Tag Archives: Community Conversation

The Mandela Washington Fellows are a pool of 700 young civic leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa. The fellows were chosen for their outstanding work in their communities. They travel to universities across the U.S. to attend leadership institutes funded by the U.S. Department of State. Indiana University hosted twenty five of this year’s fellows. WFHB correspondent Macy Evans talked with three …

Compassion was a recurring theme in a community conversation held Monday night on reforming Monroe County’s criminal justice system. The community conversation was held at Unionville Elementary School, and hosted by the Monroe County Human Rights Commission. In an email to WFHB, County Attorney Margie Rice said officials hope to change the criminal justice system to positively reflect the community …

(Note: the player above plays only the first third of the event. To listen to parts 2 and 3, use the links at the bottom of this post.) From Ferguson to Charlotte, a national dialogue is underway about the status of race and racism in the United States. But how are things here, in Bloomington and other communities in South …

10/25/16 Employees of the Town of Ellettsville will see an increase in their health insurance premiums for 2017; Mayor John Hamilton has appointed an Advisory Committee to study and make recommendations to improve the city’s proposal to modernize solid waste and recycling collection services provided the City’s Sanitation Divisions; A local group that has worked to prevent Syrian refugees from moving to Bloomington is hosting …