Welcome to Part Two of our Evening of Solidarity Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, we feature speakers from Bloomington United‘s Evening of Solidarity. The Evening of Solidarity was organized by Bloomington United in …

The collections manager for the Monroe County History Center was selected for the May Wright Sewall Fellowship recently. The fellowship supports research on Indiana women’s participation in politics, to coincide with the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.  Hilary Fleck was one of only four women statewide to receive the fellowship. The fellowship aims, …

Vice President Mike Pence will be in Indianapolis on Thursday to promote a new trade agreement to replace NAFTA. According to the IndyStar, Pence is scheduled as the featured speaker at an event hosted by America First Policies, a nonprofit that promotes President Donald Trump’s campaign agenda. The event at MacAllister Machinery will include a panel on how the new …

Outside the mayor’s office, strikers asked Hamilton for a 50 percent reduction in emissions citywide by the year 2040, and that a plan be developed for reaching net zero by 2040. In addition, climate strikers asked for a 60 percent increase in urban tree coverage, with 40 percent dedicated to fruit bearing trees. Also included in their demands – a …

Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Erin Predmore, President and CEO of The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce and a trans-racial adoptive  parent. They explore the topic of trans-racial adoption and the concern that when minority children are placed in white families they may lose a strong sense of racial identity. Erin Predmore expounds on her experience as …

Correspondent, Sydney Foreman joined the protesters that packed the streets on September 20th, 2019 for the, nationwide, climate strike. They gathered to demand climate justice and to recognize, not only the global crisis, but to recognize the local one as well. We hear the local protester’s opinions on immediate steps people can take to help the city’s movement, what they …

In today’s Segment we brought you news about the the climate strike that took place this past Friday, on September 20th. We heard comments from local stikers, and word from Mayor Hamilton about the subject. On today’s Big Talk Extra, Tamara Loewnthal, executive director for Lotus Arts and Education Foundation, joins Michael Glab. On Activate!, Ken Farrell talks about volunteering …

Long before they were a band, the members of Lula Wiles sang folk songs and traded fiddle tunes at camp in Maine. The trio, all of whom grew up in rural Maine, carry those lessons of community and the meaning of shared art with them as they create music that explores cultural virtues, soothes aching wounds, and envisions a better …

Les Filles are from Illighadad, a secluded commune in central Niger, in the scrubland deserts at the Sahara’s edge. They draw on the traditional tende music of rural Niger that inspired Tuareg blues. The sparse music, which is built from a few elements (vocals, handclaps, percussion), is also dominated by women. Lead vocalist Fatou Seidi Ghali is one of the …

The Steve Riley Trio plays Cajun French music born in the bayous of Southwest Louisiana: acappella ballads; Cajun blues; hot two-steps that transform the festival tent into a Louisiana dance floor. Steve Riley is a master of the Cajun accordion and his bandmembers are: Kevin Wimmer on fiddle and vocals, bringing a Creole touch to the proceedings; and Sam Broussard …