Tag Archives: African-American

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:17 — 43.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHosts Leila Randle and William Hosea speak with Mayor Greg Goodnight of Kokomo. Mayor Goodnight describes changes in Kokomo, and how he benchmarks services in his town with other Indiana towns. Listen for some fascinating details! PART ONE Hosts Leila Randle and William Hosea speak with Mayor …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:07 — 20.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we have two contributions –one closer to home and one many more miles away- but both aim to describe an unfair relationship of power each contributor’s community faces. We first hear an essay from a prisoner in Southern Illinois, followed by a statement sent to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:29 — 20.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode is an interview with Kwame Shakur, who is currently incarcerated at the Pendleton Correctional Institution. On August 11th , Indiana prison activists held a demonstration at the state capitol building in Indianapolis opposing new Indiana department of corrections regulations restricting incoming prisoner mail. The new …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:15 — 55.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHosts William Hosea and Cornelius Wright talk with Honorable Lonnie Randolph, Minority Whip, representing Indiana’s Senate District 2.  Topics include public policies that will address the primary concerns of minority citizens in Indiana., such as, reducing crime, gun violence and domestic violence within our communities: and targeting …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:38 — 41.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHosts Leila Randle and William Hosea speak with Liz Watson, a candidate for the Indiana 9th Congressional District. She is one of four Democrats now vying for the chance to compete in the 2018 election against incumbent U.S. Representative Trey Hollingsworth. Hear Liz’s perspective on what’s important …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:47 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe cover a range of news in this week’s episode- from a brief history of Black August and the upcoming August 19th prison demonstrations, to current prison conditions in regards to education, visitation, and forced sterilization. We then read a letter from prisoner Keith Malik Washington about …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:34 — 44.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHosts Cornelius Wright and William Hosea have a special show on recent social justice incidents in our country occurring with greater regularity.  Guest Beth Applegate joins the show as co-chair of “Showing Up for Racial Justice”, or SURJ.  In this double header, Denise Valkyrie and Wanda Savala …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:03 — 42.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreTonight Clarence Boone, and Roberta Radovich hear from David Hummons, as he shares information on the Jimmy Ross Memorial Fish Fry – the annual event raises funds for diversity initiatives at Indiana University. We also have in the studio Southern Indiana civil rights attorney Dan Canon. Dan …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:57 — 54.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share a conversation with Ramona Africa, who talks about the MOVE 9 case, the 1985 police bombing of the MOVE house, and the relationship between this history and contemporary struggles against prisons and police violence. We also hear updates on the struggle at the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:05 — 39.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBring It On! welcomes the U.S. State Department’s Mandela Washington Fellows for Young African Leaders. CLarence Boone talks with 25 young leaders from Sub-Sahara Africa. And we hear from Courtney Hermann, program manager with the IU Office of International Development and local leader of the group. PART …