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KC CURRENTS 9-24-06

By Sylvia Maria Gross and Alex Smith

Kansas City, MO – A look at the prevalence of human trafficking in the Kansas City area, after a local ice cream delivery company is accused of exploiting eight Russian students. Members of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of Links discuss African American women's philanthropy. And Los Angeles artist Gajin Fujita talks about mixing Japanese woodcut images with street grafitti at a show at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Plus, Northeast High School student Chris Bernard talks about his passion for capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art.

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