Feb 11, 2022
Last Thursday, during a virtual panel discussion about Black-owned businesses in Kansas City, guests and members of the Black Student Union were subjected to racist hate speech and obscene images from individuals who hijacked the event.
Nov 23, 2021
澳客足球 will honor Alvin Brooks, longtime Kansas City leader in social justice and civil rights, with the establishment of the Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice on campus. The center will house many of the university鈥檚 faith-justice related efforts, including a chapel, mission and ministry programs, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Work has begun to raise funds for the center and to identify a location and construction and design partners.
Apr 13, 2021
This week, 澳客足球 will celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in a whole new way.
Normally, the University schedules its MLK Day celebration in January to honor King鈥檚 birthday. However, COVID-19 means things look a little different this year as a result of the later start to the spring semester.
Instead of honoring King鈥檚 birth, the week鈥檚 activities will instead be in recognition of one of King鈥檚 most famous pieces of writing, 鈥淟etter from a Birmingham Jail,鈥 written on April 16, 1963.
Jun 18, 2020
Today, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities issued a statement on the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to uphold the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.