Bring It On! – WFHB

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Resilence Productions, of which Liz Mitchell is a founding member. Gladys DeVane and Danielle Bruce, her fellow co-founders, join her on today’s program.

The mission of Resilience Productions is to educate, enlighten and engage the public regarding African Americans’ many unknown and un-celebrated contributions to Indiana’s—and ultimately to our country’s—history. They research, write, and produce live performances inspired by historical events. These productions cultivate awareness and entertain. By recognizing bold and deserving African American men and women, Resilience Productions ensure their legacy will not be forgotten.

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Today’s program is a rebroadcast from March 21, 2022:

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Dr. Gladys DeVane. She is an author, thespian, playwright, narrator, and co-founder of Resilience Productions.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell welcome Chef Lee Rosser.

In a recent Bloom Magazine article, Carmen Siering wrote that for more than 25 years, Lee Rosser was a professional wrestler—a showman with a flair for pageantry, storytelling, and bringing people together. Now, as Chef Lee, he does the same thing using culinary skills gained after stepping out of the ring. He has also been featured in the Times Herald.

Lee Rosser, who is 51, is from Gary, Indiana, and is the eldest of seven children raised by a single mother. “I grew up in the ’hood, and I wanted a way out,” he says. “Wrestling offered me that.” He started wrestling in the mid-90s, traveling a circuit and making a name for himself as “PT Hustla”. His break came when he met Chef JJ Boston at an autograph-signing event at Victory Field in Indy. Soon, he was promoting himself as “Caterer Lee Rosser Punching You with Flavor” as he took his flair for showmanship from the ring to the kitchen. He joins us to share his story of transformation.

Dark Past-Bright Future: Garrett Morgan and Fred Patterson

Today, we also have a special Dark Past-Bright Future segment ideally suited for the month of May featuring Garrett Morgan, the black inventor of the automotive traffic control light, and the story of an unsung black race car driver, Fred Patterson. Garrett Morgan was an African-American inventor who invented two very different and important things: the gas mask and the traffic signal. During his long life, he also became one of the most recognized and respected African-Americans in the country. Frederick Douglas Patterson was the first African American to build motorized cars. The first Patterson automobile, the Patterson-Greenfield, rolled off the line on September 23, 1915.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Liz Mitchell and Natalia Galvin, speak with Kerry Thomson. She is the last of three Democratic mayoral candidates that will Bring It On! will interview during the month of April as the mayoral election on May 2 approaches.

Kerry Thomson is the Executive Director of Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement. She is the former CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County. During her tenure at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, she grew its mortgage portfolio to six million and added hundreds of thousands in investments.

In 2018, after more than 20 years with Habitat, Kerry was appointed Executive Director of Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement. The Center partners with rural communities on initiatives designed to improve quality of life and invigorate economic vitality. Under Kerry’s leadership, the Center’s reach has expanded into 50 of Indiana’s 92 counties, impacting 20,000 Hoosier lives through 300 different projects.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Susan Sandberg. She is the second of three Democratic mayoral candidates that will Bring It On! will interview during the month of April as the mayoral election on May 2 approaches.

Susan Sandberg has been a City Council Representative At Large for 16 years and has served as a four-time City Council President. She is also a founding member of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and previously served as Vice Chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party.

Susan has participated in training with Braver Angels, a group that brings people with diverse political views together in respectful and civil conversations. Susan believes that elected officials should learn from and serve all residents of Bloomington. In addition to serving on the Council through 16 budget cycles, she’s served on the Bloomington Utilities Service Board, the Bloomington Plan Commission, the Jack Hopkins Social Services Fund, the Waldron Study Group, and the Development Block Grant citizens advisory committee.

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Over the next few weeks, Bring It On! will attempt to reach out to candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of Bloomington: Don Griffin, Susan Sandberg, and Kerry Thomson. Today on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with former Deputy Mayor and local businessman, Don Griffin, who is running for Mayor of Bloomington.

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On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with Marvin Dunn, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, retiring as the department chairman in 2006.

He has published numerous articles in leading newspapers on race and ethnic relations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Orlando Sentinel and the Miami Herald. He is the author of the following books: The History of Florida: Through Black Eyes (Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2016),  and Black Miami in the Twentieth Century (University Press of Florida, 1997). He is one of the coauthors of This Land is Our Land, California (University of California Press, 2003) and The Miami Riot of 1980: Crossing the Bounds (Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath, 1984). However, these days, Dr. Dunn has turned his passion for history into a historical immersion experience called “Teach the Truth Tours”.

Several weeks ago, while guiding a group of tourists into Florida’s seamy past, Dr. Dunn was interviewed on MSNBC, by Podcast Producer Trymaine Lee. The Teach the Truth Tour, examines how Black people in Florida lived and died in the face of white supremacist violence. Here to tell us more about his research and these impactful and transformative truth tours is Dr. Marvin Dunn.

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Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, William Hosea and Dana Black, spend the hour discussing and analyzing the impacts and implications of the first indictment of a former U.S. President, Donald J. Trump with two recurring Bring It On! guests:

Robin Winston is a  political strategist and former State Democratic Party Chair.  In 1999, he made history when he became the first African-American to chair a major political party in Indiana. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Winston moved to Kentucky to pursue his education and start a career in business, government, and politics. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville, where he was elected president of the student body.

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IU Emeritus Law Professor Joseph Hoffman is an award-winning scholar and previous holder of the Harry Pratter Professorship, and past recipient of the Law School Gavel Award. He is a nationally recognized authority on the death penalty, he has also written extensively about criminal procedure and habeas corpus law. Hoffmann is co-author of a groundbreaking book on habeas corpus, Habeas for the 21st Century: Uses, Abuses and the Future of the Great Writ (University of Chicago Press, 2011) (with Nancy J. King). He is also a co-author of one of the leading casebooks in criminal procedure law, Comprehensive Criminal Procedure (Aspen 2nd ed. 2005) (with Allen, Livingston, and Stuntz).

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On today’s Bring It On! broadcast, hosts Clarence Boone and Leila Randle spend the hour with Solange Marcum. Solange provides a  very impressive list of cosmetic services while operating under a unique business model as also an instructor & owner of Lash Envy Academy. She joins us this evening to share her remarkable story – a journey to being a successful black businesswoman.

Solange Marcum is the owner/operator of Lé Esthetics – providing her customers with luxurious spa treatments specializing in customizable eyelash extensions, keratin lash lifts, cosmetic tattooing, Spa Facials, and HydraFacial. As a licensed makeup artist, she offers airbrush and free-hand makeup applications, lash and brow tint, brow lamination, spray tans, waxing, dermaplaning, facials, teeth whitening, teeth jewels, medical peels, body treatments, and more! Lé Esthetics is located at 619 North Morton Street.

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This is a rebroadcast from May 30, 2021:

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, talk about the history of black women in the military. From the Revolutionary War to present-day conflicts, women have proudly served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard as nurses, pilots, engineers, soldiers and other specialties. During World War I, about 35,000 women officially served as nurses and support staff. Nonetheless, many black women also broke barriers while serving in the U.S. Military. These women worked on the front lines or supported U.S. soldiers and civilian employees.

Carrying on with this fine tradition of service are two remarkable women of color with whom we have the pleasure of speaking this evening. They are Dr. Alfreda R. Carmichael, who enlisted in the United States Air Force and was a Contract Specialist. While in the military, she deployed to multiple locations, including Iraq’s combat deployment. Dr. Carmichael served as the First Female President of Montford Point Marine Association Chapter 10. She is currently the National Treasurer and National Scholarship Director for National Montford Point Marine Association.

Joining her is Takishia Smiley, who joined the United States Marine Corps, and served 21 years and 5 months as a CWO-3 Supply Operations Professional in automated supply systems and logistic initiatives. She has over 26 years of experience in Supply Chain Management and Distribution Information Management. She is currently the Director at the National Museum of the Montford Point Marine.

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