Bloom Archives
Category: Community
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Indiana Legal Services Gives Everyone a Voice in Court
William R. Morris Jr. is well-known as “Brother William” on WFIU’s Friday afternoon “Soul Kitchen” edition of Just You and Me. But as an…
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Bloomington Helping to Educate Syrian Refugee Children Stuck in Turkey
Frances Trix has been working with refugee populations most of her life, first in her native Detroit, and later in places like Kosovo and…
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Evans-Porter Library Preserves African American History, Culture & Fiction
Housed in the building that served as the African American grades K–9 school until the end of local school segregation in 1951, the Banneker…
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IU’s Reality Lab Offers Students an Out-of-This-World Experience
When you slip on the goggles in the Reality Lab, a virtual reality-enabled classroom in The Media School at Indiana University, it takes a…
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Monroe County NOW Ready to Take Action & Make a Difference
Bloomington resident Laura Collins woke up the day after the 2016 election and could not believe Donald Trump was president. “It devastated me,” Collins…
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Opportunity House: Helping Out for Nearly 50 Years
Back in 1968, a group of “church ladies” stumbled upon life on the other side of the tracks. The women were shocked to see…
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Puzzle Maker Marc Tschida’s Project Leads to Adventure of a Lifetime
Last year, Marc Tschida, owner of Press Puzzles, began selling a limited-edition, 385-piece puzzle depicting the painting Watson and the Shark by John Singleton…
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Morgan Mohr: IU Rhodes Scholar Off to Study at Oxford University
Morgan Mohr received the news in November that she has been accepted as a 2017 Rhodes Scholar, one of just 32 selected from 882…
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Bloomington Volunteer Network: Connecting People, Places & Causes
The Bloomington Volunteer Network has evolved over the years. When it was established as the Bloomington Volunteer Action Center in 1980 by Mayor Frank…