I have been thinking about how human beings, label and categorize people, places and things. We are trained early in life to categorize and label everything, everyone. Hot/Cold, black/white/red/yellow, sweet/sour, square/circle and good/bad are examples of everyone’s earliest labels. It is normal when we first meet someone to automatically apply descriptive labels of male/female, black/white,Continue reading “LABELS HOLD US BACK”
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Missouri State Treasurer
The State Treasurer is the state’s chief financial officer. The State Treasurer manages Missouri’s $20 billion in annual state revenues, directs its banking services and oversees its $6.5 billion investment portfolio. The State Treasurer safeguards Unclaimed Property that has been turned over by banks, businesses, insurance companies and government agencies, and aggressively tries to locateContinue reading “Missouri State Treasurer”
Missouri State Senate District 7
Missouri State Senate District 7 covers Kansas City, Lee’s Summit and Grandview in Jackson County. It includes the school districts of Unified School Districts: Center 58, Grandview C-4, Hickman Mills C-1, Kansas City 33 and Lee’s Summit R-VII. Here is a link to the map https://www.zipdatamaps.com/politics/state-level/district/map-of-missouri-state-senate-district-007. Jason Holsman was the senator of this district from 2012 until heContinue reading “Missouri State Senate District 7”
The House On The Corner — Amplifire Project
By Monica, Age 16 The house on the corner of your block looks empty, but it’s not. The House On The Corner — Amplifire Project Open your eyes and see them – your neighbors!
CHILDREN SHOULD BE POLITICAL PRIORITY!!
I write instead of video because if I was talking everyone hearing me would hear anger in my voice and would not hear the words I was saying. However, in trying to keep people from hearing the anger I also tend to water down the message and not upset anyone. Right now I want peopleContinue reading “CHILDREN SHOULD BE POLITICAL PRIORITY!!”
Missouri State House Representative – District 37
The State Senators and State Representatives are meant to act as a voice for children and families in their community when making decisions on how to use state taxpayer money and when introducing or voting on legislation that impacts families across the state. These decisions can include Medicaid and SNAP eligibility and benefits, funding forContinue reading “Missouri State House Representative – District 37”