Tory Crowe is the volunteer coordinator at Beacon, the antipoverty organization that runs the Shalom Center day shelter. Beacon is now the largest housing provider of any nonprofit in Monroe County. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer …

Today’s On Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Aaron Bonds, the Director of Actor Interpretation & Theater for the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The mission of the nationally recognized Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is to create extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanities that have the power to transform the lives …

Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we interview Michelle Higgs, an activist with Hoosier Action and the national group People’s Action and their Care over Cost project. She recently spoke …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Jami Scholl of Rezenience about local food production, urban agriculture, food as medicine, and sustainable business practices. And now for your environmental reports: Here’s something Bloomington should jump on. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced …

Host Maria Auxi, regresa a transmitir la primera edición en vivo, del radio show Hola Bloomington. Guest Ximena Martinez, la nueva Coordinadora de Alcance Latino del Departamento de Recursos Comunitarios y Familiares de la Ciudad de Bloomington. Ximena se unió a esta nueva posición el pasado mes de mayo y, entre las funciones de la cuales estará a cargo, se …

For this episode, we share the first part of a conversation between Micol Seigel and Amanda Hall. Hall talks to us about how her firsthand experience of incarceration led her to her current work in prisoner and re-entry support. We will air the second part of this conversation next week. You can find out more about Amanda’s work and Dream.org …

In the past few years, racist incidents have been on the rise in professional leagues around the world, the most recent case involving Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior in Spanish soccer. Vinicius has been attacked by fans, players, and even the La Liga commissioner. When the commissioner of one of the biggest soccer leagues in the world gets defensive about …

You’re listening Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into Indiana’s power grid – how it works, how it’s outdated and renewable alternatives the state could explore to transition into more sustainable forms of energy. After severe storms hit …

Originally aired on June 13, 2022: Dr. Gina Forrest In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Gina Forrest. She has conducted extensive research on Sundown towns in Indiana. Dr. Forrest graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Master of Public Health and a Ph.D. in Health Behavior, focusing on …

The executive director of the nonprofit antipoverty organization, the Rev. Forrest Gilmore, joins us again to update listeners on the state of homelessness and hunger in Monroe County and what Beacon is doing about those problems. Formerly known as the Shalom Center, the organization changed its name in 2020 to better reflect the various projects and programs it runs to …