community Workshop: Connecting People To the History Around Them

Community Workshop: Connecting People To the History Around Them

UMKC Arts & Culture, Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join Clio founder and UMKC’s William T. Kemper Associate Research Professor of Digital and Public Humanities, Dr. David Trowbridge for this workshop open to the community.

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UMKC School Of Humanities And Social Sciences
Social Justice Book Discussion: A Disability History of the United States

Social Justice Book Discussion: A Disability History of the United States

UMKC Arts & Culture, Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

October is Social Justice Month at UMKC, and our 2022 social justice book is Dr. Kim Nielson’s “A Disability History of the United States.” Hosted by the UMKC Libraries, the annual Social Justice Book Discussion provides readers the opportunity to further the conversation regarding Dr. Nielson’s work and ideas. Join us for this virtual discussion […]

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UMKC Libraries
Greek Studies Public Lecture Series

Greek Studies Public Lecture Series

UMSL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

A series of lectures on Greek culture.

recurring
Arts Culture History
UMKC Community Invited to World Culture Festival

UMKC Community Invited to World Culture Festival

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Be part of an epic celebration of diversity at World Culture Festival- Kansas. Featuring LIVE global music and dance performance, well-being sessions, guest speakers, and an international food-truck bonanza.

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UMKC International Student Affairs Office
2022 UMKC Social Justice Month featured speaker: A night with John Baugh

2022 UMKC Social Justice Month featured speaker: A night with John Baugh

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join us for a night with featured speaker, Dr. John Baugh. Registration is required for this free

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion
National, Local Experts to Discuss Race and Sports at UMKC Symposium

National, Local Experts to Discuss Race and Sports at UMKC Symposium

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Virtual event offers CLE credit, or free for non-credit attendees

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UMKC Athletics UMKC School of Law
UMKC Day at the Kansas City Symphony

UMKC Day at the Kansas City Symphony

UMKC Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month

Join us at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as we celebrate UMKC Day at the Kansas City Symphony!

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ERCE UMKC Conservatory
UniverCities Exchange: Combating Missouri’s Urban Food Deserts

UniverCities Exchange: Combating Missouri’s Urban Food Deserts

UMKC, UMSL Community Development, Community Health, Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Extension & Engagement Week 2022

UniverCities Exchange, an ongoing collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas.

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UMKC UMSL
SPARK Slates a Series of Fall Classes

SPARK Slates a Series of Fall Classes

UMKC Arts & Culture, Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The SPARK (Senior Peers Actively Renewing Knowledge) Flossie Pack Center for Lifelong Learning offers continuing education classes. SPARK’s classes are open to all who have a passion for learning, meeting new people, sharing time and experiences, and pursuing an active stimulating life.

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SPARK
Triumph of the Rainbow: LGBTQ Civil Rights since WWII

Triumph of the Rainbow: LGBTQ Civil Rights since WWII

UMKC Arts & Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The UMKC Cockefair Chair and members of the talented faculty at UMKC deliver short, engaging courses on national issues, Kansas City history and current events and literature and the arts. Join in to experience thoughtful analysis on a variety of subjects.

recurring
UMKC Libraries
UMKC Truman Fellows Program Assists Hundreds Facing Eviction

UMKC Truman Fellows Program Assists Hundreds Facing Eviction

UMKC Community Education, COVID-19, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education

The UMKC Truman Fellows Program, an initiative of the UMKC School of Law, offers newly-licensed attorneys an opportunity to “learn by doing” under the mentorship of an experienced attorney and provides an opportunity for these attorneys to do public-interest work.

UMKC School of Law
Social Justice Book and Lecture Series Featuring Dr. Kim Nielson

Social Justice Book and Lecture Series Featuring Dr. Kim Nielson

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month

The Social Justice Book and Lecture Series brings to campus thought leaders in various fields from across the country to explore issues of social justice.

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion
Rainbow Read-In

Rainbow Read-In

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Youth Programming

The Rainbow Read-In is an event with a crowd-sourced program. We invite you to attend as a listener, or to attend as a presenter to read, perform or share the work of historic and contemporary LGBTQIA+ creators.

ended
UMKC Libraries
Mobile Girls Koottam Discussion

Mobile Girls Koottam Discussion

UMKC Community Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Speakers & Lecture Series

The Department of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) invites you to a discussion of the book ‘Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak’, featuring the author, Madhumita Dutta, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio State University, and co-creators, Sam PC and Madhushree.

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College of Arts and Sciences
14th Annual César Chávez Lecture to Feature Award-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario

14th Annual César Chávez Lecture to Feature Award-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

Since 2008, UMKC’s Divison of Diversity and Inclusion has hosted the annual César Chávez Lecture for UMKC students, staff, faculty and the Kansas City community.

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion
Critical Conversations: The Value of Higher Education- Ensuring Success for Students of Color in College and After Graduation

Critical Conversations: The Value of Higher Education- Ensuring Success for Students of Color in College and After Graduation

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

UMKC’s Critical Conversations series is about taking thoughtful action on campus and in our community to ensure lasting and comprehensive reform through Roos Advocate for Community Change, a campus-wide effort announced in June following the death of George Floyd in 2020.

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion
A Conversation with Pamela Newkirk

A Conversation with Pamela Newkirk

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join Dr. Pamela Newkirk on Friday, April 8th at 6PM CST to learn about her most recent work, “Diversity, Inc”.

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion UMKC Conservatory
International Working Women’s Day Panel Discussion

International Working Women’s Day Panel Discussion

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Workforce Development

Join us for a fascinating panel discussion in-person or on Zoom to celebrate International Working Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8th, 11 am

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College of Arts and Sciences
UMKC Center for Neighborhoods Voter Registration Drive

UMKC Center for Neighborhoods Voter Registration Drive

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Social Work

The Center for Neighborhoods is hosting a series of voter registration drives in the community.

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Center For Neighborhoods Civil Rights College of Arts and Sciences
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STEM CUBS Camp for K to 5th Grade Students

MU Community Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math), Youth Programming

Join us for a fun hands-on way to engage in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). In the past, students have worked on projects like building a structurally sound bridge, developing coating for pills, understanding features of buoyancy and static electricity, creating towers, and more.

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion Education Engineering Events Program STEM Stem Education Youth

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Upcoming Events

Oct 07
UMKC to Host 2023 All Girls Matter Conference
Oct 10
Pride Breakfast- 2023

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Services

UMKC Student Develops Kansas City Women’s History Trail App
UMKC Truman Fellows Program Assists Hundreds Facing Eviction

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