This document announces a cultural competency panel discussion for health care professionals to be held on July 19, 2011 from 5:30PM to 7:00PM at the MCC-Penn Valley Health Science Institute located at 3444 Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri. The panel will feature experts discussing efforts by local organizations to develop culturally competent healthcare systems in the Greater Kansas City area, followed by a question and answer session and brief tour of the institute.