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Thursday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from K-State’s Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy, the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, and Pawnee Mental Health Services.
The first half of the program welcomed ICDD Director Dr. Colene Lind as well as Beach Museum Curator Aileen June Wang. The two discussed the ‘Do You See What I See’ exhibit on display at the museum, intended to challenge viewers to reconsider their perspective on a representation through considering how others may view it in a safe setting. Wang and Lind also highlighted a facilitated panel discussion led by Museum Specialist Nate McCLendon about the exhibit coming up on Nov. 3, as well as the ICDD and Beach Museum’s blossoming relationship of collaboration.
The second half of the program, we were joined via phone by Pawnee Executive Director Robbin Cole from Topeka. She was awaiting her scheduled testimony before the Kansas Legislature’s special committee on mental health beds, and shared a preview of her testimony about challenges facing the mental health workforce as well as discussed the state of mental health in Kansas in light of low national rankings.
