A little more than a year after the Indiana legislature voted to bar state funding for the Kinsey Institute, the world-renowned human sexuality research center will remain part of Indiana University. The IU Board of Trustees voted on March 1, 2024 to keep the Institute after considering allowing it to spin off as an independent nonprofit in the wake of …
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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 …
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Ever since Bloomington Area Birth Services closed its doors, there hasn’t been a central hub in our community for pregnant women, new moms and their babies. Julie Duhon is trying to fill that need through Tandem, a local nonprofit offering both medical care and support services to low-income families on a sliding scale. Julie wants to expand Tandem into labor …
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El día de hoy nos acompaña el Padre Dennis, de la Iglesia Católica de St Pablo para hablarnos sobre los servicios en español que se brindan en la iglesia tanto para los estudiantes de Indiana University así como para la comunidad hispana de Bloomington. Diana Cortez, estudiante de IU, lo acompaña para hablarnos sobre su experiencia.
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She’s been helping people trace their Hoosier roots as the maven of the Monroe County Public Library’s Indiana Room for years. Now, Friesel is spearheading the MCPL’s effort in getting the Hoosier Character digital map of the state in the 19th century off the ground. The map depends on oral histories and traditional sources to mark where “the common and …
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Welcome to the 87th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community, and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Belle Chatpunnarangsee and Joanna Kung. In honor of celebrating Black History Month, in this episode, we are joined by Allison …
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Today on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with 2024 Living Legend Award Recipient, Elizabeth Ann Bridgwaters, and Female High School Award Recipient, Ms. Jael Davis. These awards, among others, were presented at The City of Bloomington’s Black History Month Gala. The gala offered an opportunity to acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the accomplishments of …
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The basic services provided by public libraries are funded by taxes, but all the cool stuff happening inside them is not. Book clubs, teen rec spaces, exhibits and special events – all of those things (and more) are supported by volunteer-powered library foundations. At the Monroe County Public Library that foundation is called Friends of the Library, and board member …
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Bone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Leon Bates, local Indianapolis historian and former guest of Bring It On!, and Judith Thomas, Deputy Mayor of Neighborhood Engagement for the City of Indianapolis, about respecting the remains from Greenlawn Cemetery as the land is being developed. In addition, the city is putting together …
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Giovanni Perez from Monroe County United Ministries shares information and services provided in Spanish for the Hispanic and Latino population of Monroe County. Escucha el programa en español para saber más información sobre los servicios y apoyos en español para la comunidad Hispana y Latina de Bloomington.
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