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The race to birthing equities with Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on the Birth Equity Initiative
When a mother gives birth, why does the experience depend so heavily on the color of her skin?
Dialogue
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 6 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.
Blue lines and Black lives, a look at police misconduct, and a continued conversation with the Urbana police chief and trauma researcher Alesha Lewis
Could a new database dedicated to tracking police misconduct bring more accountability for law enforcement? And what are the police departments in Champaign-Urbana doing to increase safety?
Behind the hiring: Expanding diversity in employment on university campuses
Find out what the university is doing to hire more effectively, and see how someone can earn employment through the university with or without a degree.
The art of undoing, embracing us: The Natural Hair Movement
Today, Dialogue untangles the myths behind natural hair and dives into spaces made for the community by the community.
Blue lines and Black lives, Urbana and Champaign’s police chiefs on Sonya Massey with, trauma researcher Alesha Lewis
The death of Sonya Massey revived a nationwide conversation on police brutality. What is law enforcement doing to ensure this never happens again?
How Champaign got its groove back; Inside the creation of ‘The Beat’
Nearly 2,000 attendees came out to the Market Street stage at "The Beat" this summer, a new extension of Champaign's entertainment district. But how is it giving back to our community?
Is it worth it? Black culture and its current crisis
The world watched as Megan Thee Stallion exited a Black SUV into police custody with a gunshot wound to the foot in a 2020 video that emerged on social media. The case went up in storms as fans took sides as to who the shooter was and the press stopped at nothing to display the ordeal headline after headline.
A Dialogue on culturally responsive education and the importance of mentorship
Seventy years after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, there are still significant racial disparities in educational opportunities and a lack of resources for low-income and marginalized students. Nearly 7% of educators in the U.S. are Black, and with the number steadily decreasing, how do we change the system from within?
A Dialogue on the Black community’s fight against medical racism
Join us this week as Dialogue sits down with medical professionals and a Carle Illinois College of Medicine student to discuss the Black community's distrust in the US healthcare system.
A Dialogue on the inequalities in education and a UI student breaking barriers
Join us this week as Dialogue dives further into the inequalities within the education system. Then, hear how one UI student is making history at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
