The SPARK Flossie Pack Center for Lifelong Learning at UMKC

Save the date: 2:30 p.m. Aug. 25, SPARK kickoff event for fall quarter.

SPARK Flossie Pack Center for Lifelong Learning | 2026 Fall Quarter Kickoff | Online Registration Online Registration for 2026 Fall Quarter Kickoff at 4801 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110 United States provided through SPARK Flossie Pack Center for Lifelong Learning. Registration Software powered by ProClass

SPARK's board of directors met Friday to discuss a variety of topics. President Bud Nolker chairs the meeting. Zoom makes remote participation possible. Thank you, technology!

A quote from Friday's class on the history of Montgall Avenue, where Chester Arthur Franklin, founder in 1919 of The Kansas City Call, lived:

"The serious Negro editor never lacks for issues to charge his batteries.; the issues are all around him. His hardest task is to concentrate his efforts on one reform at a time, to keep from scattering his shots. He learns through the years that the Negro's problem is not the Negro's alone, but is America's problem, affecting all its citizens, interacting among them in the growth of democracy."

Friday is Mah Jongg Day at SPARK.

Q: When was SPARK founded?

A: SPARK was founded in 1993 by Barb Hildner and Bekki Eimer with initial support from Penn Valley Community College.

Coming up at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, a "GEM" class about the School of Economics and how it delivers financial literacy education to students across Eastern and Suburban Jackson County. To sign up, visit https://tinyurl.com/2mad8bbz. Only $10 to attend!

KC Gems Week 4: School of Economics: Educating Students in Financial Literacy with Sam Cook – The SPARK Flossie Pack Center for Lifelong Learning For more than 30 years, the School of Economics (SOE) has delivered hands-on financial literacy education to students across Eastern and Suburban Jackson County, equipping the next generation with the knowledge and skills they need to make sound financial decisions. Through classroom

American History Trivia! We have prizes!!!