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Hillary Clinton Speaking On Race
The Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 Edition of Afternoons with Amos presented the community and listeners with another exclusive. That morning, Hilary Clinton gave her first major policy speech since officially announcing she was running for President. The speech dealt with race, police, police community relations, the problems and conditions African-American young men face in this country. When I got word of the Clinton speech and the themes she said, I knew I had to share her words and thoughts with our community – uncut and unedited. The former Secretary of State, First Lady and New York Senator spoke at Columbia University, at the David Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum held as part of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. Mrs. Clinton’s speech can best be described as a blunt assessment of race relations in this country as she called for an overhaul of the criminal justice system and starkly presented sobering statistics about the plight of young Black men in America juxtaposed posed with recent tragic deaths of young Blacks at the hands of police. Hear Hillary Clinton’s remarks on race, as Afternoons with Amos presented them at the 33:35 mark on the Media Player Below. The Wednesday Afternoons with Amos also had the folks from Tindley Schools stopping by. They launching their sixth Tindley school – Tindley Genesis – a school for kindergarten to 3rd grade beginning in August. The school will have Tindley’s strong no nonsense academic standards, but it have a focus on music and use of music to help children learn and succeed.
Marcus Robinson, Tindley Schools CEO
Marcus Robinson, CEO of Tindley appeared along with Todd Hanks who’ll be principal of the new Tindley Gensis school that will be housed in the facilities of the old Fall Creek Academy at Capitol Avenue and Fall Creek Parkway. Listeners called to engage the Tindley folks about both the new Tindley Genesis school and to express views on Tindley’s operation of their other charter public schools in Indianapolis. Robinson was also asked about Arlington, which Tindley had run as a state takeover school, but they’ll be relinquishing control back to IPS next month. Hear the discussion about Tindley and Tindley Genesis at the 02:26 Mark on the Media Player Below.
Source: Kroger Company
Kroger Company announced Wednesday a massive reinvestment into their Indianapolis and Central Indiana stores. Over the next four years they plan to spend a half billion dollars and hire thousands of people as Kroger adds new stores, adds new features to existing stores and remodel scores of stores in the area. With some 6,700 employees, Kroger is one of the largest employers in the Indianapolis area. Their plans include adding seven new Kroger Marketplace stores (their largest store designs). Also Kroger adding four stores, expanding five more and remodeling an additional seventeen. Plus adding a new to Indiana location inside twenty-four Kroger’s of Murray’s Cheese; a store that sells cheeses from around the world. Other Kroger stores will house Starbucks locations and others The Little Clinic mini-med clinics. John Elliott with Kroger talked about the changes on Afternoons with Amos. That segment begins at 57:51 on the Media Player. Then listeners weighed in on their views on Hillary Clinton’s speech, Kroger’s investments int he inner city and more during Open Lines at the starting at the 68:50 mark on the Media Player. The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Can be Found in the Media Player Below. It’s © 2015 WTLC/Radio One. Total Length 96 Minutes. The Hillary Clinton Speech Begins at 33:35. The Segment on Tindley and Tindley Genesis Schools Begins at 02:26. The Segment on Kroger Expansion Starts at 57:51. Listener Reaction To Hillary Clinton, Kroger & Tindley Starts at 68:50. The PODCAST Begins After a Brief Video Ad.
