Kelley Scholfield is an Urban Greenspace Specialist with the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation department. She brings neighbors together to care for our parks and natural habitats. 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 opportunities in the …
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Fire, flood, tornado, mass shooting – how can you help Monroe County be ready and respond? Vinal Lee is chair of Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD). He connects agencies and individuals who are ready to step up. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged …
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Phoenix Rayng represents a new organization called Protect Our People, advocating for transgender equality across Indiana. Protect Our People needs help getting trans youth access to gender-affirming care. 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 opportunities in the …
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Stephanie Shelton works for Cancer Support Community of Indiana. 40,000 Hoosiers will be diagnosed with some form of cancer this year and Shelton needs volunteers to help support people affected by cancer through local events and programs. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. …
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Our opening song is “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” – and its history alone illustrates the difficulties of centering anything black in this white capitalist country. We’re listening to Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff’s version off of their 1987 album, Steppin’ Up. Dubbed in 1919 by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP, as the “Negro …
Read More »Associate Professor at Indiana University’s Media School, Joan Hawkins, is helping organize a conference and festival marking the 50th anniversary of a landmark, revolutionary year in global history. Titled “Wounded Galaxies 1968: Paris, Prague, Chicago,” the conference runs from February 6th through the 11th on the IU campus and at various venues throughout Bloomington. A pre-conference festival begins with a …
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