Troublesome Movement

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02/06/2025

February is Black History Month! This month we honor and celebrate the extraordinary achievements, incredible contributions, and rich heritage of the Black community. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

12/23/2021

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Graves! He was elected one of COMO MAGAZINE’S 20 UNDER 40!

Each year COMO Magazine recognizes 20 people in Columbia under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the community. We looking forward to continuing to do great work for the people in Columbia.

Please help us welcome Stephen Graves into our 20 under 40 class of 2022! We can’t wait for you to get to know our new class better in the January issue!

11/21/2021

The Thanksgiving Food Drive at Parkade Plaza was a big success yesterday! Thanks to everyone who showed up and helped out!

11/17/2021

Columbia, MO; November 17, 2021 Troublesome will partner with the WE Project and Rock the Community on a Thanksgiving Food Drive and winter clothing this month to collect perishable goods and donations, helping provide Thanksgiving meals for those in need throughout the community this year. From 10am to 2 p.m., Nov. 20th at Parkade Plaza located near the Business Loop 70 west, thanksgiving food and winter clothing will be available to be picked up and dropped for families in need....

Columbia, MO; November 17, 2021 Troublesome will partner with the WE Project and Rock the Community on a Thanksgiving Food Drive and winter clothing this month to collect perishable goods and donat…

11/09/2021

It’s that time of the year again! We are back for another season to give thanks and give back to the community. This year we will be taking food and money donations to provide Thanksgiving Dinner boxes for families in need. Food donations can be dropped off at Douglass Park Saturday and Sunday November 20-21. Please come by and drop off any donations. You can also make a tax-free donation at www.troublesomemovement.org/donate-now

07/21/2021

Tomorrow night at 7pmCT Ragtag Cinemas in Columbia, MO is showing Judas and the Black Messiah. Afterwards Dr. Stephen Graves will be taking part in a post-film roundtable and Q&A. If you're in the area you DEFINITELY want to check this out!

Join us on July 22nd at 7 pm when ROCK the Community kicks off the Show Me Series with a free screening of Judas and the Black Messiah, followed by a post-film conversation with Rodney March (Assistant Director, ROCK the Community) and Dr. Stephen Graves (Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies at MU). It'll be moderated by our very own Josh Runnels, Manager of Community Partnerships & Education! https://ragtagcinema.org/films/1970

The Show Me Series is a nod to our long-established proclivity as Missourians to approach new things with a hint of skepticism (until we see it for ourselves, of course). As well, a challenge to show our community all the possibilities shared experiences with film can hold — and the potential to serve as a catalyst for conversations that can move our collective pendulum closer to equity, inclusion, and unity.

07/14/2021

Tonight at 6:45pmCT our very own Dr. Stephen Graves will be doing a live Q&A for the Missouri Summer Teachers Academy on his lecture "The 2020 Election.” You can view the lecture and register for the live Q&A at the following link: https://mohumanities.org/academy/

- This academy provides high school teachers of American History and Government throughout the state with a chance to develop new insights into their subject fields by offering a series of seminars that focus on key ideas, figures...

06/22/2021

It's important that we remain an active voice in the uplift of our community. No gimmicks, no blatant self promotion. Just genuine commitment to excellence...