Great way to find new reads: Shepherd
This website is taking a different approach to book recommendations. Authors create book lists on all kinds of topics and tell you why they chose them. Here is an example…
Podcast with Julia Brewer Daily on Changing Demographics and Civil Rights
https://authors-over-50.simplecast.com/episodes/changing-demographics-and-civil-rights-with-ellen-barker
A New Play about Fairyland Park
https://thecoterie.org/performance/only-one-day-year#.Y9ifvnDMJhl
Walk the walk, talk the talk
Unite KC sponsored a Walk For Unity along Troost Avenue to give people a chance to meet and walk and talk with all kinds of people. . . trying to…
Troost: What’s in a name?
Sometimes, a lot. Troost Avenue in Kansas City was named after Dr. Benoist Troost, a physician, developer, and slave owner. It's time to rethink that. https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/truth-over-troost-kansas-city-business-owner-pushes-to-rename-troost-avenue
Books, Inc.
September 6, 2022 - Book Signing at Books Inc. in Mountain View, California 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet the author and get your book signed.
Not Just in Kansas City
Restricting Black home buying happened all over America, not just in Kansas City. The repercussions are still felt today. This April 2022 story in The Washington Post covers a different…
“Pictures of People”
When I'm not reading or writing, I'm usually hiking or painting landscapes. Both are featured in a community exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco: A portrait of…
KC Star Special Report on Neighborhoods East of Troost
From the Kansas City Star, December 12, 2021 Special Report | Land grab remakes Kansas City's East Side, upending neighborhoods, Star investigation finds by reporters Eric Adler and Kevin Hardy…