Posts Tagged ‘Black Lives Matter’
More than statues: 3D printer on the Plaza showcases Urban TEC opportunity amid BLM movement
Just a couple blocks west of Mill Creek Park — the center of recent Black Lives Matter protests near the Country Club Plaza — 3DHQ hopes youth tech outreach now can build a more inclusive future for creative problem solvers in Kansas City’s Black and urban communities, said Fabian Conde. “We want to be more intentional…
Read MoreI’m black and a Plaza business owner — in that order; why a Main Street entrepreneur joined KC’s protests
Isaac Collins is exhausted, but he can’t sleep. His wife and mother are both worried about the 31-year-old community entrepreneur whose business is just blocks away from the scene of late-night mayhem and unrest following peaceful protests on Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. But it isn’t rioters and looters that have Collins on edge, he…
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