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An upcoming stage production — written by a Lawrence playwright about a KU alum who helped unravel the mysteries of genetic inheritance — is a double helix of local creativity.
Logan Pierson / Lawrence Times
A local bicycle collective called Lawrence Community Cycles is not only a place to buy or earn a repaired bicycle — it’s also a community hub that aims to teach people how to fix their own bikes, and to expand access to cycling.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
If Lawrencians are going to confuse the Ecumenical Campus Ministries for a church, executive director Jessie Duke at least wants it to seem like a wild one. That’s why she opened a punk, anarchist bookstore in the building.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence community members read the names and stories of all the known transgender people lost to transphobic violence in the U.S. this year. As they detailed the hobbies, friends, professions and passions, partners and pets of those who died, no one was allowed to fade away as a statistic.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Groups throughout Lawrence are offering free meals amid the ongoing uncertainty surrounding SNAP benefits.
Mac Moore/Lawrence Times
Dozens of Lawrence community members showed up for an advocacy event Tuesday evening, despite the 90° temperatures and no air conditioning inside the Ecumenical Campus Ministries building.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A solemn but hopeful gathering at Ecumenical Campus Ministries on Wednesday honored 74 transgender and gender-nonconforming people who died across the United States during the last year.
A longtime leader who has worked to improve life for refugees in Lawrence and the director of a center that serves unhoused people are the 2024 recipients of the Tom and Anne More Peace and Justice Awards.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
The Lawrence community is invited to the International Day of Peace celebration at Ecumenical Campus Ministries, where a local individual and an organization will be recognized for their contributions to promoting peace and justice.
Lawrence community members helped around the clock during the recent extreme cold snap, and advocates say there is no doubt that their efforts saved people’s lives.
