Kansas Stories
Big Idea: It's Time for More Representation in STEM
Sarah Lamm studies rocks on Mars as a planetary science PhD candidate. She's frustrated when "no one assumes I'm a scientist" because of her age and gender. She's right. Less than 30 percent of scientists are women.
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Big Idea: We Need to Elevate Black Women's Stories
Can you remember a time you learned about a famous African American woman? Many Kansans cannot come up with an answer readily or easily.
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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.
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Changing How We Talk About the Civil Rights Movement
Domestic workers, laborers, unemployed youth, public housing tenants and other grassroots foot soldiers – largely working class, female, or both – did the daily work of the Civil Rights Movement. Where are their stories?
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The Heart of the Matter: The Role of Humanities
In 2010, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences created a Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences to address the importance of the humanities in the 21st century.
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