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Bring It On!

Bring It On! is Indiana’s only weekly radio program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community.

Bring It On! – November 1, 2021: The Price of Progress

Host Clarence Boone speaks with the the director McKenya Dillworth and assistant director Kelly Scaggs about the play The Price of Progress: The Indiana Avenue/IUPUI Story, which first premiered March 19, 2019 and was inspired by the book of the same name. It was conceived by IUPUI Multicultural Center Director Khalilah Shabazz and written by Vernon A. Williams, Communication and …

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Bring It On! – October 25, 2021: Remembering Colin Powell

Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour with with two retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Generals, Dr. Clifford Stanley and Craig Q. Timberlake, to share their reflections on the life and impact of Secretary of State Colin Powell. Colin Powell was an American statesman, diplomat, and four-star general who served as the 65th U.S. Secretary of State from …

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Bring It On! – October 18, 2021: A Conversation with Haneefah Khaaliq and Natalia Galvan about Local Politics

On today’s edition of Bring It On! hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Haneefah Khaaliq and Natalia Galvan about upcoming political races in Indiana and other political issues of importance. Haneefah Khaaliq is running as a candidate for the United States Senate. A longtime Hoosier, she was born and raised in the Hyde Park area of Illinois. She …

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Bring It On! – October 4, 2021: OnyxFest 2021

Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Vernon Williams. Vernon Williams is also director of ARTI, the Africana Repertory Theatre of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and  a Communication and Community Strategist at IUPUI. Each year he and ARTI produces ONYXFEST, Indy’s first and only theater festival dedicated to the stories of Black playwrights. Tonight, he is joined by those …

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Bring It On! – September 27, 2021: Opioid Addiction in Monroe County

Today’s broadcast is a replay that originally aired on September 16, 2019. Hosts William Hosea and Roberta Radovich spoke with three leaders in Monroe County’s opioid addiction recovery community to discuss the ravages of the opioid epidemic hitting Indiana and 2019’s South Central Opioid Summit (September 24, 2019, 7:30AM to 6:00PM). Our guests were: Greg May – Administrative Director at …

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Bring It On! – September 20, 2021: Desegregation of U.S. Armed Forces and Government

Today on Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with James T. Averhart, the National President at Montford Point Marine Association, Inc., and Joe Geeter, the former Present and current National Director of Publications at Montford Point Marine Association, Inc. Montford Point Marine Association, Inc. is the organization for The Montford Point Marines Memorial. It is dedicated …

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Bring It On! – September 6, 2021: Defending Democracy

Today’s show is a rebroadcast from September 28, 2020. On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, and Thursday, October 1, 2020, IU’s Department of History presented three events designed to bring together IU and the greater Bloomington community in a conversation focused on race, white supremacy, and voter suppression. 2020’s speaker for the virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, October 1, from …

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Bring It On! – August 30, 2021: Former Mayor of Gary, IN, Karen Freeman-Wilson

This program was originally aired on December 14, 2020. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour with Karen Freeman-Wilson, the two-term mayor of Gary, IN from 2012 to 2019 and the Attorney General of Indiana from 2000 to 2001. Fr. Mayor Freeman-Wilson was born and raised in Gary. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law …

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Bring It On! – August 23, 2021: Current Health Protocols for Combating COVID-19

Today’s hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell continue last week’s discussion about COVID-19 in the classroom. This week they focus the discussion on the medical and scientific level with guests, Tom Hrisomalos, MD, and Carol Weiss-Kennedy. Tom Hrisomalos, MD is an infectious disease specialist with IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians. His medical school, infectious disease fellowship, and internal medicine residency …

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Bring It On! – August 16, 2021: COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts by the MCCSC

Today’s show focuses on the controversies surrounding  COVID-19 vaccinations and mandatory masking policies within schools. There has been increasing attention on this issue with the recent rapid spread of  Delta variant within the United States which has caused rising hospitalizations mostly among the unvaccinated.  To tackle this issue hosts Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell speak with Dr. Jeff Hauswald, the …

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