by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC
The Kansas City Kansas Community College Division of Arts, Humanities and Social Science is co-sponsoring a discussion this week focusing on freedom of speech.
“The Role of Art in Practicing, Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Speech” is at 10 a.m. Nov. 9 in Room 2325 of Lower Jewell on the KCKCC Main Campus, 7250 State Ave. The discussion is open to students, staff, faculty and community members.
Panelists include Aleen Ratzlaff, Erika Nelson and Max Evans. Mike Pettengell, English professor at KCKCC, will be the moderator.
Other co-sponsors of the event are the Critical Issues Committee and the Kansas Humanities Council, whose purpose is to promote the understanding of history, tradition and ideas to make the community stronger.
“Our guests on this panel bring a unique perspective,” said Polly Hawk, assistant professor of English at KCKCC, “a perspective that ranges from the ways that Kansans have, in the spirit of William Allen White, practiced, protected and promoted the Freedom of Speech in Kansas from the use of political cartoons in historically black newspapers to Kansas protest art.”
For more information, contact Polly Hawk at 913-288-7460 or by email at [email protected].