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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:57 — 39.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to Part Three 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 …

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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County Community School Corporation is working to fill the local need for child care. Air conditioning manufacturer Carrier Corporation announced the final termination of 215 employees at its Indianapolis manufacturing plant today. The Monroe County Health Department is creating a new, full time Health Educator and Harm Reduction position …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:08 — 26.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington United started as an anti-hate group after the murder of a Korean IU student by an avowed neo-nazi in 1998. Now, the group is reforming in response to what founder Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg calls a resurgence in hate groups and rhetoric.  Rabbi Siberberg announced the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:33 — 52.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAmrita Myers and Jim Sims listen to the rebirth of Bloomington United from Justin Ford.  Bloomington United, inactive for several years, is reforming with a broader mission, and more proactive angle.  The new group wants to help prevent community incidents by way of focusing on three areas: …