Bring It On! – WFHB

Bev Smith, William Hosea, Eric Love, Beverly Calender-Anderson, and Clarence Boone discuss what they are thankful for in a special Thanksgiving Episode.

PART ONE

It’s Thanksgiving week, and before we get too captivated with all the Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day sales, football games, and before we stuff ourselves with turkey and all the trimmings, Bring It On! wanted to take a few moments to share with listeners what they were thankful for during this season.

We  assembled a number of our Bring It On contributors to share for a few moments, those things meaningful moments that they have experienced that are worthy of taking a pause for the cause of giving thanks. Joining Bev and William are contributors Beverly Calender-Anderson, Eric Love, and Clarence Boone.

PART TWO

Headline news and local calendar events of interest to the African-American community.

CREDITS

Hosts: Bev Smith, Clarence Boone, and William Hosea

Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone

Executive Producer Alycin Bektesh

Our News Editor is Michael Nowlin

Our Board Engineer is Chris Martin

Bev Smith and William Hosea welcome Dellsie Boddie, executive director of Cry of the Children Incorporated.

PART ONE

Cry of the Children Incorporated was founded in 1995 in Bloomington. It was created to empower children and teens on their journey of being participants in positive activities and to be positively accepted in their school environment.

In collaboration with local community organizations, schools and parents, Cry of the Children seeks to help youth develop the skill sets they need to build and maintain relationships with parents, teachers and the larger community of Bloomington.

Their direct services include but are not limited to providing Thanksgiving meals, literacy and tutorial services, choir and dance performances, single parenting mentoring, and a performing step team. Joining Bev and William tonight is the Executive Director of Cry of the Children, Dellsie Boddie.

PART TWO

Headline news and local calendar events of interest to the African-American community.

CREDITS

Hosts: Bev Smith and William Hosea

Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone

Executive Producer Alycin Bektesh

Our News Editor is Michael Nowlin

Our Board Engineer is Chris Martin

Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright welcome Morgan Newman, her mother Sharlene and Bethel AME Church Pastor Dennis Laffoon

PART ONE

When Morgan Newman saw a preview of the CNN Freedom Project, a series of documentaries on modern-day slavery, one part of the story stood out. The documentary featured Free the Girls, a non-profit organization that provides job opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking, collecting gently used bras and donating them to the women as starting inventory for their own business. The documentary and the charity stuck with Newman.

What also struck Newman was the simplicity of the project, and though a busy extracurricular schedule forced her to put it off for a while, this summer she decided to finally move forward, bringing the project to Bloomington. She and a few friends came together and set a goal: they would try to collect 300 bras to give to Free the Girls for resale. The girls collected five times their goal, totaling about 1,500 bras by the time they were ready to ship to Free the Girls.

Joining Clarence and Cornelius in the studio to talk about her community-wide effort to empower women is Morgan Newman, her mother Sharlene and Bethel AME Church Pastor, Dennis Laffoon, who successfully nominated her for a Bloomington Everyday Hero Award.

PART TWO

Headline news and local calendar events of interest to the African-American community.

CREDITS

Hosts: Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright

Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone

Executive Producer Alycin Bektesh

Our News Editor is Michael Nowlin

Our Board Engineer is Chris Martin

Bev Smith and William Hosea welcome Patrick Smith, executive director of the Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development and Kim Morris-Newson, associate director of the Office of Community and School Partnerships.

PART ONE

A middle and high school student empowerment symposium will be hosted on Friday, November 8th at Indiana University.  This is in partnership with IU’s Offices of Community and School Partnerships; and Mentoring Services and Leadership Development; and the Monroe County Community School Corporation. This takes place at the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center’s Grand Hall. The theme for the conference is "Developing Self-Reliance." The Symposium /Workshop presenter is Mr. Shawn Woods.

On that same day, the collegiate crowd will enjoy the 2013 Diversity Leadership Conference, co-sponsored by the Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development and the Hudson and Holland Scholars Program. This event represents the combining of two separate conferences under one banner to recognize their common goals of scholarship and student development in the areas of leadership and self-efficacy. The conference consists of workshops, seminars, and engaging speakers.

Joining Bev and William to elaborate more are conference planners, Patrick Smith, executive director of the Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development and Kim Morris-Newson, associate director of the Office of Community and School Partnerships.

PART TWO

Headline news and local calendar events of interest to the African-American community.

CREDITS

Hosts: Bev Smith and William Hosea

Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone

Executive Producer Alycin Bektesh

Our News Editor is Michael Nowlin

Our Board Engineer is Chris Martin

William Hosea and Clarence Boone welcome Vernon Williams, senior vice president for Communications with Indiana Black Expo and Charla Booth from Word of Mouth Productions.

PART ONE

This past weekend, Indianapolis hosted yet another successful Circle City Classic Weekend. One of the key organizers is Vernon Williams, senior vice president for Communications with Indiana Black Expo. Vernon stops by to provide a wrap-up on the Circle City Classic and he brought along with him Charla Booth from Charla Booth from Word of Mouth Productions, who joins us to talk about an upcoming theatrical production scheduled for this weekend in Bloomington that coincides with the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Reunion. They both join Clarence and William to discuss their respective topics.

PART TWO

Headline news and local calendar events of interest to the African-American community.

CREDITS

Hosts: William Hosea and Clarence Boone

Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone

Executive Producer Alycin Bektesh

Our News Editor is Michael Nowlin

Our Board Engineer is Chris Martin

On a special Fall Pledge Drive episode, William Hosea and Bev Smith replay our February interview with Ms. Nancy Streets-Lyons

PART ONE

The Indiana University Neal-Marshall Alumni Club will be hosting a reunion on the weekend of October 18 through the 20th. One of the keynote speakers during the weekend is Nancy Streets-Lyons, the first women of color who was crowned Miss IU. She accomplished this back in 1959. On a special Fall Pledge Drive episode of Bring It On!, we replay her interview from February when the Miss IU organization paid tribute to her during their 2013 pageant.

PART TWO

Headline news and local calendar events of interest to the African-American community.

CREDITS

Hosts: William Hosea and Bev Smith

Bring It On! is produced by Clarence Boone

Executive Producer Alycin Bektesh

Our News Editor is Michael Nowlin

Our Board Engineer is Chris Martin