Tag Archives: racial justice

Hearabouts – Interview with Jason Tang

logo for the radio show Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio with the logo for WFHB and IU Asian Culture Center below it

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:32 — 25.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHappy Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse, everyone! For this 105th episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio, we invite Jason Tang, an undergraduate student here at Indiana University who is also an active student leader and a member of AAPI community here in Bloomington. Jason shares …

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Voices in the Street: MLK Birthday Celebration

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:38 — 15.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to Voices in the Street. Public opinion polls in the streets of Bloomington. Voices in the Street provides an opportunity for residents to anonymously voice their opinions and perspectives on the issues and events that matter most to Bloomington citizens. This episode of Voices in the …

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Bring It On! – January 22, 2024: Bloomington’s 2020 MLK Holiday Celebration (Rebroadcast)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 44.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is a rebroadcast from January 20, 2020: Today we honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a special edition of Bring It On! Tonight at 7 PM, the City of Bloomington is honoring the MLK holiday with a celebration at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. We are recognizing the …

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Banneker Center Organizes Black Lives Matter Street Murals

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:47 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLocated on 7th and Elm Street in Bloomington Indiana sits the Banneker Community Center. However, this building was not always a community center. Above the entrance to the buildings is a carving in the limestone which reads “1915 Banneker School”. In 1915  this school opened as a …

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Bring It On! – January 20, 2020

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 44.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday we honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a special edition of Bring It On! Tonight at 7 PM, the City of Bloomington is honoring the MLK holiday with a celebration at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. We are recognizing the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with …

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

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:47 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA 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 …

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Students Call for Equality Across College Campuses

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:38 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s feature story explores a recent outcry from college students across the country, who are seeking racial justice and peace on campus. Sit-ins, protests, walkouts and demonstrations occurred on college campuses throughout the last school year. As Maddie Levin reports, IU is no exception. Each Monday during …

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Daily Local News – June 27, 2016

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:54 — 27.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Supreme Court issued a decision today that may change the landscape of abortion law in Indiana; The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office released a statement today expressing its frustrations over a case involving a former IU student and two separate accusations of rape; The Monroe County Commissioners …

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