Hosted by KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio · EN-US · 222 episodes
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This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “Urban Connections” show. Urban Connections conducts guest interviews covering issues affecting our local, national, international and global communities from a Black perspective.
KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio hosts Urban Connections, a society show with 222 episodes published.
As Memorial Day approaches we honor the United States Colored Troops of the American Civil War. Nearly 290,000 Black men risked everything to fight for freedom during the war, not knowing if they would survive or face en
Dr. Wagner teaches Urban Planning and Design at UMKC. He is the faculty founder of the UMKC Center for Neighborhoods - a research and outreach unit dedicated to building the capacity of neighborhood leaders and advocates
Wasim Kahn , Chief Executive Officer of Baraza African Cultures Center is a Certified Diversity Professional and is Yan-Koloba Certified and has vast experience working with immigrants, refugees & indigenous peoples. He
Lewis W. Diuguid is a multimedia consultant, lecturer, freelance writer and editor, certified diversity facilitator. He is a former columnist, editorial board member, op-ed page editor, and letters editor at The Kansas C
Dr. Paris Woods is an education leader, social entrepreneur, and advocate for financial empowerment, dedicated to driving positive change in education and economic mobility. With over two decades of experience in educati
[caption id="attachment_181540" align="alignleft" width="199"] Dr. Angela Simms[/caption] Angela Simms is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at Barnard College-Columbia University . She examines the polit
Earl Martin Phalen is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Great Jobs KC , one of the nation’s most impactful programs in supporting young adults and adults who live in low-income communities on the pathway to good caree
Marion Orr, PhD ., is the inaugural Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies at Brown University . He previously was a member of the political science faculty at D
Journalist and author Lewis W. Diuguid poses a chilling question: Does the treatment of immigrants in the United States echo the treatment of enslaved people in this country’s early history? Both, he argues, have lived u
Journalist and author Lewis W. Diuguid makes a bold argument: the same systemic racism that once united white colonists against British rule may again serve as a catalyst — not through solidarity, but through shared suff
Miykael Qorbanyahu Long, is a multi-dimensional creative and servant-leader dedicated to awakening, aligning, and activating individuals and communities through spirit-centered expression, practical empowerment, servant-
Suzanne Johnson was born of Korean parents, somewhere in the Korean countryside, at sometime in 1966. Suzanne does not know her true birthdate. She explains why that is the case in this conversation. Suzanne is a "first
Whitney Plantation is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of slavery, situated on a historical sugar, indigo and rice plantation which operated from 1752-1975. The museum preserves over a […] The post American H
Wasim Kahn, CEO of Baraza African Cultures Center is a Certified Diversity Professional and is Yan-Koloba Certified and has vast experience working with immigrants, refugees & indigenous peoples. He has spent 30 years wo
Adenike AmenRa is also known as Kandaki-Ma Beqsu Nuta AmenRa-Mosley. Kandaki equals Queen-Mother, Minister, Priestess, Teacher, Artist, Environmentalist, Maker, Recycler, Wife. Adenike AmenRa graduated from the Universit
Lewis W. Diuguid is a multimedia consultant, lecturer, freelance writer and editor, certified diversity facilitator. He is a former columnist, editorial board member, op-ed page editor, and letters editor at […] The post
Tracie Canada, Ph.D, is socio-cultural anthropologist whose ethnographic research uses sport to theorize race, kinship and care, gender, and the performing body. Dr. Canada’s work focuses on the lived experiences […] The
Andrew LaMont Eanes was nominated twice by then President Barak Obama as Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Eanes served at the SSA from July 2014 through December […] The post LaMont Eanes
Over four decades ago, Laura moved to Kansas City to begin her career at a local Social Security Administration service center. In this episode, she shares firsthand reflections on her […] The post Inside the SSA – A Kan
Bird Ellington Fleming, is the Executive Director and founder of the Traditional Music Society. The Traditional Music Society (TMS) offers a dynamic global journey through music and dance from multiple […] The post Bird
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Urban Connections is hosted by KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 222 episodes.
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