WEEKLY/SEMANAL - KANSAS CITY, MO

The guests at the tea dance, held at Kansas City’s new Hyatt Regency Hotel, were there for an evening of fun. But in the early evening of July 17, 1981, the fun would turn to tragedy.

This past Saturday, was as good as it gets when it comes to a neighborhood event. So many families have been stuck in their homes for more then 16 months due to COVID-19 pandemic. Three organizations, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Mattie Rhodes Center and KC Hispanic News, decided it was time for the people to come together for a live outdoors Westside neighborhood concert with local and national entertainment.

Whenever summer arrives, with its intense heat waves, everyone remembers that there are millions of agriculture workers who, no matter the temperature or the circumstances, pick and process the products that feed this country. And they do it in the middle of intense heat, cold, and the pandemic, under precarious working conditions, housing, salaries, and benefits.

If you want to view beautiful, vibrant, impactful art, you don’t need to head to the Plaza Art Fair. If you live in the Northeast neighborhood, you can see it right in your own back yard, thanks to a new art gallery in the area.

Anger, despair, frustration, uncertainty, and general tiredness. These are the feelings undocumented youth have expressed as District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, on July 16th, halted first time applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status.