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Columbia, MO; December 6, 2021 This holiday season, Troublesome will partner with the WE Project and Rock the Community on a Christmas Holiday Toy Drive and winter clothing.  We will be accepting donations Saturday, December 18th at Parkade Plaza in Columbia, MO. There will also be a Grinch for photos with the kids from 12 to 2pm. Due to Covid-19, those who wish to stay in their car can follow the drive thru instructions to remain in their vehicle and open trunk for distribution will be on the east side of the building next to IMO’s. Drop off new and gently used toys that will uplift our community and bring smiles and joy to children. Some Suggested Items (items in red are currently our greatest needs):​ Art suppliesBaby dolls (all…

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. Due to Covid, those families needing to pick up food will be able to stay in their cars. Requested items include instant mashed potatoes, instant gravy, canned cranberry sauce, canned green beans, canned mushroom soup, dried fried onions, boxed stuffing mix, disposable roasting pans and other non-perishable food items. The…

Troublesome Movement, in conjunction with the WE Project and the University of Missouri’s Legion of Black Collegiates, hosted Thanksgiving food drives on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Speakers Circle on the MU campus and on Monday, Nov. 23 at Douglass Park.  Community members were asked to donate non-perishable foods ranging from instant mashed potatoes and canned green beans to cream of mushroom soup and yams. This year, the food drive saw an increase in the number of online donations via the organization’s website.  It’s also the first time that Graves and the Troublesome Movement have held a food drive in Columbia, as the group originally worked in areas like Portland and Troutdale, Oregon. Outside of seasonal events, the Movement also performs educational services year-round with partner groups to bring awareness on…

  Tuesday, April 25, 2017 – Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri – For the sixth year in a row, the Division of Student Affairs recognized members of the MU faculty who are working to elevate diversity and inclusion at Mizzou.  The MU Faculty Achievement Award in Diversity was established by Steven A. Richardson and Sally Alberty Richardson to recognize MU Faculty who are working to elevate diversity and inclusion on the Columbia campus. Faculty members are nominated by a student group consisting of eight student leaders from the following groups: two from Four Front, two from The Legion of Black collegians and four to be appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs based on their leadership roles and representation of the current student body.

  Monday, April 24, 2017 – Portland, Ore. – Northwest Children's Outreach is a faith-based, non-profit organization dedicated to helping families in the Portland area and surrounding communities. We help fill the needs of these families, providing clothing, infant care products, diapers, formula and many of the other necessities parents need for their children.

    Wednesday, April 26, 2017 – Tate Hall, University of Missouri – Target H.O.P.E. is a nonprofit organization with a mission to enhance educational opportunities for minority students attending public high schools in the Chicago metropolitan area continuing to college and graduate studies. Healing, Opportunity, Pride and Empowerment are the concepts through which Target H.O.P.E creates innovative academic retention strategies to combat the high school dropout crisis and increase minority graduation rates in higher education. Target H.O.P.E. programs reinforce academic excellence, and the importance of completing a college education.   Dr. Graves was invited to speak about OPPORTUNITY, which is what the O stands for in H.O.P.E.  Black faculty and leaders in the Columbia community gathered to talk about hardships that they had to face being black in America pursuing their career.…

    This time of year there are so many families in need of assistance and although there are many organizations available, they can’t possibly help everybody. So what better way to help then by taking action?   Troublesome’s “Spirit of Giving” Christmas Shoebox event is in its second year and we are pleased to be partnered with FOX 12 Oregon and My Fathers’ House Shelter in Gresham, Ore. This year we will be collecting... you guessed it, shoeboxes – filled with gifts that will be delivered to local children in need this year. Last year we were able to help over 64 local children with Christmas. This year our goal is to reach over 100 children!   How does it work? Decide on a child- BOY or GIRL Pick…

We're very excited to share this article from The Advocate, Mt Hood Community College's newspaper. Daphne Martin writes about our reboot and political activism. Political Activism Club reboots | The Advocate Online Political Activism Club reboots October 23, 2014Daphne MartinNews0 The Troublesome Movement, also known as the Political Activism Club, is a new group of students at Mt. Hood coming together to promote working for the common good and letting everyone’s voices be heard. Stephen Graves, MHCC political science instructor and club president, came up with the idea after realizing he always had students who liked the concept and wanted to take it a step further. To him, it wasn’t mainly about politics, elections, and voting booths, but instead, promoting a community. “Politics isn’t just voting, it’s going to PTA…