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Each week Dialogue features interviews people across the region along with in-depth stories from the IPM News team about education, health, politics, arts, and more as it relates to local Black communities. Dialogue airs Saturdays at 11 am and Tuesdays at 7 pm on Illinois Soul FM 101.1 and streams live at illinoissoul.org and can be heard Wednesdays at 8 pm on WILL-AM 580.
70 years later Brown vs. Board in Champaign
Seventy years later, we are still dealing with the effects of the landmark US Supreme Court case Brown versus the Board of Education. At a recent University of Illinois Urbana Champaign event, the College of Education hosted and the Chancellor's Office hosted a fireside chat. This conversation was the last event in their year-long series on conversations around Brown vs. Board.
How do we move forward in the midst of global uncertainty in education? Listen to this Dialogue episode to learn more.
Tracing Carnival’s origins and its path to the Midwest
Carnival is more than just a celebration; it’s a story of rich history, cultural identity, and community. So how did these traditions find their way to the Midwest?
Carrying the spirit: The power of Black sacred music
Black sacred music has carried faith, history and strength across generations. But how are these traditions being passed down to the next?
Central Illinois Black Manosphere
What is the Black manosphere? And how does it impact conversations around masculinity, relationships and community?
Kennedy Vincent is a host and producer from Las Vegas with West Indian roots. Specializing in news writing, audio, and video production work, she has earned her degree from the University of Nevada, Reno. Now based in Illinois, Vincent is focused on surrounding her work with collective BIPOC stories, universal rights, and community healing. Kennedy seeks to form deeper connections in her community through her work. She continuously pushes boundaries and reshapes how audio is viewed and believes sharing meaningful stories globally is what will unite us intentionally.
Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director at Illinois Public Media. He oversees news reporting, The 21st talk show, IPMnewsroom.org, and occasionally hosts and produces episodes of Dialogue. Reginald came to IPM in 2019 after serving as News Director at WKAR at Michigan State University. Before that, he had a long career as a local newscast producer and manager at the NBC-owned station in Dallas/Fort Worth, where he earned seven Lone Star Emmy awards and multiple honors from the National Assn. of Black Journalists. Born in Vietnam, Reginald was adopted and grew up on the Eastern plains of Colorado. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado.
Zainab Qureshi is a Pakistani-American journalist for Illinois Public Media who has explored various roles within the newsroom, from traditional reporting to backend digital management to social media content creation. Deeply passionate about race, religion and climate, she spends her time considering the different ways these stories can be told — because to her, journalism is about more than just big headlines and breaking news; it's about understanding the shared humanity connecting us all. By examining this theme, she hopes to find the heartbeat of the world around her and plans to listen to it closely.