by admin | May 22, 2022 | National Holidays
Ocean Morisset is a self-taught, award-winning photographer with twenty years of experience specializing in photojournalism and documentary photography. A self-described “humanitarian-with-a-camera,” he also explores fine art photography and engages with a...
by admin | Apr 17, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Events, National Holidays
Kansas City Chapter of the Fulbright Association presents a ‘National Poetry Month Event’ Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters....
by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Kansas City Chapter, National Holidays
Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982, as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress...
by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | National Holidays
Gaining understanding about cultures other than our own requires intentionality, and a mind that is open and receptive to new information. Part of the Fulbright mission is to foster understanding among the nations of the world. A myriad of communities within the...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | National Holidays
The story of Black History Month begins in Chicago during the late summer of 1915. An alumnus of the University of Chicago with many friends in the city, Carter G. Woodson traveled from Washington, D.C. to participate in a national celebration of the fiftieth...
