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Exclusive! It’s Back to Basics for the 2011 Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration. Black Expo announced this week major schedule changes are coming to the upcoming Summer Celebration, July 7 – 17, 2011. Virtually all Black Expo activities will be held in the newly expanded Indiana Convention Center. This includes the Celebrity Basketball game and […]
The first results from the 2010 Census are in. Indiana has a 2010 Census population of 6,483,802. That’s an increase of 403,317 or 6.6% from the 2000 Census total of 6,080,485. Overall the United States population increased to 308,745,538. An increase of 27,323,632 or 9.7% from the 2000 Census total of 281,421,908. Only one state, […]
UPDATE: Interview with Indy Chambers Tanni Barney on impact Chamber’s Common Goal Effort had in boosting gaduation rates! Graduation rates for Indiana’s high school students, including African-American high school students, increased dramatically among the Class of 2010, according to data released today (Dec 20th) by the Indiana Department of Education. Statewide, 72.2% of all African-American […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 63 Minutes. Audio©2010 WTLC/Radio One. The top leadership of Indianapolis’ Ten Point Coalition visited Afternoons with Amos. And in a frank two hour exchange, the Coalition’s leaders explained their organization’s mission and work, which includes being in the streets talking and ministering to gang members, youth, ex-offenders and others. . […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 33 Minutes. Audio©2010 WTLC/Radio One. The top leadership of Indianapolis’ Ten Point Coalition visited Afternoons with Amos. And in a frank two hour exchange, the Coalition’s leaders explained their organization’s mission and work, which includes being in the streets talking and ministering to gang members, youth, ex-offenders and others. . […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 36 minutes. Audio©2010 WTLC/Radio One. In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, new US Attorney Joseph Hogsett revealed that Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, will visit Indy early next year to meet with civil rights organizations and other community leaders. Hogsett also […]
During the 2010 Census, many of you asked me how would you know the outcome. How would you know when the data was published? Would the data be available to anyone and everyone? I promised that as Census data became available, I would share with you and he community the outcome and where to obtain […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 13 Minutes. Audio©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Indiana Fever and WNBA Superstar Tamika Catchings stopped by Afternoons with Amos. In an exclusive interview Catchings talked about the Pacers strong start, Tamika’s playing in Turkey, on her career after a decade, her nomination for a UN Humanitarian Award and her upcoming camp for […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 30 Minutes. Audio©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Lee Ann Kwiatkowski is the Indiana Department of Education’s point person assigned to help improve Indiana’s troubled public schools. This former IPS Title I teacher and administrator will be evaluating twenty schools that the State could take over as soon as August 2011. In an […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 7 Minutes. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Donna Brazile, author, consummate politician and political commentator was in Indy last week and talked exclusively with Afternoons with Amos about the challenges facing President Barack Obama and Democrats. Brazile, whose expert commentary is seen on CNN and ABC was in town for the […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 31 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Four Democratic members of the City-County Council visited Afternoons with Amos to update listeners and the community on pressing city issues, from Public Safety, to the parking meter and water deals, diversity, jobs and the failings of the Ballard Administration. Hear their views and their […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 17 Minutes. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Crystal Thomas, Regional Director of the Department of Health and Human Services recently talked with Amos and Afternoons with Amos about the Open Enrollment period for Medicare. In the interview Thomas talks about positive changes in medicare as part of the new Health Care […]