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Founded more than a hundred years ago, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots civil rights organization. More than a half-million members and supporters are advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization, working to eradicate discriminatory behaviors and practices and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors. To speak to the local efforts of the Monroe County branch of the NAACP, we visit with branch president Bill Vance and members Debra Vance and Edward Hazelrigg to discuss the relevance of NAACP today and the upcoming annual Freedom Fund Banquet fundraiser dinner on October 10. Also in this program: financial correspondent Kevin Osborne offers advice on how to avoid predatory lending practices on a new edition of "Compound Interest".

National LGBTQ & Coming Out Day Equality March organizers Dee Hupp and Aaron Phoenix provide plans and highlights of this local Bloomington event planned for October 11 on the courthouse square from 2-4 pm. The event is intended to coincide with the Equality March in Washington, DC and to celebrate local LGBTQI folks on National Coming Out Day. The activities include informational booths, various entertainment, a march and a follow up party at Rachael’s Café with more music and entertainment. 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 we deconstruct the week's top queer news and talk with guests you didn't hear in this week's bloomingOUT.

Nashville firefighter Mark Imhoff describes the blaze that consumed the Little Nashville Opry House Saturday night, and a boil order is issued for Nashville after the immense amount of water used to fight the fire depletes local water supply tanks; the Bloomington Project School gets a $2 million federal bond to expand and renovate; FEMA awards $3 million to Martinsville to buy out local homes on property that consistently floods; the "tree trimmer" robbery scam reported in Bloomington and Bedford claims a victim in Versailles; the South Central Community Action Program will receive more than a quarter million in federal grants for the local Head Start Expansion program.
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