Join United Way and IU Political and Civic Engagement for a monthly morning speaker series to explore issues that impact our community, friends, and neighbors.

On Thursday, October 8, the topic, “Human Trafficking: Combatting Exploitation and Abuse” will be explored. Human Trafficking is a wide-spread global issue, but unfortunately impacts our local community as well. How exactly is our community affected? What is being done to combat it? Join us virtually on Thursday, October 8 from 8 – 9 a.m. to hear from representatives from Middle Way House and the IU Center for the Study of Global Change to uncover the untold stories of the people in our community fighting for survivors of human trafficking.

Guest speakers are Elaine Banter, Region 7 Coalition Coordinator at the Indiana Trafficking Victims Assistance Program (ITVAP); Dr. Deborah Getz, CYC-P, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Health Science at the IU School of Public Health; and Lindsey Stout, Assistant Crisis Intervention Services Coordinator at Middle Way House.

Alongside friends, neighbors, nonprofits and community partners, learn more about issues that directly or indirectly affect everyone in our area. Attendees will have the opportunity to deepen their awareness about someone else’s reality while learning about the challenges, innovations, collaborations, resources available through area nonprofits, and how to get more involved in making a difference. Guests are invited to come with questions for the speakers or just listen and learn.

The series will run through December on the second Thursday of each month. In response to COVID-19, discussions will be held virtually over Zoom from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. until further notice.

This is a free event, but please RSVP by Wednesday, October 7 at 4 p.m. via the Eventbrite link found at www.monroeunitedway.org/WakeUp.

Wake Up! with United Way is co-hosted by United Way of Monroe County and Indiana University’s Political and Civic Engagement program, with support from presenting sponsors Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, and Bloomington Board of Realtors. Thanks also to event sponsor IU Center for the Study of Global Change.

Join United Way and IU Political and Civic Engagement for Wind Down! with United Way, a special evening edition of the Wake Up! with United Way monthly morning speaker series, to explore issues that impact our community, friends, and neighbors.

On Thursday, October 8, the topic, “Democracy 2020: Understanding Voting Rights and Access” will be explored. The 2020 election is taking place against a backdrop of chaos and confusion. Citizens have growing frustration about the election process and serious concerns about their rights as voters. Join us at 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 8 for a special casual hour discussion about voting rights and access in the 2020 election. We’ll be joined by a panel of local experts who can answer your questions and address your concerns.

Guest speakers are Nicole Browne, Monroe County Clerk; Kylie Lewis, student organizer, Big Ten Voting Challenge; and Mary Ann Williams, Voter services co-chair, League of Women Voters.

At Wake Up! with United Way events, learn more about issues that directly or indirectly affect everyone in our area alongside friends, neighbors, nonprofits and community partners. Attendees will have the opportunity to deepen their awareness about someone else’s reality while learning about the challenges, innovations, collaborations, resources available through area nonprofits, and how to get more involved in making a difference. Guests are invited to come with questions for the speakers or just listen and learn.

The series will run through December on the second Thursday of each month. In response to COVID-19, discussions will be held virtually over Zoom from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. until further notice.

This is a free event, but please RSVP via the Eventbrite link found at www.monroeunitedway.org/WakeUp.

Wake Up! with United Way is co-hosted by United Way of Monroe County and Indiana University’s Political and Civic Engagement program, with support from presenting sponsors Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, and Bloomington Board of Realtors.

We are excited to announce BAFT Studios’ Horror Short Film Project!
You can now sign up as a screenwriter, actor, filmmaker, OR editor! Each track is responsible for a different part of the production, but all will be working closely to create a short film on an industry-level film set.
This short film will be in the genre of horror! Here’s the Log Line: A new tenant must rescue a neighbor after witnessing the unsettling consequences of breaking the co-op boards rules.
Limited space available. Click here to learn more and enroll: https://www.thebaft.org/baftstudio

The League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County together with the South Central Indiana Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby will hold a nonpartisan virtual forum on climate change on Thursday, October 8, from 6:30-8:00 pm via Zoom. Free and open to the public, the forum will present three specialists in the subject who will answer questions about climate change, which is affecting the lives and livelihoods of many Hoosiers, and will suggest what participants can do to help implement large-scale solutions to it.
Because of the Zoom format, there is a limitation on how many attendees can be accommodated. Interested persons are asked to pre-register at https://www.lwv-bmc.org/climate.