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Europe and Eurasia

Piekałkiewicz is Awarded the Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of the Brave)

Jaroslaw (Andrzej) Piekałkiewicz, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Russian and East European Studies at the University of Kansas, was awarded the Krzyz Walecznych (Cross …

East Asia and the Pacific

Building Bridges: Steve Youngblood’s fight for Peace Journalism

About 12 years ago, while I was teaching on a Fulbright Scholarship in Azerbaijan, the U.S. Embassy called and asked if I knew anything about …

Western Hemisphere

THE [UN]NEWSWORTHY STORIES OF DAILY TRIUMPH IN HAITI

If the world only relied on news headlines, then we would only know Haiti to be the bleak and troubled country that the media wants …

Sub-Saharan Africa

EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES: A GLOBAL EFFORT

GOEX Apparel is a nonprofit apparel enterprise located in the heart of Kansas City. As Fair Trade Federation members we seek to do better in …

East Asia and the Pacific

WORLD TRADE CENTER – KANSAS CITY

The World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) consists of more than 300 members across the globe, including World Trade Center – Kansas City. WTC-KC has been …

East Asia and the Pacific

SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY

Did you know Kansas City, Missouri has 13 Sister Cities? In 1956 President Eisenhower partnered with civic leaders to create sister city affiliations around the …

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