Bring It On! – WFHB

Bring It On! concludes the second of its 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. Last week’s show focused on the effect of COVID-19 on black women. Today’s show focuses on COVID-19’s impact on black men.

Today’s hosts, William Hosea and Robert Good Evening speak with two African American men who represent both health care and academe. With us today are:

Dr. Arnold Henry, who is board certified in family medicine and fellowship-trained in sports medicine.

Dr. Charlie Nelms, Chancellor Emeritus of North Carolina Central University. He is the author of From Cotton Fields to University Leadership: All Eyes on Charlie, A Memoir. He also recently penned the article, “Why I Plan to Take the COVID Vaccine and You Should Too!”, in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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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 women who are highly trained medical health practitioners to examine to explain how COVID-19 has affected black women and the black community in general. With us today are:

Dr. Summer L. Appling, who specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN). She is located at 2920 McIntire Drive in Bloomington, but she also sees patients in Martinsville and Bedford.

Dr. Tashera Perry, an OB/GYN with IU Health and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor for the IU School of Medicine.  She was also honored as the 2020 Bloomington Woman of the Year.

Dr. Karen Reid-Renner, who is a highly trained Family Medicine Specialist and President of Southern Indiana Family Practice Center and the Medical Director of the newly established Medi Spa-Rejuv Aesthetics, located here in Bloomington.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Monroe County Human Rights Commissioner, Vauhxx Booker, and Dave Warren, Founding Partner at Cardinal Analytics and Planning Associates, to examine the City of Bloomington’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The UDO governs land use and development throughout the City of Bloomington and became effective on April 18, 2020. It is the primary source of land use regulations for the City, including both zoning and subdivision control ordinances. The UDO is drafted based on guidance from the adopted Comprehensive Plan.

From its inception, some city residents have viewed the UDO as a threat to traditional single-family homes. City officials disagree and contend that the UDO’s purpose is to create a diverse mix of single and multi-family housing units. Residents have, nonetheless, sought to make their voices heard. Tonight’s panel assesses the current state of the UDO and the issues that it raises within the Bloomington community.

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Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, Clarence Boone and William Hosea, welcome to the show Dr. Jospeh Hoffman and retired Major General Craig Q. Timberlake to assess what we should expect with the scheduled start of the second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. He was impeached shortly before the end of his term for acting as a major catalyst for the January 6 insurrection of the Capital Building, which led to the death of five people. In addition, Dr. Hoffman and Major General Timberlake analyze how this impeachment trial will likely affect the course of President Biden’s first 100 days in office.

Dr. Joseph Hoffman is the Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University. He is is a past recipient of the Law School Gavel Award and the university-wide Outstanding Young Faculty Award. He is also recognized nationally as an authority on the death penalty and writes extensively about criminal procedure and habeas corpus law.

Major General Craig Q. Timberlake is currently the director of the Manpower Management Division in Quantico, VA. Previously, he was the Deputy Commander of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Forces. He is a graduate of Mary Washington College and served in the marines for 41 years before retiring in 2018.

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Today’s edition of Bring It On! is a broadcast of a show recorded immediately after the siege of the Capitol Buiding on January 6, 2021, which led to the deaths of five people, including the murder of Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick. Hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea, spend the hour with long-time Bring It On! contributor Eric Love, the Director of Staff Diversity and Inclusion for the University of Notre Dame, and Elizabeth (Liz) Watson, a labor attorney and the current executive director of the Progressive Caucus Action Fund, to examine the impact of the Capitol Hill siege on society, and its effects on the African-American community, in particular.

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Today’s hosts of Bring  It On!, Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the first half of the show speaking with Shatoyia Moss, Bloomington’s Safe and Civil City Director, and Gloria Howell, the Director of IU’s Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, about the events being held by the City of Bloomington and the Indiana University Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center to commemorate National Black History Month.  The theme for 2021 is “The Show Goes On”, which speaks to the resilience of a people who utilized some of their most valuable assets – creative and artistic expression – to overcome obstacles and navigate uncertain circumstances, while still coming out on top.

In the second half of the program, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak to William Dennis about exploring the wealth-building strategies used by “Generation Y” Black stock investors. He demystifies some of the misconceptions about stock market investing and explains the importance of wealth-building.

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On today’s special extended edition of Bring It On! two guests are here on this holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

In Part 2, hosts Amrita Myers and Cornelius Wright speak with Robin Winston,  who is a Democrat strategist and an accomplished business leader. He made history when he became the first African American to chair a major political party in Indiana. Along with running the largest minority-owned public relations firm in Indiana, Robin has recently launched Progressive Thought Matters, a non-partisan, 501(c) 4 organization committed to educating the public, increasing public participation by previously under-represented groups, and promoting progressive public policy.

A Special Message from Robin Winston:

For those of us who have served or will serve in government in the future, voting rights are crucial to the underpinning of our democracy. Dr. King was right when he said, “Give us the ballot…” Yes, give us the ballot and we will change America.

Let us all redouble our efforts to make a difference. We owe that to Dr. King and others who blazed the trails that we walk on today.

On today’s edition of Bring It On! hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell welcome Dr. Amrita Myers, who is the Ruth Halls Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies at Indiana University. Together they examine what the insurgency and siege of the Capitol Building in Washington by Trump supporters, in an attempt to overturn the 2020 Presidential Election results, says about white supremacy in the United States.

The Trump-endorsed insurgency on the Capitol Building and its aftermath have caused the Democratic and some members of the Republic Party to call for a historic 2nd impeachment of Donald J. Trump and the use of the 25th Amendment to remove him from office immediately. As many in the media have already pointed out, the lack of police preparedness to the violent Trump revolt is particularly startling given the overwhelming use of force used against largely peaceful Black Life Matters during the previous summer. The motivating subtext of QAnon-inspired white nationalism and structural racism, in part, seems to explain the violent action taken by the Trump supports who were involved. These issues and more are examined in today’s edition of Bring It On!.

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Today’s hosts of Bring It On! are Clarence Boone and William Hosea. Their guests are Dr. Joseph Hoffman and retired Major General Craig Q. Timberlake.

Together they examine some of the challenges facing President-elect Joseph Biden’s selection of retired Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III as his Secretary of Defense and the most recent apparent ethical and legal lapses surrounding Donald J. Trump’s continuing refusal to accept that he has lost re-election.

General Austin is the former Commander of U.S. Central Command and a Silver Star recipient from the Iraq war. If his nomination is successful, he would become the first Black Secretary of Defense. However, some criticized the choice since it does not conform with the tradition of civilian control of the military. Further, General Austin would need a congressional waiver to take the job because he has not been out of uniform for the required seven years.

Also, in a seemingly endless parade of unprecedented ethical and legal lapses, Trump continues to shock the nation and the world. In the latest news, it has been reported that 11 Republican Senators and roughly 140 Republican Congressional representatives plan to challenge the Electoral Colleges declaration of Joe Biden as President-Elect. And now, Trump faces calls for his impeachment over an hour-long call on Saturday, January 2, 2021, in which he seems to threaten Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Secretary of State, if he does not overturn the presidential vote in his state by finding 11,780 votes.

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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Roberta Radovich and Gloria Howell welcome three outstanding and visionary faculty and administrator members from the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to discuss IUPUI’s newly established Center for Africana Studies and Culture and the other wide-array of exceptional programs to showcase the “Black Experience” at IUPUI. In particular, today’s guests also showcase IUPUI’s Africana Repertory Theatre (ARTI), a campus-to-community initiative, focused on Black lives and stories via theater. The ARTI produces the work of Black playwrights and commits to presenting authentic voices to tell truths about the many-layered experiences of Black Americans.

Today’s guests are:

Dr. Khaula Murtadha is the former Executive Associate Dean of the IU School of Education and now serves as Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Community Engagement at IUPUI. She is a faculty member of the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program in the School of Education. She also serves on the Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees, as well as that of the Christamore House and the Indiana Council for Continuing Education.

Dr. Regina Turner is an associate professor of Communications at IUPUI’s School of Liberal Arts. She joined the faculty in 1998 and has served as a campus/community liaison, working with churches, high schools, and families to raise awareness and interest in higher education.

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