From Uganda to Garden City Culture Shock Story
Uganda native Amy Longa and fellow Garden City resident Steven Tendo shared insights at Garden City's Diversity Breakfast at the Clarion Inn. Longa, executive director of the International Rescue Committee in Garden City, recalled leaving Uganda after marriage and family, describing Garden City as a promised land awaited after moving from Minnesota and then to Kansas.
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Perkins shares faith and how it helped him heal from trauma
Dr. John M. Perkins, a Christian minister and civil rights figure, spoke at the 2015 Garden City Multicultural Summit at the Clarion Inn. He recounted torture during the civil rights era in Mississippi and described how love surpasses racial hatred, shaping his life and work with Voice of Calvary Institute and Berean Bible Church.
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Kansas weighs implementing and challenging EPA clean power rules
Kansas lawmakers grapple with enacting the federal clean power plan while the attorney general plans a legal challenge claiming EPA oversteps authority. The panel outlined an initial plan due September 2016 and a timeline from KDHE and the Kansas Corporation Commission, with public comment in July and a Legislature review in August.
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