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Seg. 1: Kansas City Muslims Take Civic Initiative. Seg. 2: The Cinephiles On Films For Kids.

Daniah Hammouda of Kansas City's Muslim Civic Initiative. "We need to have a social and political presence," she says of the Muslim community in the Kansas City area.
Luke X. Martin
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KCUR 89.3
Daniah Hammouda of Kansas City's Muslim Civic Initiative. "We need to have a social and political presence," she says of the Muslim community in the Kansas City area.

Segment 1: Young adults head up organization leading the Muslim community in civic learning and action.

Not usually known for being politically involved in the U.S., more Muslims are running for office this cycle than since the 9/11 attacks. Two organizers with the KC Muslim Civic Initiative spoke of what it is doing to empower the area's 30,000 Muslim Americans to become more civically engaged.

  • Daniah Hammouda, KC Muslim Civic Initiative co-founder
  • Osama Ehtesham, KC Muslim Civic Initiative organizer


 Segment 2. beginning at 23:11: The elements for making a great flick for young audiences.

Should screenwriting for kids be different than for adults? Our Cinephiles answered that question, and asked how far one can go in writing a terrifying villain for a children's story. They shared four examples of great movies for children: "The Jungle Book," "Moana," "E.T." and "Space Camp."

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Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.