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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dale Botting, a renowned Canadian business leader and executive coach whose career spans several sectors, including economic development, international trade, biotechnology, and public policy. He is the founder of the Global Alliance for Professional Leadership Development and was …

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Alwiya Saleh Omar and Dr. Ng’uono Okelo to discuss World Kiswahili Language Day. Both Dr. Omar and Dr. Ng'uono are affiliated with the African Studies Program and the National African Language Resource Center at Indiana University’s Hamilton …

Today’s program is a rebroadcast from June 9, 2025, in honor of the upcoming Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, June 19. We also invite you to celebrate the holiday at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Courtyard. This year’s celebration will feature a self-guided Black cultural walking tour, a cakewalk, food, music, and fellowship. They are located …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Andrew Shannon, City of Bloomington Director of Safe and Civil Cities, and Bring It On Contributor, Dr. Gloria Howell, director of the IU Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, to discuss Bloomingtons’s celebration of Juneteenth. The City of Bloomington invites …

In this edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Natalia Almanza of the Indiana University Arts and Humanities Council; Dr. Olivia Ekeh, faculty member in the IU African American and African Diaspora Studies; and, our good friend and BIO contributor, Dr. Gloria Howell, director of the Neal-Marshall …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone spends the hour with Jim Sims, Dr. Charlie Nelms, and Dr. Gloria Howell to shed light on the continuing controversy surrounding Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and offer their perspectives on what the political and educational horizon looks like in Indiana. On Monday, May 19, …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing recent Indiana Senate Bill 289, which aims to repeal provisions concerning university diversity committees and prohibit unlawful discrimination in education, public employment, and licensure. Sen. La Keisha Jackson, D-Indianapolis, called the bill a “fight against racial equality.” Meanwhile, …

This program originally aired on March 25, 2024: Sandra Chapman, investigative reporter In this edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, spend the hour with investigative reporter and documentarian, Sandra Chapman. In 2001, Chapman aired on WISH-TV in Indianapolis a series of reports on the murder of Carol Jenkins. Jenkins was …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone spends the hour with April Hennessey, the board president of the Monroe County Community School Corporation, and Dountonia S. Batts, a community advocate and board member of the Indiana Coalition of Public Education (ICPE). They discuss the impact of Trump’s most recent executive order, which …

This program originally aired on February 17, 2025: On this President's Day, not even a month into the second term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America, uncertainty and chaos have escalated to unprecedented levels through the use of seemingly haphazard presidential executive orders and decrees from Elon Musk's Department …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone spends the hour with Indiana University doctoral student, Latonya Wilson, and fellow MLK Commission member and Bring It On contributor, Dr. Gloria Howell, the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, to discuss the 57th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination on April 4, 1968. Further, …

On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the evening speaking with, first, with Jael Davise, the recipient of the City of Bloomington's Commission on the Status of Women's 2025 “Young Woman of the Year”. Next, we then talk with Danielle Bruce, the Director of Resilience Productions. She is …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell continue to salute black women during Women’s History Month by speaking with Danielle Willis, the operator and proprietor of Dynasty Haven Caregiving Services. Women have historically taken on the burden of looking after our elders when living independently becomes infeasible. Unfortunately, the …

This program originally aired on August 20, 2018: Cornelius Wright and William Hosea welcome Benedicte Joan and Dr. Karen Renner. PART ONE: On tonight's show, Cornelius and William are joined by Benedicte Joan, founder of Train & Travel. She talks about this charity that seeks to foster solidarity and economic development through tourism. Their mission …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with author Dr. Nicole Etcheson and film producer/documentarian David Gudaitis about the documentary, A Generation at War: The Civil War Era in a Northern Indiana Community. The film delves deeper into the rarely discussed dynamics of how blacks and whites in …

On this President’s Day, not even a month into the second term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America, uncertainty and chaos have escalated to unprecedented levels through the use of seemingly haphazard presidential executive orders and decrees from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) that face little to …

This is re-broadcast from January 27, 2025: On today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing Bloomington's celebration of Black History Month with Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and Mr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with former Bring It On! anchor Bev Redmonds and her husband, Marq. While living in Bloomington, the formerly Ms. Beverly Smith was a Bring It On! anchor and a fixture for years. She served as the Director of Diversity, …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour discussing Bloomington’s celebration of Black History Month with Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Indiana University Bloomington Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and Mr. Andrew Shannon, Director of Safe and Civil Cities for the City of Bloomington.       …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the evening with award-winning filmmaker Keith A. Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp attended Southern University in Baton Rouge and studied Criminal Justice, intending to become a civil rights attorney. Although from an early age he had faced racism, it was not until he …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the evening with award-winning filmmaker Keith A. Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp attended Southern University in Baton Rouge and studied Criminal Justice, intending to become a civil rights attorney. Although from an early-age he had faced racism, it was not until he was …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dennis K. Wilson and, later, his wife Lena Wilson. They discuss the wealth gap between blacks and whites and demystify ideas that keep many in the black community from investing in the stock market. CREDITS: Today's hosts are Clarence Boone …

In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Micthell spend the hour with Dr. Gloria Howell. She is a frequent Bring It On! contributor and community leader. In 2020 she became the director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at IU Bloomington. She is also the faculty coordinator for a first-year …

This is a rebroadcast from a program that originally aired on February 6, 2023: On today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Malcolm Abrams, the editor and publisher of Bloom Magazine. He discusses his passion for publishing Bloom and why he is driven to showcase the …

This is a rebroadcast from May 1, 2017: Bring It On! continues our highlight of Dr. Khalil Muhammad, a professor at Harvard University.                 Dr. Muhammad was previously a Bring It On! contributor while a professor at Indiana University.  Dr. Renford Reese and he spoke on negative black …

Today’s edition of Bring It On! has its host and executive producer, Clarence Boone, spending the hour with his co-anchor and Dark Past, Bright Future segment producer Elizabeth Mitchell. For nearly 45 years, Liz has been documenting African American history and correcting a revisionist version. She describes her job as bringing to light, “All those stories …

This program is a rebroadcast from October 17, 2022: On today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Hosea, Alonzo Johnson, Jim Mitchell, and James Sanders about how it is to live as black men in the United States. Credits: Today's hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. …

This show was initially aired on January 30, 2023. On today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Robin Winston, an accomplished business leader and a skilled political strategist, to talk about Black Americans and the Republican Party. Five Facts about Black Republicans include: 1) Black Republicans are younger than …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and co-host Dr. Gloria Howell spend the hour with Dr. Kevin Brown for a post-election analysis of Donald Trump’s victory. The Associated Press has summed up the realities of last Tuesday's Presidential General Election outcome. Trump gained a larger share of Black and Latino voters …

On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell focus on the concerns of the black Trump and Kamala Harris supporters in tomorrow’s U.S. national presidential election. Based on a September NAACP poll, Reuters News reported that over one-quarter of younger Black men would support Republican candidate Donald Trump in this …

This is a rebroadcast that originally aired on February 1, 2021: The January 6th U.S. Capitol Attack (ABC News) Today's edition of Bring It On! is a broadcast of a show recorded immediately after the siege of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, which led to the deaths of five people, including the murder …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, Clarence Boone spends the hour with Dr. Charlie Nelms and Dr. Audrey McCluskey. They have all just attended, a riveting performance by the Resilience Productions team entitled From Truth to  Justice: The Price We Paid for the Ballot. This original play tells the story of the contentious relationship …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and co-host Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Danielle Bruce. Liz Mitchell and Danielle Bruce together with writer Glayds DeVane have created two new Resilence Productions: 1) “From Truth to Justice: The Price We Paid for the Ballot”, and 2) “A Selection of Scenes from …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and co-host Liz Micthell spend the hour with Sheriff Ruben Marté.  He joins us this evening to discuss progress toward achieving administrative goals amidst the need for jail renovations and the possible construction of a new facility. Marté was elected Sheriff of Monroe County in …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and co-host Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Markay Winston, the new interim superintendent of the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC). MCCSC serves nearly 11,000 students in 23 schools throughout Monroe County, Indiana. The district is a leader in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, …

This is a rebroadcast of a program that aired on September 14, 2020: Tonight's show focuses on the upcoming Indiana State elections. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with Tonda Pauley and Dana Black to address the many concerns of this election season, such as increasing voter registration and turnout, mail-in voting concerns, and …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak with President James Sims and Executive Committee member Justin Crossley of the Monroe County Branch of the NAACP  about the 43rd Freedom Fund Awards Dinner. The awards dinner will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The funds raised from the …

This is program originally aired on August 21, 2023: On today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Dr. Marvin Dunn. Dr. Dunn is fighting against the potential miseducation of countless children and young adults in Florida. He is here to discuss his efforts to combat this …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and guest co-host Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Raymond Wise and Gloria Howell.  On the Indiana University Bloomington Campus the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and African American Arts Institute have a joint exhibit opening on campus at one of the university collections sites …

This is a rebroadcast of a show that originally aired on September 25, 2023: Liz Mitchell hosts today's broadcast of “Bring It On!”. As a producer of “Dark Past, Bright Future”, Liz Mitchell has had the pleasure of researching and interviewing a wide array of fascinating topics and guests. Tonight, it is her honor to …

This program originally aired on February 12, 2024: Laurisa LeSure, the Director of “Better Homes: The Play” On today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Laurisa LeSure, the director of Better Homes: The Play. In the 1950s African American Studebaker workers from the South won out …

On Bring It On! this week, hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, take on the issue of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) with guests, Artina Carter, Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton Metroparks in Southeast Michigan, and Monica Fleetwood Black, the Clinical Coordinator at the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County. This …

Bring It On! hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, spend the hour with Dr. Charlie Nelms, veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University, and Beverly Calender-Andersen, former anchor of Bring it On! and former director of the City of Bloomington's Community and Family Resources Department. Dr. Gloria Howell is the …

Bring It On! hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, spend the hour with current and former Bring It On! contributors: Eric Love, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant with Love Force Consulting; and Roberta Radovich, newly appointed associate director for corporate and foundation relations with the IU School of Philanthropy. Dr. Gloria Howell is the …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell spend the evening with Artina Carter, the Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton MetroParks in Southeast Michigan. This is part two of a discussion that originally occurred on November 6, 2023 on woke-ism. CREDITS: Today's hosts are Clarence Boone …

This is a rebroadcast of a program that aired on June 24, 2024: On this edition of Bring It On!, host, Clarence Boone, and, guest co-host, Aniya Boone, spend the hour with Marissa Baker, a graduating senior from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and 2024 participating filmmaker in the Indiana Youth Film Festival. She discusses her …

This is a rebroadcast that originally aired on February 1, 2021: Today's edition of Bring It On! is a broadcast of a show recorded immediately after the siege of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, which led to the deaths of five people, including the murder of Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick. Hosts, …

On this edition of Bring It On!, host, Clarence Boone, and, guest co-host, Aniya Boone, spend the hour with Marissa Baker, a graduating senior from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and 2024 participating filmmaker in the Indiana Youth Film Festival. She discusses her film, “Beautiful Roots,” which you can watch on YouTube here. They also talk …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host and executive producer, Clarence Boone speaks with Shatoyia Moss, Interim Director of the Community and Family Resources Department (CFRD) for the City of Bloomington, and, Dr. Gloria Howell, Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center on the IU Bloomington campus. On Saturday, June 15th, the City of …

The first segment of this show originally aired on July 25, 2022. In today's edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Bryant Scott, the CEO of Tyscot Records, and John P. Kellogg, who is a Berklee Online music business instructor and the former assistant chair of the …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Liz Mitchell and Clarence Boone, spend the hour with the women of Resilience Productions. Resilience Productions was created by Gladys DeVane, Danielle Bruce, and our co-host, Elizabeth Mitchell. They are three close friends and remarkably artistic women who believe in the power of storytelling and that we …