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A Bloomington neighborhood with a high percentage of low-income residents will once again serve as the backdrop for the annual National Night Out crime prevention awareness event. National Night Out brings together citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from over 15,000 communities. Last year over 37 million people participated in National Night Out across the U.S. This year's event is on August 4th in front of the Bloomington Housing Authority in the Crestmont public housing neighborhood. Local National Night Out coordinators Phil Williams and Vickie Provine join us live in the studio to talk about the activities that will take place including a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and dance contest.

Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey Dr. Jillian T. Weis discusses the Employment NonDiscrimination Act (ENDA) from a transgender woman’s perspective. A specialist on workplace protection law, a trans activist, and a founder of Facebook’s "inclusive ENDA" group, Weis provides an overview of the legal arguments for and against the new all-inclusive legislation (the original legislation omitted gender and sexual orientation) and why it is important to present a united front in support of its passage. bOUT2 is a spinoff podcast of bloomingOUT, Indiana's only out, loud, and proud radio show, a public affairs program dedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Each week on bOUT2 Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux deconstruct the week's top queer news and talk with guests you didn't hear in this week's bloomingOUT.

A missing persons case has an unfortunate ending as a local woman who disappeared on Friday is found dead in Terre Haute; a man from New Whiteland drowned Friday in Lake Monroe; Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman will be in town tomorrow to announce an expansion of a local tech company; Indiana Republican Party chairman Murray Clark questions contributions made to Baron Hill but Hill’s camp says the claim is baseless; a resident of Lake County dies from H1N1 influenza, the second Indiana death linked to the flu virus; the governor of Hidalgo, Mexico visits Bloomington tomorrow to strengthen ties between our communities; the upgraded GIS website for Monroe County government does some pretty cool things; this weekend Indiana University will host a premier diving event bringing over 200 competitors to Bloomington.
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