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Rockhurst to Establish Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-JusticeRockhurst to Establish Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice
Rockhurst to Establish Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice
Nov 23, 2021
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Rockhurst University will honor Alvin Brooks, longtime Kansas City leader in social justice and civil rights, with the establishment of the Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice on campus. The center will house many of the university’s faith-justice related efforts, including a chapel, mission and ministry programs, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Work has begun to raise funds for the center and to identify a location and construction and design partners.

Students Use Instagram Videos to Encourage COVID VaccinationsStudents Use Instagram Videos to Encourage COVID Vaccinations
Students Use Instagram Videos to Encourage COVID Vaccinations
Aug 5, 2021
tags: Campus Life

As the August 18-20 move-in days approach at Rockhurst, students are using Instagram videos to encourage incoming Hawks to be sure they are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Gift of Jewish Artifacts Highlights Rockhurst University Holocaust Remembrance DayGift of Jewish Artifacts Highlights Rockhurst University Holocaust Remembrance Day
Gift of Jewish Artifacts Highlights Rockhurst University Holocaust Remembrance Day
Apr 8, 2021
tags: Campus Life

Since 2004, Rockhurst University has marked the solemn occasion of Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, with an interfaith ceremony in partnership with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.

This year, in addition to a ceremonial reading on Kinerk Commons of names of those killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust – a list that includes 152 members of the Society of Jesus — the day included another symbolic gesture of interfaith cooperation and companionship.

Rockhurst University Condemns Violence Against Asian-AmericansRockhurst University Condemns Violence Against Asian-Americans
Rockhurst University Condemns Violence Against Asian-Americans
Mar 18, 2021
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