The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Friday, September 18, 2015 Features An EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL REPORT: Release of 2014 Census American Community Survey (ACS) Data. Seven years after the Great Recession began in 2008, and five years after it officially ended in 2010, there is a bit of evidence that while unemployment is falling, income growth […]

The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Wednesday, September 16, 2015.  (Interview with Education Secretary Arne Duncan Starts At 48:53 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the longest serving member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet including the state and Indianapolis in his 6th annual Back To School Bus Tour. After visiting Purdue […]

Indiana Black Expo has joined forces with other community partners and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to launch the 360 Coalition to address and reduce the crime and poverty that plagues our city. Radio One-Indianapolis’ Kim Wells has the story. Click the media player below to hear more on this new initiative. ###(@kwellscomm)### kimwellsmedia 061115 @PraiseIndy

JUST ADDED! PROFILE VIDEOS OF WINNING IPS HUBBARD LIFE-CHANGING TEACHERS! Four Indianapolis Public Schools teachers Wednesday night (May 27th) were named recipients of the Hubbard Life-Changing Teacher Award, and each received a $25,000 prize. Recipients were: Ann Mennonno, a first and second grade teacher at Center for Inquiry School 27; Donna Pope-Green, a physical education teacher […]

After a summer of increasing concern about Indianapolis violence, and after mixed messages on crime fighting were sent by the Ballard Administration, Mayor Greg Ballard unveiled a proposal to fight crime and violence and address some of the root causes of the violence in the city.  As expected, the Mayor endorsed proposals by a bipartisan […]

The United Way of Central Indiana, which serves Indianapolis/Marion County, along with Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and Morgan Counties, has launched a major revision of its priorities and the priorities of its funded agencies.  The initiative is called The New U, a commitment to make measurable improvements in priority community issues facing Indianapolis and Central […]

JUST ADDED! Announcement of after school program changes. The community was stunned this week by the sudden announcement that the Martin Luther King Multi Service Center, a fixture in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood for 42 years, is being placed on “hiatus” for “sixty days to 120 days” because of a financial crisis. There had been rumors […]

In a wide ranging interview with Amos, top leaders of the United Way of Central Indiana addressed the growing numbers of Indianapolis and Central Indiana residents living below the poverty level.  United Way President/CEO Ann Murtlow talked with Amos and Abdul about the Indy’s growing poverty, which Amos documented in a recent report.  Of the […]

Indiana Pacers Guard George Hill, an IPS graduate, got emotional when he received a surprise visit from the Broad Ripple High School Teacher, Susan Avery,  who helped inspired and pushed him to succeed.  The tearful and joyful reunion occurred as Hill joined IPS Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee and United Way CEO Ann Murtlow to announce […]

There is  a major push going on to improve the quality of day care and preschool programs and facilities in Indianapolis and Indiana.  The Indiana legislature is considering a number of new laws to require improvements in quality day care. Including more experience and education for teachers, lower ratios of teachers to kids, improved health […]

How do we improve Indianapolis schools and preschools? Afternoons with Amos turned itself into a special two hour Town Hall where listeners could share their views on making both K-12 and preschool better for African-American and all children. The special broadcast was part of the effort by What’s Possible Indy a collaboration wit between the […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 47 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. The stats are stunning. At 21.3% Indianapolis/Marion County has one of the highest rates of Black unemployment of any major city in the country. That’s findings from the 2010 Census American Community Survey. On a special Afternoons with Amos, key community institutions and leaders were […]