University Housing Events

I&L Spring Break 2025 Kansas City

Event Type

Other

Sponsor

Inclusion and Leadership

Location

Kansas City

Date

Mar 15, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025   8:30 am  

Registration

Apply to join a trip here!

Contact

January Boten

E-Mail

botenja@illinois.edu

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Hotel: 4 residents to a 2 Queen bedroom (comes with a pull out sofa bed)

Home2 Suites by Hilton Kansas City KU Medical Center: 3440 Rainbow Ext, Kansas City, KS 66103

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/mcihtht-home2-suites-kansas-city-ku-medical-center/"

Saturday: 3/15 

• 10am pickup at sdrp
• 10:10am pickup at allen
• 10:15am pickup at PAR
• 10:20am head to Kansas city (6 hour drive)
• Arrive around 5pm, check in, drop off suitcases in room
• 5:30pm- brief orientation, going over expectations for the trip

  5:45pm- dinner

 

Sunday: 3/16 

• Morning- Oak Park Mall 
• 2pm- Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
• 5pm- Dinner
• Monday: Lawrence 3/17
   10am- Haskell Cultural Center and Museum Haskell Cultural Center and Museum | Haskell Indian Nations University |
    Noon-lunch at the University of Kansas (Lawrence Street)
  3pm- Haskell University Walking Tour Walking Tour of Haskell Indian Nations University by Haskell Cultural Center https://www.haskellhistory.com/
• 5pm- Dinner
• 
    Tuesday: 3/18
   10am- Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and Museum 
•  
• 12:30pm lunch somewhere close to the Truman Museum
  2pm Truman Presidential Library and Museum Welcome to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum | Harry S. Truman
   4:30pm Dinner
   
   
   Wednesday: 3/19
• 10am Steamboat Arabia https://www.1856.com/
• Noon- Lunch City Diner City Diner - Kansas City, MO 64106 https://www.citydinerkcmo.com
  1:30-5pm Volunteer at ScrapsKC https://scrapskc.org
  5pm- Dinner
• 
    Thursday: 3/20 Topeka
  Topeka 10am Brown V Board of Education Museum https://www.nps.gov/brvb/learn/index.htm
    Noon- lunch (near the capitol)
  2pm State Capitol Kansas State Capitol https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-state-capitol-plan-your-visit/18649
• 3-4pm Lecompton Constitution Hall https://lecomptonkansas.com/learn/constitution-hall-state-historic-site/
• 4-5pm Lecompton Territorial Capital Museum https://lecomptonkansas.com/learn/lane-university-territorial-capital-museum/
• 5pm- Dinner
• 
    Friday: 3/21
  9:45am-1pm Habit for Humanity https://build.habitatkc.org/campaigns/29647-east-bottoms-restore-2024
• 1-2pm Lunch 
• 2pm Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Visit the Museum - Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
• 3:00pm American Jazz Museum   https://www.americanjazzmuseum.org/
  4pm Black Archives of Mid America https://www.visitkc.com/business-detail/black-archives-mid-america-inc
  5pm Blue Room Indigo Hour https://www.americanjazzmuseum.org/blue-room
• 
    Saturday: 3/22
  9am The City Market Historic River Market KC https://thecitymarketkc.org/
  3pm-5pm Shawnee Mission https://www.kshs.org/shawnee_indian
• 5pm- Dinner
   
   Sunday: 3/23
  Head home