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"Race in the Age of Obama" is the name of an upcoming symposium hosted by Shameka Neely, senior reporter/producer for WTIU. In April of this year, Shameka debuted her documentary "Witnesses to History", chronicling her journey to Washington D.C. with a local group to experience the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Shameka joins us in the studio along with symposium panelist Khalil Muhammad, an Indiana University history professor. In addition to the symposium, Neely and Muhammad discuss systemic and institutional racism, and reflect on the various reactions to President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Also in this program: our savvy sistah Leila Randle gets mixed results trying to save money on groceries by growing produce in a city community garden on a new edition of "HomeGurl Shopping", featuring tips from one black woman trying to survive in today's poor economy. Our featured musical artist is Esperanza Spalding, a young musical prodigy with a voice like Minnie Riperton and the bass chops of Charles Mingus. As always Bring It On! features regional and national headline news and a regional calendar highlighting events relevant to the local African-American community. Hosted by Beverly Calender-Anderson and Jim Sims.