Bring It On! – WFHB

Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Bloomington Police Chief Mike Diekhoff and Beverly Calender-Anderson, Director of the Community and Family Resources Department. They are here to discuss their contributions to Bloomington’s 4th Annual Public Safety Report, which covers topics ranging from police personnel recruitment, training, crime statistics, and data about the substance abuse problem. The Public Safety Report also includes information about diversion programs, and an update about the Safety, Civility and Justice Initiative.

Bloomington Police Chief Mike Diekhoff presented on the comprehensive work of the police department, Beverly Calender-Anderson, director of the Community and Family Resources Department, gave a reflective presentation on the work the Safety, Civility and Justice Initiative in the past year and its goals for 2020.

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Host Clarence Boone presents an overview of  Bloomington’s 3rd Annual State of the Black Community Address, which took place on February 4th in the City Hall Council Chambers.  He welcomes three speakers who addressed different issues at the Annual State of the Bloomington Black Community. First, he speaks with Bring It On! assistant producer and Chair of the Board of Commissioners for the Bloomington Housing Authority, William Hosea, who addressed the status of Black-Owned Businesses. The second segment of the show features Dr. Tennisha Riley, a postdoctoral scholar at the IU Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society,  who addressed the status of Black Youth’s Mental Health. In the final segment of the show, Clarence speaks with Dr. Greg Carter, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Science of Nursing Care at IU School of Nursing- Bloomington, whose research partner addressed the state of Black Male Health at Bloomington’s 3rd Annual State of the Bloomington Black Community.

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Hosts William Hosea and Liz Mitchell spend the show with Daniel Conkle, the Emeritus Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University, discussing the recent impeachment and acquittal of Donald J. Trump for impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Professor Conkle has been a member of the faculty since 1983. He teaches constitutional law, and courses on law and religion. His research addresses constitutional law and theory, religious liberty, and the role of religion in American law, politics, and public life. His most recent book is Religion, Law, and the Constitution –published in 2016 by Foundation Press.

Conkle has been honored for his achievements both within and beyond the classroom. He is a two-time recipient of the Leon H. Wallace Teaching Award and has twice won the Gavel Award for outstanding contribution to the graduating class. He has received six faculty fellowships for outstanding scholarship, and in 1999 he was named the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law. He retired from full-time teaching in December 2017 but continues to be involved in the Law School community.

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Today’s program focuses on the different events celebrating Black History Month happening in Bloomington, Indiana throughout February. Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the US, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States, Canada, and, more recently, has been observed unofficially in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.

Host Clarence Boone welcomes James Sanders, who is a member of the City of Bloomington’s Black History Month Planning Committee and chair of the City’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, to discuss what is happening in town in honor of Black History Month. Dr. Gloria L. Howell, Associate Director of Indiana University’s Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center (NMBCC),  also joins the program to give an overview of the events happening at the NMBCC.

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For those in the Bloomington, IN area, you can also reach out to the Hannah Center at (812) 334-0104.  The Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault & Human Trafficking (ICESAHT) also provides a wide-range of services and resources for those seeking help for themselves and others. Here is a link to their service directory covering all Indiana counties.

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