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Bring It On! – September 30, 2020: The Power of the Black and Brown Vote

On this special edition of Bring It On!, host William Hosea speaks with The Honorable Valeri Haughton-Motley, a Monroe County Circuit Court Judge for Division II, and Natalia Galvin, Chair of the Indiana 9th District Latino Democratic Caucus, about the upcoming event, Power of the Black and Brown Vote – Can You Hear Us Now! With the November 3rd General Election …

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Bloomington Residents ‘No Longer Feel Safe’ at Farmers’ Market

Bloomington community members continued to call for the ouster of the proprietors of Schooner Creek Farm, from the Bloomington Farmers’ Market, during last night’s Board of Park Commissioners meeting. Schooner Creek Farm proprietors Sarah Dye and Douglas Mackey are alleged to be members of the white supremacist group, Identity Evropa. Neither has incited violence at the market, or distributed threatening …

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People of Color in Monroe County Over-Represented in Jails and Prisons

A new report, by the Monroe County chapter of the NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington’s Racial Justice Task Force, found African-Americans in Monroe County are disproportionately affected by the Criminal Justice system. Less than four percent of Monroe County residents are Black, but last year African-Americans made up over a quarter of those imprisoned from Monroe County. …

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