Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Community Justice and Mediation Center is trying to resolve conflict in Bloomington. CJAM does a lot of mediation in tenant-landlord disputes, helping renters avoid eviction or get something fixed. Mediation can save you time and money, and keep you out of a courtroom. Executive Director Wyatt Lawson wants …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.8MB)Subscribe: RSSBella Inman joined a few clubs during her freshman year at Indiana University, but they didn’t give her what she wanted…so she created her own. Friends Club at IU is a social and philanthropic group for women. This year they are partnering with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, raising money …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Hoosier Hikers Council ventures out to local forests, using volunteer power to build sustainable walking trails. Head out with them, and you will probably find Terry Usrey. Terry is one of the many volunteers rolling up his sleeves to connect people with nature. Activate! is a partnership between …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.4MB)Subscribe: RSSJennifer Crossley believes citizen input is crucial for effective government. As Bloomington’s deputy clerk of communications and outreach, she urges local residents to participate in the more than forty boards and commissions that advise city leaders. Jennifer explains how you can provide critical oversight and input on the issues …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSMichelle Moss is the coordinator of the Bloomington Volunteer Network, a resource hub connecting volunteers to local organizations needing their help. The Volunteer Network website has free tools nonprofits can use to recruit and manage volunteers. People seeking to volunteer in the community can set up a profile with …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.9MB)Subscribe: RSSElla Thompson and Lukas Redmond are interns with the City of Bloomington Urban Greenspace program. They help take care of the “green parts” of Bloomington Parks & Rec properties. Volunteers can sign up for “weed wrangles,” removing invasive plants from common areas. This week is the last big push …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.3MB)Subscribe: RSSLisa Osmon has suffered the unimaginable loss of family and friends to suicide. If your life has been touched by such tragedy, or if you have ever felt like suicide is the way out, Lisa wants you to know that you are not alone. Lisa leads our local chapter …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.7MB)Subscribe: RSSIndiana University Dance Marathon is one of the biggest student philanthropy events in the United States, raising more than $56 million for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. For Mena Morcos it’s personal – he has family who have been treated at Riley. Mena did Dance Marathon all four …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSSUnion Board is the governing body of the Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University’s student union building, but Union Board is perhaps better known for hosting concerts and other events on the Bloomington campus. Mickey Carrothers grew up in B-town, going to those events and roaming the halls of the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.4MB)Subscribe: RSSOur local chapter of the National Organization for Women formed right after the first Trump election. Chapter president TammyJo Eckhart went to that first meeting and says there were hundreds of people there, riled up and ready to do something. Since then Monroe County NOW has organized local action …
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