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Find this episode and the entire first season of the Up From Dust podcast at kcur.org/upfromdust ! Up From Dust is a production of KCUR Studios and the Kansas News Service, with support from Panasonic Energy of North America and KNS partner station donors.

During this season of #gratitude, all of us at KCUR and Classical KC send a heartfelt THANK YOU to our members! Support from our community makes up 70% of our total budget -- amazing ??. Any gift of any size is appreciated and supports the high-quality local content you rely on. Thanks to you!

Congratulations to our hometown Super Bowl champs, the Kansas City Chiefs Wheelchair Football team, who defeated the Chicago Bears in overtime on Saturday in the USA Wheelchair Football League of Move United. ?? ?? To learn more about the team and their journey, check out Frank Morris ' story from earlier this month: https://lnkd.in/dTsbhthE

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A Johnson County school propelled one of the Black community’s first fights for equal education in Kansas, and faculty and students at MidAmerica Nazarene University are now working to preserve that important history, thanks to a grant from Missouri Humanities . Emily Younker of the Kansas News Service has the story: https://lnkd.in/gHNFdYEB “This project will invite Kansans to learn more about local heritage and the important role Kansas played in the history of school desegregation,” said Julie Mulvihill, executive director of Humanities Kansas, in a statement. The Kansas News Service is a statewide collaborative journalism center, headquartered at KCUR and made possible with support from the Kansas Health Foundation.

The Midwest Newsroom's Kavahn Mansouri digs in to how a missed deadline to spend federal funds means that homeless students will lose out on services. https://lnkd.in/gGHevJhd Missouri made up the lion’s share of funds left to be spent in the four-state region, with roughly $6 million unspent of the $12.8 million granted by the rescue plan. More than 32,000 homeless students live in Missouri, according to federal education data. And with about 6,600 homeless students, Kansas reported $1.1 million of its $4.2 million remains. The NPR Midwest Newsroom, headquartered at KCUR, is a four-state partnership that provides investigative journalism and in-depth reporting. #education #homelessstudents #arpa #investigativejournalism #midwestnewsroom

?? Alert: venue change alert! Tomorrow (Thursday's) Night Tides celebration will now be held at the beautiful Belger Arts Center at 2100 Walnut Street in the KCMO Crossroads, due to a water issue at the original location. Tickets are still available and we'd love to see you there to celebrate the marvelous Renée Blanche and 30 years of Night Tides! https://lnkd.in/eWVMn-qi

New #podcast episode alert and it is #outofthisworld! Find Seeking a Scientist at kcur.org/seekingascientist or wherever you get your podcasts.

We are excited to see Savannah Hawley-Bates step into this new role! ????