In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Leon Bates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pan African Studies, at the University of Louisville, KY. He focuses on Urban History (i.e. Education, Housing, Labor, Medicine, Policing, Violence), and the Intersection of Race. Leon has conducted extensive research on Racialized Violence. …
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Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, celebrate Juneteenth by welcoming Vernon Williams, Rain Williams, and Ms. Latrice. They are here to discuss their play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom”. The production comes between two iconic national celebrations of “liberation”, Juneteenth and Independence Day, offering an exhilarating and authentic portrayal of the …
Read More »Today’s show is a rebroadcast from March 29, 2021. On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell are joined by Alderwoman Rue Simmons of the City of Evanston to discuss the city’s decision to offer reparations to its Black residents. On March 22, 2021, the City Council of Evanston, Illinois voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 …
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Today’s show is a rebroadcast from March 29, 2021. On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell are joined by Alderwoman Rue Simmons of the City of Evanston to discuss the city’s decision to offer reparations to its Black residents. On March 22, 2021, the City Council of Evanston, Illinois voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 …
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Today’s edition of Bring It On! has hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea examining the developments in the trial of Derek Chauvin so far. Livestreaming has given all access to the proceedings of the trial. National and international viewers are now following the televised trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter …
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On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell are joined by Alderwoman Rue Simmons of the City of Evanston to discuss the city’s decision to offer reparations to its Black residents. On March 22, 2021, the City Council of Evanston, Illinois voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible Black households. The reparations are for the …
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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 …
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Hosts William Hosea and Beverly Calender-Anderson spend the hour with guests, Rev. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a community activist living the Crestmont area of Bloomington, IN. They talk about Bloomington’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the city’s agencies and community leaders …
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We are proud to announce that Bring It On! was notified by the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists that we earned a 3rd place “Best in Journalism” award under the category of Radio Documentary or Special. Our congratulations to our crew and especially to our Bring It On! contributors that we have convened today for a special two-part interview entitled …
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The Bring It On! crew has prepared a special broadcast of relevant and memorable interviews from their archives. Part One: Originally airing on August 11, 2014, hosts William Hosea and Bev Smith welcome award-winning journalist and filmmaker Raheim Shabazz. His new film, Elementary Genocide, exposes the socially engineered mechanism created by our government. He proposes that the public school system …
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