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Lakota Hip Hop artist Frank Waln uses his artistry to consciously reconnect to his culture and language. He is coming to Kansas as part of the Highland Community College Cultural Series in 2019.

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young people from Garden City Full Story Race & Ethnicity   The World Grows Here The "Strangers in Town" documentary film tells the story about how global migration transformed and enriched Garden City. The film was supported by a Humanities for All grant. Full Story Three women looking at scrapbook Full Story People   Goddard Woman's Club is TCB The Goddard Woman's Club members dedicated themselves to serving their community back in 1933. Today, a Culture Preservation Grant from HK is documenting the club's legacy of service and bringing new stories to light. Full Story woman and man looking at mural Full Story Places   Join the Movement on the Map Walk with Me/Camino Conmigo is a walking and driving tour of Latino cultural sites in Kansas City, Topeka, Newton, and Wichita. Full Story US soldiers in front of supply convoy trucks in Vietnam Full Story People   The Haunts of War Alvin Matzke participated in the Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War memoir writing workshop in Onaga. Born and raised in Pottawatomie County, Matzke served Vietnam from November 1968 to August 1969. Full Story
Paletero Francisco Solis pushes cart   Full Story Paletero Brings Mexican Summer Classic to Liberal Neighborhoods Paleteros selling paleta — Mexican ice cream and sherbet bars — have been a staple in Liberal, Kansas, for years. Full Story
Two men walking through prairie landscape   Full Story Kansas: An Eclogue Two Kansas filmmakers set off on foot across Kansas in search of a story that would reveal the place that they loved. The result was the film, Kansas: An Eclogue, a full-length documentary supported by a HK grant. Full Story
Woman in hat with Kansas landscape in background   Full Story Chasing the American Dream Michelle Mattich's parents chose a packing plant in Liberal to build a better life for their family. Full Story
Cutting the cake at Quinceanera Full Story   Traditions Celebrate "Womanhood" The Quinceañera is a celebrated on a young woman's 15th birthday and represents the transition from girlhood to womanhood. The event also represents a family's hard work and success. Full Story
Petra Mendoza Full Story   From There to Here/De Allá Para Acá: Immigrant Stories of Kansas HK's Valerie Mendoza shares her family's immigrant story in advance of bilingual immigration story writing workshops in seven Kansas communities led by José Faus of the Latino Writers Collective. Full Story
Kandace Creel Falcon Full Story   Big Idea: It's Time to Change the Way We Talk About Immigrants Too often in the past, information about various immigrant groups shared by the mainstream media relied on harmful stereotypes and played up fears and anxieties. The negative narratives continue today. Full Story
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Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution.

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William Garcia Full Story   William Garcia, HK Summer Fellow 2018 Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution. Full Story Casey Keel Full Story   Casey Keel, HK Summer Fellow Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution. Full Story William Allen White Full Story   To An Anxious Friend Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution. Full Story Annette Billings kayaking Full Story   Meet Annette Billings Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution. Full Story Minoma Littlhawk-Sills Full Story   "We Remain" Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution. Full Story Joan Weaver Full Story   Meet Joan Weaver Sonia Nazario, Kansas native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey, shares how Kansas was safe haven for her family after a century of fleeing persecution. Full Story
Dockum Drugs, Wichita, 1950s Full Story Race & Ethnicity   Civil Rights to Correct Civil Wrongs On a hot and humid Thursday evening in July 1958, a dozen young people quietly walked into a downtown Wichita drugstore and asked to be served. That day a movement began. Full Story Marwa Ghazali in Ashland Full Story People   Meet Marwa Ghazali Anthropologist Marwa Ghazali engages in ethnographic field work with displaced populations in Kansas and Egypt. Full Story Danny Caine in his Store Full Story People   Meet Danny Caine Danny Caine lives in Lawrence, where he owns and runs the Raven Book Store. He’s also a poet and author. Full Story Emmett Till Memorial Sign Full Story Race & Ethnicity   Till Marker Was Just 35 Days Unshot 35 days after it was dedicated, a sign at Graball Landing marking the spot where Emmett Till's body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River was pierced with four gunshots, the latest in a 10-year saga of vandalism Full Story
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No Place Like Home

A book and new short film project explore the history of the LGBTQ movement in Kansas to spark meaningful discussion on the topic.

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