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Bring It On! concludes the second of its two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the black community to the COVID-19 vaccines. Last week’s show focused on the effect of COVID-19 on black women. Today’s show focuses on COVID-19’s impact on black men. Today’s hosts, William Hosea and Robert Good Evening speak …

In honor of March as National Women’s History Month, Bring It On! is spot-lighting how the COIVD-19 has affected black women, in the first of a two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the black community to the COVID-19 vaccines. Today hosts, Liz Mitchell and William Hosea speak with three African American …

PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Morris, the host of WFIU’s jazz program “Just You and Me” and the upbeat “Soul Kitchen”, featuring funky jazz, R&B, gospel, and rock. He began at WFIU after five years of volunteering here at community radio station WFHB, where he hosted such programs as the Tuesday Afternoon Music Mix, …

Part One: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Dr. Virginia Githiri, who is a professor at IU’s School of Public Health in Bloomington, IN. She is also a professional vocalist, having more than 20 years of experience, a motivational speaker, and also an entrepreneur. Today she visits Bring It On! to discuss how she directs her passions into …

Part One: Hosts Clarence Boone and Amrita Myers speak with Amber Skoby, executive director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and William Hosea, chairman of its board of commissioners, about an initiative seeking Section 3 minority and women owned business enterprises to submit bids for over $5 million for renovations being made to current public housing communities. They also discuss, more …

On today’s episode of Bring It On, Dr. Amrita Myers and Jim Sims speak to Beth Applegate, president of Applegate Consulting Group, and Jennifer Brooks, along with resident anchor William Hosea to discuss Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ), an initiative dedicated to building accountability with people of color doing exceptional work dealing with racial justice in Bloomington and Monroe …