Thu, Jun 13
|Live stream via Facebook and YouTube
MACRI Talk - Summer Road Trip: Mexican Americans in Kansas City
Learn the history of Mexican Americans in Kansas City.
Time & Location
Jun 13, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT
Live stream via Facebook and YouTube
About the event
Join us on a virtual summer road trip to learn about Mexican American history around the country!
The MACRI Summer Road Trip begins in Kansas City with a VIRTUAL MACRI Talk featuring Dr. Gene Chavez on the history of Mexican Americans in KC.
Our FREE virtual event will stream live on Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI & YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 6 PM Central Time. Just click on your preferred site to join the presentation at 6 PM CT!
MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Wells Fargo, and individual donors like you! To learn more about future MACRI events and how to make a donation, please visit www.somosMACRI.org. Gracias!
🌟 ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Gene Chavez is a community archivist, historian, and educator. Dr. Chavez has conducted extensive research, written articles, and collected oral histories about the experiences of Mexican Americans in Kansas and Missouri. He has also explored the cultural connections between Kansas City and the Latino world, the history of the Kansas City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the role of Mexican Americans in baseball, the subject of his 2018 co-authored book Mexican American Baseball in Kansas City. His family roots in the U.S. Southwest influence his work. Dr. Chavez has served as a historian at the Kansas City Museum, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Overland Park Historical Society, and the Wyandotte County Historical Society and Museum. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Truman State University, a Master of Arts degree in Cross-Cultural Counseling, and a Doctor of Education degree in Social and Cultural Foundations of Education from Arizona State University.
Views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI, its staff, or funders.