KC Girls Prep Academy se prepara para un nuevo año escolar
By Angie Baldelomar KC Girls Prep Academy prepares for new school year Kansas City Girls Prep Academy is preparing to welcome students for the coming school year.Located on the corner of East 17th and Van Brunt in Kansas City, Missouri, the academy is the area’s first and only public, single-gender school.“(We) work to build a […]
ArtsKC lanza campaña sobre la importancia del arte
ArtsKC launches campaign to raise awareness about importance of artBy Angie BaldelomarArtsKC-Regional Arts Council has launched a year-long campaign to elevate the importance of the arts on individual, social and economic levels.Natalia Herrera, ArtsKC communications lead, said the #WhoNeedsArt campaign was created after witnessing the devastation the COVID-19 pandemic had on Kansas City’s arts community.“We […]
Programa busca aumentar la diversidad en la educación urbana de KC
Program aims to increase diversity in KC urban educationBy Angie BaldelomarA program inside the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Education is working to increase the number of diverse and “exemplary” teachers in urban schools across the Kansas City area.Called the Institute for Urban Education (IUE), the cohort model program prepares students to teach […]
KCMO aprueba ordenanza para ayudar a las personas sin hogar
KCMO approves ordinance to help homeless peopleBy CharaThe Kansas City (Missouri) Council has approved an ordinance that will focus on helping homeless people.According to The Kansas City Star, the ordinance authorizes the city to spend $3.5 million on social services to prepare for a 200-bed village of individual little shelters. The ordinance was passed in […]
Christiansen Caballero explora la lucha de la clase trabajadora
By Angie Baldelomar Christiansen Caballero explores working-class struggles in new exhibition Artist Jonathan Christiansen Caballero is presenting his latest work at Belger Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.His exhibition, called “La Gente/The People” and comprised of life-sized sculptures, depicts moments of labor and struggle, alongside feelings of love and joy.“I want to really try to humanize […]
SMSD requerirá máscaras para estudiantes de primaria
SMSD requires masks for elementary students By Roberta PardoThe Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) voted 6-1 on Monday night (July 26) to require elementary students to wear masks at school for the coming school year.According to the approved COVID-19 mitigation plan, masks also will be required for anyone riding a school bus. The plan also […]
Celebrating Missouri’s bicentennial
Communities across Missouri have already begun commemorating the bicentennial.A dedicated Website (https://missouri2021.org/) offers a calendar of events. The listings can be viewed by category, county or month.The State Historical Society put together a timeline of the territory that became the 24th U.S. state. It spans seven centuries from`1250 — when the Oneota Indians, early ancestors […]
Hispanics turn to “Abogado Miguel” for litigation help
By Angie BaldelomarAttorney Brent Johnston, better known as “Abogado Miguel” has a love for helping Kansas City area Hispanics with their legal issues.Johnston spent two years in Argentina as a missioner learning Spanish and serving the people there. That is where his love for helping the Hispanic community started. Eventually, Johnston settled in Topeka, Kansas, […]
Silva Sevilla recounts daughter’s journey through depression
By Angie Baldelomar Patricia Silva Sevilla remembers the day she found out her daughter, Samantha, was being bullied.It was during Samantha’s seventh-grade year. Silva Sevilla had noticed the changes in Samantha’s behavior. Samantha was quieter and stayed in her room, and started wearing long sleeves, even during the summer heat.Silva Sevilla asked her daughter one […]
Pecina shares son’s story to raise awareness about suicide
By Angie Baldelomar Uziel Melgoza Pecina Jr. was a smart kid.And he was always busy, whether as an Eagle Scout or as a specialized soldier in combat engineering for the Army Reserve.“He was so confident,” his mother, Adriana Pecina, said. “He was very talented and he was good-looking and he was a great dancer and […]