1 00:00:04,633 --> 00:00:05,300 >>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 2 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:50,100 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: 3 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:54,200 >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA 4 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:54,800 NEWSDESK," ON INDIANA 5 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,200 UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS, GRADUATE 6 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,600 WORKERS ARE STRIKING. 7 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,100 WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR 8 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:01,733 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE GRAD 9 00:01:01,733 --> 00:01:03,033 STUDENTS TO COME TO TERMS? 10 00:01:03,033 --> 00:01:04,366 THE LATEST JUST AHEAD. 11 00:01:04,366 --> 00:01:05,833 >>> A FORMER ARMY SERGEANT 12 00:01:05,833 --> 00:01:07,200 FROM INDIANA IS HELPING WITH 13 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,100 THE REFUGEE CRISIS UNFOLDING 14 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:09,833 IN UKRAINE. 15 00:01:09,833 --> 00:01:11,833 COMING UP, LAUREN BOOKMYER 16 00:01:11,833 --> 00:01:18,166 JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS 17 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:19,233 WHIRL WIND EXPERIENCE. 18 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:23,400 >> THEY HAVE NOTHING. 19 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,500 >> REMOTE WORK IS SHOWING IT 20 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:26,266 HAS STAYING POWER. 21 00:01:26,266 --> 00:01:27,666 >> WITH 2.1% UNEMPLOYMENT, 22 00:01:27,666 --> 00:01:28,766 IT'S HARD TO OPEN A BUSINESS 23 00:01:28,766 --> 00:01:31,366 THAT NEEDS A THOUSAND 24 00:01:31,366 --> 00:01:31,966 EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WHERE ARE 25 00:01:31,966 --> 00:01:33,800 YOU GOING TO FIND THE PEOPLE? 26 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:38,000 COMING UP CORK, COULD ATTRACTING 27 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,233 REMOTE WORKERS BE THE WAY TO 28 00:01:41,233 --> 00:01:44,766 REVIVE SOME INDIANA 29 00:01:44,766 --> 00:01:46,033 COMMUNITIES? 30 00:01:46,033 --> 00:01:47,700 THAT AND THE HEADLINES RIGHT 31 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:49,933 NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 32 00:01:49,933 --> 00:01:55,566 ♪ 33 00:01:55,566 --> 00:01:56,866 >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA 34 00:01:56,866 --> 00:01:57,133 NEWSDESK." 35 00:01:57,133 --> 00:01:59,300 I'M JOE HREN. 36 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:02,833 WELL, GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS 37 00:02:02,833 --> 00:02:03,866 AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY 38 00:02:03,866 --> 00:02:05,500 BLOOMINGTON'S CAMPUS ARE ON 39 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:06,800 STRIKE, DEMANDING THE SCHOOL 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,900 RECOGNIZE THEM AS A UNION, BUT 41 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:10,733 AS INDIANA PUBLIC 42 00:02:10,733 --> 00:02:12,200 BROADCASTING'S JUSTIN HICKS 43 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,366 REPORTS, THE SCHOOL HAS NO 44 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:14,433 INTENTION OF BARGAINING WITH 45 00:02:14,433 --> 00:02:15,666 THE GROUP AND HAS NO LEGAL 46 00:02:15,666 --> 00:02:19,500 OBLIGATION TO DO SO. 47 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,666 >> WHAT KIND OF POWER? 48 00:02:21,666 --> 00:02:24,100 >> UNION POWER! 49 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:25,066 >> THE INDIANA GRADUATE 50 00:02:25,066 --> 00:02:26,900 WORKERS COALITION, UNITED 51 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:29,233 ELECTRICAL WORKERS WENT ON 52 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:30,800 STRIKE ON WEDNESDAY, DEMANDING 53 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,200 THE SCHOOL RECOGNIZE THEM AS A 54 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:32,500 UNION. 55 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:33,500 THEY SAY WITH RECOGNITION, 56 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:34,933 GRADUATE WORKERS COULD BETTER 57 00:02:34,933 --> 00:02:37,566 BARGAIN FOR AN END TO AN 58 00:02:37,566 --> 00:02:38,966 ANNUAL $700 STUDENT FEE AND 59 00:02:38,966 --> 00:02:42,566 BETTER WAGES. 60 00:02:42,566 --> 00:02:44,100 >> WHAT LOVES I.U.? 61 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:48,033 >> WE LOVE I.U.! 62 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:50,233 >> THE STRIKE COMES AFTER I.U. 63 00:02:50,233 --> 00:02:52,300 DENIED A PETITION FROM ROUGHLY 64 00:02:52,300 --> 00:02:53,600 1600 GRADUATE WORKERS EARLIER 65 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,033 THIS YEAR, ASKING THE SCHOOL 66 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:56,366 RECOGNIZE THE UNION AND HOLD 67 00:02:56,366 --> 00:02:59,233 AN ELECTION PER ITS POLICY FOR 68 00:02:59,233 --> 00:02:59,433 STAFF. 69 00:02:59,433 --> 00:03:00,566 THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT'S 70 00:03:00,566 --> 00:03:02,433 BECAUSE THE GRADUATE STUDENTS, 71 00:03:02,433 --> 00:03:03,966 WHO GRADE PAPERS, TEACH 72 00:03:03,966 --> 00:03:05,266 CLASSES AND CONDUCT RESEARCH, 73 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:07,466 AREN'T REALLY EMPLOYEES. 74 00:03:07,466 --> 00:03:08,566 STUDENTS DISAGREE WITH THAT 75 00:03:08,566 --> 00:03:10,433 CHARACTERIZATION. 76 00:03:10,433 --> 00:03:11,500 >> WHAT DO WE WANT? 77 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:12,500 >> A UNION! 78 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,666 >> WHEN DO WE WANT IT? 79 00:03:14,666 --> 00:03:14,933 >> NOW! 80 00:03:14,933 --> 00:03:16,800 >> EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE W-2s. 81 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:17,766 WE DO LABOR. 82 00:03:17,766 --> 00:03:20,433 WE HAVE OUR OFFICIAL PAPERWORK 83 00:03:20,433 --> 00:03:24,533 SAYS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, .375 84 00:03:24,533 --> 00:03:25,866 PART-TIME WORKERS BUT THE 85 00:03:25,866 --> 00:03:26,966 ADMINISTRATION SAYS WE'RE 86 00:03:26,966 --> 00:03:27,733 STUDENTS FIRST. 87 00:03:27,733 --> 00:03:29,033 >> IN RECENT YEARS, THE NUMBER 88 00:03:29,033 --> 00:03:30,766 OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES HAVE 89 00:03:30,766 --> 00:03:31,433 RECOGNIZED GRADUATE STUDENT 90 00:03:31,433 --> 00:03:34,500 WORKER UNIONS, BUT AS A PUBLIC 91 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:35,266 EMPLOYER, INDIANA ISN'T 92 00:03:35,266 --> 00:03:36,233 LEGALLY REQUIRED TO RECOGNIZE 93 00:03:36,233 --> 00:03:38,766 THE UNION UNDER STATE LAW. 94 00:03:38,766 --> 00:03:39,766 STRIKING GRADUATE WORKERS 95 00:03:39,766 --> 00:03:41,900 COULD BE FIRED WITH NO 96 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:43,166 REPERCUSSIONS OR EVEN FINED BY 97 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:44,500 A COURT. 98 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,733 >> IT'S ILLEGAL FOR YOU TO GO 99 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:48,566 ON STRIKE. 100 00:03:48,566 --> 00:03:50,800 THE ONLY RIGHT YOU POSSESS IS 101 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,433 A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT UNDER 102 00:03:52,433 --> 00:03:53,966 THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO 103 00:03:53,966 --> 00:03:55,300 BELONG TO A UNION. 104 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:57,766 THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO 105 00:03:57,766 --> 00:03:59,566 BARGAIN OR FILE A GRIEVANCE. 106 00:03:59,566 --> 00:04:02,166 IT'S THE RIGHT OF ASSOCIATION. 107 00:04:02,166 --> 00:04:03,833 >> HERE WE ARE UNDER GRADS AND 108 00:04:03,833 --> 00:04:05,333 GRAD STUDENTS UNITED. 109 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:07,000 I'M SAYING WE ARE MAKING OUR 110 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,266 DEMANDS PRETTY CLEAR, AREN'T 111 00:04:08,266 --> 00:04:09,033 WE? 112 00:04:09,033 --> 00:04:09,800 >> CURRENTLY INDIANA 113 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:10,566 UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON 114 00:04:10,566 --> 00:04:12,200 VOLUNTARILY RECOGNIZES TWO 115 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,966 UNIONS, ONE FOR CUSTODIANS AND 116 00:04:13,966 --> 00:04:15,933 ANOTHER FOR CLERICAL STAFF. 117 00:04:15,933 --> 00:04:17,900 WITH ROUGHLY 2500 STUDENT 118 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,766 ACADEMIC APONTEES ON CAMPUS, 119 00:04:19,766 --> 00:04:21,300 IT COULD EASILY BECOME THE 120 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:22,633 LARGEST BARGAINING UNIT IF 121 00:04:22,633 --> 00:04:23,800 RECOGNIZED. 122 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:24,900 THE GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS 123 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:25,966 SAY THEY WILL STRIKE FOR AT 124 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:28,733 LEAST A WEEK, BUT COULD EXTEND 125 00:04:28,733 --> 00:04:30,233 IT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE 126 00:04:30,233 --> 00:04:31,533 UNION VOTE IN FAVOR. 127 00:04:31,533 --> 00:04:32,900 MEANWHILE STUDENTS AND FACULTY 128 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:34,633 GROUPS AT I. U. AND UNIONS 129 00:04:34,633 --> 00:04:36,966 ACROSS THE STATE HAVE VOICED 130 00:04:36,966 --> 00:04:38,166 THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKE. 131 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:40,166 FOR INDIANA PUBLIC 132 00:04:40,166 --> 00:04:42,033 BROADCASTING, I'M JUSTIN 133 00:04:42,033 --> 00:04:42,466 HICKS. 134 00:04:42,466 --> 00:04:43,533 >>> AND MY COLLEAGUE JUSTIN 135 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:44,400 HICKS JOINS US NOW. 136 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,600 SO JUSTIN, WHAT MAKES A PUBLIC 137 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:47,966 UNIVERSITY DIFFERENT FROM A 138 00:04:47,966 --> 00:04:49,166 PRIVATE SCHOOL WHEN IT COMES 139 00:04:49,166 --> 00:04:51,433 TO THESE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS? 140 00:04:51,433 --> 00:04:53,633 >> YES, SO IT BOILS DOWN TO 141 00:04:53,633 --> 00:04:55,166 LABOR LAW. 142 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:57,233 SO PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OR 143 00:04:57,233 --> 00:04:59,333 PRIVATE EMPLOYERS ARE 144 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:00,633 THEREFORE GOVERNED BY FEDERAL 145 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:02,033 LABOR LAW THROUGH THE NATIONAL 146 00:05:02,033 --> 00:05:02,933 LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. 147 00:05:02,933 --> 00:05:05,466 THEY HAVE RULES THAT SAY 148 00:05:05,466 --> 00:05:07,966 ANYONE CAN UNIONIZE, PRIVATE 149 00:05:07,966 --> 00:05:09,266 EMPLOYEES CAN UNIONIZE AND 150 00:05:09,266 --> 00:05:11,033 THEY CAN TAKE A VOTE. 151 00:05:11,033 --> 00:05:12,800 IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 152 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,166 THAT THE BUSINESS HAS TO SORT 153 00:05:14,166 --> 00:05:15,500 OF LISTEN TO THEM AND 154 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,000 NEGOTIATE WITH THEM, BUT IT 155 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,433 GIVES THEM THE RIGHT TO BE 156 00:05:20,433 --> 00:05:26,200 RECOGNIZED BY THE NLRB AS A 157 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,633 UNION. 158 00:05:27,633 --> 00:05:31,800 THE PUBLIC ENTITIES, NLRB 159 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,433 DOESN'T TOUCH THEM AND INDIANA 160 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:35,066 DOESN'T GIVE MANY PUBLIC 161 00:05:35,066 --> 00:05:36,566 EMPLOYEES, WITH THE EXCEPTIONS 162 00:05:36,566 --> 00:05:38,466 OF FIREFIGHTERS AND TEACHERS, 163 00:05:38,466 --> 00:05:39,433 THINGS LIKE THAT, IT DOESN'T 164 00:05:39,433 --> 00:05:40,766 GIVE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THE 165 00:05:40,766 --> 00:05:42,433 RIGHT TO UNIONIZE AND TO BE 166 00:05:42,433 --> 00:05:42,733 RECOGNIZED. 167 00:05:42,733 --> 00:05:45,066 SO THEY CAN BE VOLUNTARILY 168 00:05:45,066 --> 00:05:46,566 RECOGNIZED LIKE I.U. 169 00:05:46,566 --> 00:05:48,133 VOLUNTARILY RECOGNIZED TWO 170 00:05:48,133 --> 00:05:49,200 UNIONS ALREADY, HOWEVER, THEY 171 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,500 DO NOT HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THEM 172 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:53,200 UNDER INDIANA LAW. 173 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,000 >> JUSTIN, ARE THERE 174 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,866 SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES AT OTHER 175 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:56,200 UNIVERSITIES? 176 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,466 DO THESE STUDENTS HAVE A 177 00:05:57,466 --> 00:05:58,933 ROADMAP FORWARD? 178 00:05:58,933 --> 00:06:00,333 >> YES, SO RIGHT NOW, 179 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:01,500 ACTUALLY, PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES 180 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:04,833 HAVE SEEN A LOT OF GRADUATE 181 00:06:04,833 --> 00:06:09,400 STUDENTS UNIONIZING. 182 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,400 RECENTLY, M.I.T. THE GRADUATE 183 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,700 STUDENTS UNIONIZED. 184 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,466 AND WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS AT 185 00:06:17,466 --> 00:06:18,633 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, ALSO A 186 00:06:18,633 --> 00:06:19,633 PRIVATE UNIVERSITY. 187 00:06:19,633 --> 00:06:21,166 SUCCESSES ARE ALL OVER THE 188 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:22,466 COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 189 00:06:22,466 --> 00:06:23,533 GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE LOOKING 190 00:06:23,533 --> 00:06:24,133 TO UNION. 191 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:25,500 THEY ARE HAVING MORE SUCCESS 192 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:27,166 AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES THAN 193 00:06:27,166 --> 00:06:28,666 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES SO FAR. 194 00:06:28,666 --> 00:06:29,666 >> JUSTIN, JUST UNDER 30 195 00:06:29,666 --> 00:06:30,966 SECONDS REALLY QUICK IF I.U. 196 00:06:30,966 --> 00:06:32,633 IS SUCCESSFUL KIND OF THE 197 00:06:32,633 --> 00:06:34,366 OPPOSITE, SO WHAT IMPACT COULD 198 00:06:34,366 --> 00:06:36,333 THAT HAVE ON OTHER CAMPUSES IN 199 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:36,866 INDIANA? 200 00:06:36,866 --> 00:06:39,433 >> YES, SO OTHER -- I CAN 201 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:40,400 IMAGINE OTHER PUBLIC 202 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,400 UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENTS 203 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,033 LOOKING TO UNIONIZE IF THEY 204 00:06:43,033 --> 00:06:44,666 ARE SUCCESSFUL AT I.U. 205 00:06:44,666 --> 00:06:46,100 WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS AT 206 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:47,966 PURDUE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN 207 00:06:47,966 --> 00:06:49,266 THIS AND MAY CONSIDER IT AS 208 00:06:49,266 --> 00:06:49,800 WELL. 209 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,600 >> JUSTIN, THANK YOU VERY 210 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:50,900 MUCH. 211 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:51,400 APPRECIATE IT. 212 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:51,900 >> OF COURSE. 213 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:53,766 THANK YOU. 214 00:06:53,766 --> 00:06:55,033 >>> WELL, AS WORK EVOLVES 215 00:06:55,033 --> 00:06:57,000 AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS, IT'S 216 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,200 BECOMING CLEAR THAT FOR MANY 217 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,733 REMOTE WORK IS HERE TO STAY. 218 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:01,766 BROCK TURNER HAS MORE ON HOW 219 00:07:01,766 --> 00:07:03,300 SOME COMMUNITIES ARE HOPING TO 220 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:04,400 ATTRACT THOSE WORKERS AND 221 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,033 THEIR HIGHER THAN AVERAGE 222 00:07:06,033 --> 00:07:08,133 SALARIES TO INDIANA. 223 00:07:08,133 --> 00:07:10,433 >> FOR DOUG AND CASEY WALTZ 224 00:07:10,433 --> 00:07:12,633 MOVING TO GREENSBURG WAS AN 225 00:07:12,633 --> 00:07:14,066 EASY DECISION. 226 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:15,800 SHE HAS FAMILY HERE, AND MOVED 227 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,433 TOO HER GRANDMOTHER'S 228 00:07:17,433 --> 00:07:18,000 LONG-TIME HOME. 229 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,100 SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE 230 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:20,833 PROBABLY GOING TO RELOCATE TO 231 00:07:20,833 --> 00:07:22,033 GREENSBURG ANYWAY, BUT 232 00:07:22,033 --> 00:07:25,000 RECEIVING A $5,000 STIPEND, 233 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,100 FREE COWORKING SPACE 234 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:27,066 MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER PERKS 235 00:07:27,066 --> 00:07:28,433 MADE THIS DECISION EASIER. 236 00:07:28,433 --> 00:07:30,000 >> AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO 237 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,333 BE CLOSER TO MY FAMILY. 238 00:07:31,333 --> 00:07:33,033 I WANTED TO BE CLOSER TO MY 239 00:07:33,033 --> 00:07:33,533 GRANDMA AT THE TIME. 240 00:07:33,533 --> 00:07:35,300 SO THAT WAS PART OF IT. 241 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:36,933 WE WANTED TO BE BACK IN INDY 242 00:07:36,933 --> 00:07:37,800 FOR MY JOB. 243 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,100 >> THEY ARE ONE OF TWO NEW 244 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:40,300 COUPLES WOULD RECENTLY 245 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:41,533 RELOCATED TO GREENSBURG AS 246 00:07:41,533 --> 00:07:43,933 PART OF THE MAKE MY MOVE 247 00:07:43,933 --> 00:07:44,200 CAMPAIGN. 248 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,333 THAT PROGRAM IS THE BRAIN 249 00:07:45,333 --> 00:07:48,066 CHILD OF TMAP AN INDIANAPOLIS 250 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:50,033 COMMUNITY THAT HELPS 251 00:07:50,033 --> 00:07:51,366 COMMUNITIES PERSUADE REMOTE 252 00:07:51,366 --> 00:07:56,700 WORKERS TO RELOCATE. 253 00:07:56,700 --> 00:07:57,933 THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO 254 00:07:57,933 --> 00:07:59,800 ATTRACT SOME OF THE ESTIMATED 255 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,166 40 MILLION REMOTE WORKERS. 256 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:02,733 OVER HALF OF WHOM ARE OPEN TO 257 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:04,433 MOVING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 258 00:08:04,433 --> 00:08:05,300 YEARS. 259 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:06,433 CASEY'S HUSBAND DOUG CERTAINLY 260 00:08:06,433 --> 00:08:07,400 FITS THE MOLD. 261 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,333 >> SO IF YOU BUY SOMETHING ON 262 00:08:09,333 --> 00:08:10,333 AMAZON, ARE YOU GETTING THE 263 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:10,800 RIGHT THING? 264 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,833 ARE YOU GETTING TOO MANY? 265 00:08:12,833 --> 00:08:15,600 ARE YOU GETTING TOO LESS? 266 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:16,333 STUFF LIKE THAT. 267 00:08:16,333 --> 00:08:18,200 I WORK ON BIG GLOBAL PROJECTS 268 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,533 TO HELP IMPROVE ALL OF THOSE 269 00:08:19,533 --> 00:08:21,233 DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND 270 00:08:21,233 --> 00:08:21,533 MECHANISMS. 271 00:08:21,533 --> 00:08:24,766 >> THE COUPLE MOVED TO 272 00:08:24,766 --> 00:08:26,400 GREENSBURG A COUPLE MONTHS 273 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:26,566 AGO. 274 00:08:26,566 --> 00:08:27,800 THE WALTZES HAVE PURCHASED 275 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,966 RENTAL PROPERTIES AND EYEING 276 00:08:29,966 --> 00:08:31,533 DOWNTOWN STOREFRONTS FOR A 277 00:08:31,533 --> 00:08:32,900 RESTAURANT AND CASEY HAS TOYED 278 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:34,433 WITH THE IDEA OF OPENING A 279 00:08:34,433 --> 00:08:34,700 PRESCHOOL. 280 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:35,633 THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF 281 00:08:35,633 --> 00:08:38,700 PEOPLE THAT GREENSBURG MAYOR 282 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:40,433 JOSHUA MARSH IS HOPING TO 283 00:08:40,433 --> 00:08:40,666 ATTRACT. 284 00:08:40,666 --> 00:08:41,733 >> HOW CAN WE BE A PLACE THAT 285 00:08:41,733 --> 00:08:43,533 THEY WANT TO LIVE AND BE A 286 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:44,033 PART OF. 287 00:08:44,033 --> 00:08:45,500 THAT ALLOWS US TO ATTRACT 288 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:50,133 OTHER EMPLOYERS WITH 2.1% 289 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:51,033 UNEMPLOYMENT, IT'S DIFFICULT 290 00:08:51,033 --> 00:08:53,300 TO OPEN A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS 291 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:54,966 1,000 EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WHERE 292 00:08:54,966 --> 00:08:55,600 ARE YOU GOING TO INDIANA 293 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,300 PUBLIC TOO THE PEOPLE? 294 00:08:57,300 --> 00:08:58,700 >> MARSH SAYS HE AND CITY 295 00:08:58,700 --> 00:08:59,800 LEADERS ARE RECRUITING 296 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,400 INDIVIDUALS MAKING AT LEAST 297 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,666 $80,000 PER YEAR, WELL ABOVE 298 00:09:04,666 --> 00:09:06,133 GREENSBURG MEDIAN INCOME OF 299 00:09:06,133 --> 00:09:06,366 $55,000. 300 00:09:06,366 --> 00:09:08,233 ON THE SURFACE THAT MIGHT 301 00:09:08,233 --> 00:09:09,600 SOUND PRODUCTIVE BUT SOME 302 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,666 ARGUE SUCH TACTICS COULD 303 00:09:11,666 --> 00:09:12,966 EXACERBATE EXISTING HOUSING 304 00:09:12,966 --> 00:09:14,633 SHORTAGES A PROBLEM THAT MARSH 305 00:09:14,633 --> 00:09:15,266 KNOWS WELL. 306 00:09:15,266 --> 00:09:16,700 >> WE LEEK A LOT OF RURAL 307 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:17,666 COMMUNITIES IN INDIANA ARE 308 00:09:17,666 --> 00:09:18,566 EXPERIENCING A HOUSING 309 00:09:18,566 --> 00:09:20,966 SHORTAGE AND SO OUR DEMAND FOR 310 00:09:20,966 --> 00:09:22,800 HOUSES ARE HIGH AND OUR STOCK 311 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,900 IS LOW. 312 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:25,333 >> EVAN HOCK WHO IS ONE OF 313 00:09:25,333 --> 00:09:27,200 MAKE MY MOVE'S COFOUNDERS 314 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,933 ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHALLENGES. 315 00:09:29,933 --> 00:09:31,633 >> THERE WILL BE SOME MARKET 316 00:09:31,633 --> 00:09:33,100 IMBALANCES AS NEW PEOPLE COME 317 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:33,333 IN. 318 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:34,700 WE HAVE SEEN SOME CASES WHERE, 319 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,700 YOU KNOW, HOUSING HAS BEEN A 320 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:39,333 PROBLEM IN THE VERY NEAR TERM 321 00:09:39,333 --> 00:09:40,866 BUT WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT NEW 322 00:09:40,866 --> 00:09:43,933 RESIDENTS THEY OFTEN WILL BUY 323 00:09:43,933 --> 00:09:45,500 AND BUILD NEW HOUSES. 324 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,033 SO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE 325 00:09:47,033 --> 00:09:48,300 THINKING ABOUT THIS AS A 326 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:50,633 MECHANISM TO GET NEW HOUSING 327 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:51,633 STOCK. 328 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:53,700 NOT -- NOT NECESSARILY THESE 329 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:55,066 PEOPLE WOULD CONSUME ALL THE 330 00:09:55,066 --> 00:09:55,766 EXISTING STOCK. 331 00:09:55,766 --> 00:09:57,633 >> BUT HE BELIEVES THE 332 00:09:57,633 --> 00:09:59,066 LONG-TERM BENEFITS FOR 333 00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:00,200 COMMUNITIES ARE WORTH THE 334 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,933 INITIAL INVESTMENT. 335 00:10:01,933 --> 00:10:02,800 >> HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, 336 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,433 COMMUNITIES SPEND ABOUT 337 00:10:04,433 --> 00:10:06,233 $10,000 PER JOB TO BRING TO A 338 00:10:06,233 --> 00:10:08,300 REGION AND THIS IS A VERY 339 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,166 EFFICIENTLY WAY TO BRING 340 00:10:10,166 --> 00:10:12,100 INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR JOB. 341 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:13,866 >> AN HOUR WEST OF GREENSBURG, 342 00:10:13,866 --> 00:10:15,733 THE STORY IS THE SAME IN 343 00:10:15,733 --> 00:10:16,033 BLOOMINGTON. 344 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:17,366 THE COMMUNITY HAS RECENTLY 345 00:10:17,366 --> 00:10:18,900 WELCOMED 14 REMOTE WORKERS, 346 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:21,000 HIGHER THAN ITS INITIAL GOAL. 347 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,400 >> INITIALLY WE WANTED TO 348 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,333 RECRUIT TEN FOLKS HERE. 349 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:26,033 AND WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO GET 350 00:10:26,033 --> 00:10:26,800 MAYBE 100 APPLICATIONS. 351 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,500 WE RECEIVED ALMOST 1,000 352 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:30,933 APPLICATIONS. 353 00:10:30,933 --> 00:10:32,166 AND THEY HAVE BEEN FROM ALL 354 00:10:32,166 --> 00:10:33,233 PARTS OF THE U.S. AND ALL 355 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:33,800 PARTS THE WORLD. 356 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,600 I THINK WE ARE UP TO MAYBE 40 357 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,633 OR SO STATES, AND MAYBE 20 OR 358 00:10:37,633 --> 00:10:39,133 SO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 359 00:10:39,133 --> 00:10:40,800 >> BUT THE SECRET IS GETTING 360 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:41,000 OUT. 361 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,100 AS A GROWING NUMBER OF INDIANA 362 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:44,200 COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS ACROSS 363 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,066 THE COUNTRY SIGN ON TO THE 364 00:10:47,066 --> 00:10:48,366 PLATFORM, COMPETITION BECOMES 365 00:10:48,366 --> 00:10:49,666 EVEN GREATER. 366 00:10:49,666 --> 00:10:52,600 HOCK EXPECTS INCENTIVES TO 367 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:52,833 FOLLOW. 368 00:10:52,833 --> 00:10:54,400 >> THE COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE 369 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:55,700 TO GET CREATIVE. 370 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:57,233 HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE EVEN 371 00:10:57,233 --> 00:10:58,966 AS COMPETITION HEATS UP? 372 00:10:58,966 --> 00:11:00,900 THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 373 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:01,866 WAYS TO DO THAT. 374 00:11:01,866 --> 00:11:03,166 WE EXPECT THAT THE INCENTIVES 375 00:11:03,166 --> 00:11:05,033 WILL GET RICHER AS THE 376 00:11:05,033 --> 00:11:06,366 COMMUNITIES ARE REALLY, YOU 377 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:08,066 KNOW, VYING FOR THE TALENT. 378 00:11:08,066 --> 00:11:09,400 >> THAT'S AWHY BALL STATE 379 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:10,633 UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR MICHAEL 380 00:11:10,633 --> 00:11:11,933 HICKS BELIEVES SOME 381 00:11:11,933 --> 00:11:12,933 COMMUNITIES WOULD BE BETTER 382 00:11:12,933 --> 00:11:14,666 OFF INVESTING IN AREAS THAT 383 00:11:14,666 --> 00:11:17,233 WOULD ATTRACT AND RETAIN 384 00:11:17,233 --> 00:11:18,433 RESIDENTS, RATHER THAN 385 00:11:18,433 --> 00:11:19,066 MARKETING. 386 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:19,766 >> PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW 387 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:22,266 GRADUATE WORKERS THINGS ARE. 388 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:24,766 -- PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD 389 00:11:24,766 --> 00:11:26,633 OUR THINGS ARE, WE NEED TO 390 00:11:26,633 --> 00:11:27,866 MARKET IT. 391 00:11:27,866 --> 00:11:29,066 >> HICKS SAYS HIS RESEARCH 392 00:11:29,066 --> 00:11:30,133 CONFIRMS ALL OF INDIANA COULD 393 00:11:30,133 --> 00:11:31,233 BENEFIT FROM INCREASED 394 00:11:31,233 --> 00:11:32,033 EDUCATION SPENDING. 395 00:11:32,033 --> 00:11:33,966 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 396 00:11:33,966 --> 00:11:35,033 STATEHOOD, EDUCATIONAL 397 00:11:35,033 --> 00:11:36,033 ATTAINMENT NUMBERS ARE 398 00:11:36,033 --> 00:11:37,500 TRENDING IN THE WRONG 399 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:37,766 DIRECTION. 400 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:40,200 >> IF YOU HAVE A PRODUCT THAT 401 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,400 IS BELOW AVERAGE QUALITY, DO 402 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,233 YOU MARKET IT MORE OR DO YOU 403 00:11:45,233 --> 00:11:48,733 IMPROVE THE QUALITY? 404 00:11:48,733 --> 00:11:50,566 OUR CHOICE TOO OFTEN IS MARKET 405 00:11:50,566 --> 00:11:52,466 IT MORE INSTEAD OF IMPROVING 406 00:11:52,466 --> 00:11:53,233 THE QUALITY. 407 00:11:53,233 --> 00:11:54,166 THAT'S CATCHING UP TO INDIANA. 408 00:11:54,166 --> 00:11:55,633 IT'S CATCHING UP TO INDIANA IN 409 00:11:55,633 --> 00:11:57,733 WAYS THAT REALLY CHALLENGE THE 410 00:11:57,733 --> 00:11:59,166 CAPACITY OF OUR ECONOMY TO 411 00:11:59,166 --> 00:12:00,900 GROW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 412 00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:02,600 DECADES. 413 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:03,633 >> BUT THOSE AREN'T DINNER 414 00:12:03,633 --> 00:12:05,600 TABLE CONVERSATIONS BACK IN 415 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:05,900 GREENSBURG. 416 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:06,566 THE WALTZES ARE LOOKING 417 00:12:06,566 --> 00:12:07,733 FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THEIR 418 00:12:07,733 --> 00:12:08,300 NEW COMMUNITY. 419 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:10,233 THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS A 420 00:12:10,233 --> 00:12:11,866 BLACK TIE GALA WITH TICKETS 421 00:12:11,866 --> 00:12:13,366 PROVIDED BY THE MAKE MY MOVE 422 00:12:13,366 --> 00:12:14,233 PACKAGE WHICH HELPED BRING 423 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:15,133 THEM HERE. 424 00:12:15,133 --> 00:12:16,300 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 425 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:19,700 BROCK TURNER. 426 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:24,133 >>> IN 2020, THE KILLINGS OF 427 00:12:24,133 --> 00:12:26,266 SEVERAL BLACK PEOPLE CREATED A 428 00:12:26,266 --> 00:12:27,366 NATIONAL MOVEMENT AROUND 429 00:12:27,366 --> 00:12:29,200 RACIAL INJUSTICE. 430 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,066 AND NOW A GROUP OF SCHOLARS 431 00:12:32,066 --> 00:12:33,400 WANTS TO LOOK AT THE RACIAL 432 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,566 WEALTH GAP. 433 00:12:34,566 --> 00:12:36,733 AS KAYAN TERRA EXPLAINS A 434 00:12:36,733 --> 00:12:39,566 DIGITAL TIMELINE EX PLAINS HOW 435 00:12:39,566 --> 00:12:44,733 RACISM OVER THE PAST 200 YEARS 436 00:12:44,733 --> 00:12:46,733 LEADS TO INCOME DISPARITIES 437 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:48,900 THAT STILL LAST TODAY. 438 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:50,633 >> THE DIGITAL RESOURCE 439 00:12:50,633 --> 00:12:53,066 DETAILS EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN 440 00:12:53,066 --> 00:12:54,366 AMERICANS IN ACQUIRING AND 441 00:12:54,366 --> 00:12:55,666 LOSING LAND AND COMMUNITIES 442 00:12:55,666 --> 00:12:59,733 OBTAINED AND CREATED TO 443 00:12:59,733 --> 00:13:02,266 ACHIEVE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE. 444 00:13:02,266 --> 00:13:03,633 THIS INDIANA LIBRARIAN 445 00:13:03,633 --> 00:13:04,366 CONCEIVED THE COLLECTION. 446 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:08,566 SHE WANTS THE DIGITAL RESOURCE 447 00:13:08,566 --> 00:13:13,266 TO PEOPLE WITH VERIFIED 448 00:13:13,266 --> 00:13:13,533 RESOURCES. 449 00:13:13,533 --> 00:13:15,433 >> IT EXPLORES HOW THE 450 00:13:15,433 --> 00:13:16,200 COMMUNITIES WERE ESTABLISHED 451 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,200 BUT THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH 452 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,500 THEY WERE EVENTUALLY 453 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,466 DESTROYED, SOME BY OUTRIGHT 454 00:13:21,466 --> 00:13:22,866 VIOLENCE, AND SOME BY 455 00:13:22,866 --> 00:13:25,933 GOVERNMENT POLICY, SOME BY 456 00:13:25,933 --> 00:13:27,000 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 457 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,266 >> SHE SAYS THE COLLECTION 458 00:13:28,266 --> 00:13:32,300 ALSO AS AN INDIANA SPOTLIGHT, 459 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:33,333 NOTING THE DESTRUCTION OF 460 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:34,066 AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 461 00:13:34,066 --> 00:13:34,600 IN THE STATE. 462 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,333 THIS DIGITAL COLLECTION SHOWS 463 00:13:36,333 --> 00:13:37,866 THE BREADTH AND THE DEPTH OF 464 00:13:37,866 --> 00:13:41,466 U.S. HISTORY, SAYS DELIST 465 00:13:41,466 --> 00:13:42,866 HOLIDAY, THE MULTICULTURAL 466 00:13:42,866 --> 00:13:43,966 OUTREACH PRIMARYIAN FOR THE 467 00:13:43,966 --> 00:13:46,366 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS AND IT 468 00:13:46,366 --> 00:13:50,900 THE HEAD OF THE BLACK CULTAL 469 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:51,600 CENTRAL LIBRARY. 470 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,066 >> WE OUGHT TO BE VERY AWARE 471 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,400 OF WHERE WE LIVE, WHICH IS THE 472 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,800 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND 473 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,966 LOOK AT THE PEOPLE OF THE 474 00:13:58,966 --> 00:14:00,333 UNITED STATES AND READ THEIR 475 00:14:00,333 --> 00:14:01,866 HISTORIES AND LEARN THEIR 476 00:14:01,866 --> 00:14:02,133 HISTORIES. 477 00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:03,633 >> THE COLLECTION IS A 478 00:14:03,633 --> 00:14:05,433 COLLABORATION AMONG THE 479 00:14:05,433 --> 00:14:06,933 SCHOLARRY COMMUNICATION 480 00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:08,800 DEPARTMENT, THE NEIL MARSHALL 481 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,966 BLACK CULTURAL CENTER LIBRARY, 482 00:14:10,966 --> 00:14:16,333 THE LILLY LIBRARY AND THE 483 00:14:16,333 --> 00:14:17,733 EDUCATION LIBRARY HERE AT 484 00:14:17,733 --> 00:14:18,200 INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 485 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,700 I'M KAYAN TARA. 486 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:23,766 >>> 60% OF AMERICANS SAY 487 00:14:23,766 --> 00:14:24,866 THERE'S TOO MANY INCOME 488 00:14:24,866 --> 00:14:26,266 INEQUALITY, REGARDLESS IT HAS 489 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:27,600 PERSISTED AND EVEN INCREASED 490 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,466 THE DIFFERENCE IN HOUSEHOLD 491 00:14:29,466 --> 00:14:30,100 INCOMES BETWEEN BLACK AND 492 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:32,466 WHITE AMERICANS IS NOW UP TO 493 00:14:32,466 --> 00:14:33,933 ABOUT $33,000. 494 00:14:33,933 --> 00:14:37,333 >>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA 495 00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:38,333 NEWSDESK," VOLUNTEERS ARE AT 496 00:14:38,333 --> 00:14:39,766 THE HEART OF THE HUMANITARIAN 497 00:14:39,766 --> 00:14:41,933 RESPONSE TO THE WAR IN 498 00:14:41,933 --> 00:14:42,266 UKRAINE. 499 00:14:42,266 --> 00:14:44,366 AHEAD, A LOCAL MAN SHARES HIS 500 00:14:44,366 --> 00:14:46,100 STORY DELIVERING AID TO THOSE 501 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:47,433 FLEEING THE CRISIS. 502 00:14:47,433 --> 00:14:49,300 AND IN THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES, 503 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:54,400 HOLDEN AB SHIRE WILL ABSHIER, WHEN YOU CAN 504 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,133 EXPECT YOUR AUTOMATIC TAXPAYER 505 00:14:57,133 --> 00:14:59,866 REFUND FROM THE STATE. 506 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:01,066 >>> THESE STORIES AND MORE 507 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:01,666 RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA 508 00:15:01,666 --> 00:16:02,100 NEWSDESK." 509 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,733 >>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA 510 00:16:04,733 --> 00:16:05,000 NEWSDESK." 511 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,266 UNITED STATES IS CONTINUING TO 512 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:08,000 EXPAND ITS SUPPORT FOR 513 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:08,766 UKRAINE'S WAR EFFORT. 514 00:16:08,766 --> 00:16:11,366 THE U.S. HAS DONATED MORE THAN 515 00:16:11,366 --> 00:16:13,033 $2.5 BILLION IN WEAPONS AND 516 00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:15,100 IT'S ALSO ISSUED WIDE ECONOMIC 517 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,000 SANCTIONS AND CONTINUES TO 518 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,633 PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE 519 00:16:17,633 --> 00:16:17,933 INFORMATION. 520 00:16:17,933 --> 00:16:19,300 MORE THAN A QUARTER OF 521 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:20,733 UKRAINE'S POPULATION HAS FLED 522 00:16:20,733 --> 00:16:22,533 SINCE RUSSIA INVADED THE 523 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:23,433 COUNTRY AT THE END OF 524 00:16:23,433 --> 00:16:23,766 FEBRUARY. 525 00:16:23,766 --> 00:16:25,066 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IN NEED 526 00:16:25,066 --> 00:16:26,933 OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. 527 00:16:26,933 --> 00:16:29,233 I SAT DOWN ON ZOOM WITH A 528 00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:30,433 NORTHERN INDIANA MAN WHO JUST 529 00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:31,733 RETURNED FROM HELPING AT 530 00:16:31,733 --> 00:16:33,166 UKRAINE'S BORDER WITH POLAND. 531 00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:34,800 LIKE MANY OF US, HE FELT 532 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,233 HELPLESS WATCHING THE INVASION 533 00:16:36,233 --> 00:16:39,400 ON TV, AND WANTED TO DO MORE. 534 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,666 >> A U.S. ARMY VETERAN, A 535 00:16:41,666 --> 00:16:43,000 CARPENTER, A POLICE OFFICER, A 536 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,300 TRADESMAN AND NOW A 537 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:45,866 HUMANITARIAN. 538 00:16:45,866 --> 00:16:47,500 >> I HAVE JUST ALWAYS BEEN 539 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:48,900 SOMEONE WHO, I DON'T KNOW, 540 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:50,300 JUST KIND OF MAYBE LEAPS 541 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:51,866 BEFORE I LOOK PERHAPS. 542 00:16:51,866 --> 00:16:53,166 YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET AN IDEA 543 00:16:53,166 --> 00:16:57,566 IN MY HEAD, I JUST GO WITH IT. 544 00:16:57,566 --> 00:17:00,866 >> MUNSTER INDIANA RESIDENT, 545 00:17:00,866 --> 00:17:02,500 LOREN, BOOKMYER SAYS IT CAME 546 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,100 FROM A LONG PHONE CALL WITH A 547 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:06,000 FRIEND HE MET WHEN STATIONED 548 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,133 IN GERMANY. 549 00:17:07,133 --> 00:17:08,233 >> DURING THIS CONVERSATION, I 550 00:17:08,233 --> 00:17:09,433 SAID, LET ME SEE IF I CAN 551 00:17:09,433 --> 00:17:11,733 AFFORD A PLANE TICKET OVER TO 552 00:17:11,733 --> 00:17:13,800 POLAND OR BUDAPEST AND, YOU 553 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:14,900 KNOW, THEN LET'S SEE WHAT WE 554 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:15,433 CAN DO. 555 00:17:15,433 --> 00:17:17,100 >> BY THE NEXT DAY, HE CREATED 556 00:17:17,100 --> 00:17:19,033 A NONPROFIT, A WEBSITE AND A 557 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:19,933 FACEBOOK PAGE AND MONEY 558 00:17:19,933 --> 00:17:21,900 STARTED COMING IN. 559 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:24,066 >> OUR PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO GET 560 00:17:24,066 --> 00:17:25,733 TO THE BORDER AND START 561 00:17:25,733 --> 00:17:27,166 TALKING TO PEOPLE, FIND OUT, 562 00:17:27,166 --> 00:17:29,666 YOU KNOW WHO WAS IN CHARGE, 563 00:17:29,666 --> 00:17:31,100 WHAT THE NEEDS WERE AND HOW WE 564 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:32,266 COULD START PUTTING OUR MONEY 565 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:32,800 TO USE. 566 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,700 >> THEY STARTED IN SLOVAKIA 567 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:37,566 AND WITHIN 24 HOURS, THEY WERE 568 00:17:37,566 --> 00:17:42,700 SITTING WITH THE MAYOR. 569 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:43,800 >> THEY SAID WE HAVE A NEED 570 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,966 FOR LAUNDRY SERVICES. 571 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,833 WE CAN PURCHASE WASHING 572 00:17:48,833 --> 00:17:50,466 MACHINES AND DRYERS AND SET UP 573 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:54,233 A LAUNDRY SERVICE. 574 00:17:54,233 --> 00:17:56,600 >> HIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 575 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,933 HUMANKIND FUND HAS RAISED MORE 576 00:17:58,933 --> 00:17:59,700 THAN $26,000. 577 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,400 AND BOOKMYER SAYS EVERY CREPT 578 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,133 GOES TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. 579 00:18:04,133 --> 00:18:05,900 >> WITH US, NOBODY INVOLVED 580 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:07,300 GETS A SALARY. 581 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:08,633 WE -- THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL OF 582 00:18:08,633 --> 00:18:10,366 US WHO WENT OVER THERE, THE 583 00:18:10,366 --> 00:18:12,766 INITIAL FOUR OF US, YOU KNOW, 584 00:18:12,766 --> 00:18:14,400 WE PAID FOR OUR OWN 585 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:14,766 TRANSPORTATION. 586 00:18:14,766 --> 00:18:15,966 WE PAID FOR OUR OWN FOOD. 587 00:18:15,966 --> 00:18:17,033 >> HE SAYS THE FUNDS ARE 588 00:18:17,033 --> 00:18:19,133 HELPING TO PROVIDE 400 BEDS TO 589 00:18:19,133 --> 00:18:20,966 REFUGEES IF POLAND AND 590 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:21,233 SLOVAKIA. 591 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:21,900 >> THEY HAVE NOTHING. 592 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,066 THEY HAVE WHATEVER THEY COULD, 593 00:18:23,066 --> 00:18:24,900 YOU KNOW, RUN OUT OF THEIR 594 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:25,566 HOUSE WITH. 595 00:18:25,566 --> 00:18:27,000 YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF 596 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,700 BACKPACKS AND USUALLY WHATEVER 597 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:31,800 MINIMAL SUPPLIES THEY COULD 598 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,533 GRAB FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 599 00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:37,500 >> BOOKMYER SAYS WHAT KEEPS 600 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:39,166 HIM GOING IS THE BOOTS ON THE 601 00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:39,700 GROUND APPROACH. 602 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:41,600 HE SAYS THAT GIVES HIM AN 603 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,566 EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO BEING 604 00:18:43,566 --> 00:18:45,000 AWARE OF THE UKRAINIAN NEEDS. 605 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,166 >> PEOPLE OF ALL COUNTRIES, 606 00:18:46,166 --> 00:18:48,033 FROM EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, SO 607 00:18:48,033 --> 00:18:51,000 CONCERNED AND WILLING TO, YOU 608 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,966 KNOW, GIVE AND HELP THAT IT 609 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,366 DOES GIVE YOU HOPE. 610 00:18:55,366 --> 00:19:01,233 IT GIVES YOU RENEWED FAITH IN 611 00:19:01,233 --> 00:19:01,466 MANKIND. 612 00:19:01,466 --> 00:19:02,800 >> HE SAYS HE HOPES TO RETURN 613 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:03,766 SOON FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AID 614 00:19:03,766 --> 00:19:04,866 AND SEE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE 615 00:19:04,866 --> 00:19:06,300 WHO ARE NOW HIS EXTENDED 616 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:06,533 FAMILY. 617 00:19:06,533 --> 00:19:07,733 >> MAYBE NEXT TIME MY WIFE 618 00:19:07,733 --> 00:19:09,700 WILL GIVE ME PERMISSION TO 619 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:10,666 ACTUALLY HELP DELIVER SOME OF 620 00:19:10,666 --> 00:19:13,200 THESE ITEMS INTO UKRAINE, BUT 621 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,700 WE'LL SEE. 622 00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:16,566 >> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC 623 00:19:16,566 --> 00:19:18,733 BROADCASTING I'M JOE HREN. 624 00:19:18,733 --> 00:19:19,300 >> BOOKMYER SAYS THE 625 00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:21,800 ORGANIZATION SENT $5,000 TO 626 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,133 BUY PROPANE TANKS FOR COOKING 627 00:19:24,133 --> 00:19:25,833 AND BOILING WATERS AND OTHER 628 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:27,433 NECESSARY SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE. 629 00:19:27,433 --> 00:19:29,133 HE PLANS TO KEEP POSTING 630 00:19:29,133 --> 00:19:30,333 UPDATES TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE 631 00:19:30,333 --> 00:19:31,433 AS THEY COME IN. 632 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:33,400 >>> NOW FOR HEADLINES, WE GO 633 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,366 OVER TO HOLDEN ABSHIER WHO HAS 634 00:19:35,366 --> 00:19:38,533 THE LATEST ON THIS WEEK'S TOP 635 00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:38,766 STORIES. 636 00:19:38,766 --> 00:19:39,600 HI, HOLDEN. 637 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:40,133 >> THANKS, JOE. 638 00:19:40,133 --> 00:19:41,266 COULD YOU RECEIVE YOUR 639 00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:42,133 TAXPAYER REFUND FROM THE STATE 640 00:19:42,133 --> 00:19:43,233 AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH. 641 00:19:43,233 --> 00:19:44,766 MORE THAN 4 MILLION HOOSIERS 642 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:47,366 ARE GETTING THE $125 REFUND. 643 00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:48,833 THIS IS SEPARATE FROM ANY 644 00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:50,000 STANDARD REFUND YOU MIGHT GET 645 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,233 WHILE FILING YOUR TAXES. 646 00:19:51,233 --> 00:19:52,866 IF YOU FILED YOUR STATE INCOME 647 00:19:52,866 --> 00:19:54,600 TAX RETURN BY APRIL 18th, 648 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,100 AND INCLUDED YOUR BANKING 649 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:58,100 INFORMATION FOR DIRECT 650 00:19:58,100 --> 00:19:59,200 DEPOSIT, THAT'S HOW YOU WILL 651 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,133 GET YOUR $125. 652 00:20:00,133 --> 00:20:01,033 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT 653 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,033 INFORMATION FILED WITH THE 654 00:20:02,033 --> 00:20:03,233 STATE, IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO 655 00:20:03,233 --> 00:20:05,500 GET YOUR TAXPAYER REFUND. 656 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:06,733 PAPER CHECKS WILL START GOING 657 00:20:06,733 --> 00:20:07,733 OUT IN LATE JULY. 658 00:20:07,733 --> 00:20:09,366 THE STATE'S GOAL IS TO GET 659 00:20:09,366 --> 00:20:12,333 EVERYONE THEIR $125 BY 660 00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:13,733 SEPTEMBER 1st. 661 00:20:13,733 --> 00:20:15,700 COVID CASES ARE CONTINUING 662 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:16,800 THEIR DECLINE, BUT INDIANA 663 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,000 HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING 664 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,866 AN EYE ON THE SUBVARIANT OF 665 00:20:19,866 --> 00:20:22,366 THE NEW SUBVARIANT AB.2. 666 00:20:22,366 --> 00:20:23,500 THE NEW VARIANT HASN'T BEEN 667 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:26,666 FOUND IN INDIANA YET. 668 00:20:26,666 --> 00:20:28,200 >> BUT WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE 669 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,933 EYE ON THAT, BECAUSE WITH 670 00:20:29,933 --> 00:20:31,700 PEOPLE NOW TRAVELING MORE, YOU 671 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:33,966 KNOW, FOR WORK AND OTHER 672 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,833 ACTIVITIES IN AND OUT OF THE 673 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:37,600 STATE, WE MAY START TO SEE 674 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,266 SOME INCREASES. 675 00:20:39,266 --> 00:20:41,200 >> CURRENTLY THOSE NUMBERS ARE 676 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:41,466 PROMISING. 677 00:20:41,466 --> 00:20:44,166 THERE ARE ABOUT 90% SINCE THEY 678 00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:48,566 PEAKED IN MID-JANUARY AT ABOUT 679 00:20:48,566 --> 00:20:48,766 3500. 680 00:20:48,766 --> 00:20:49,933 >>> RELATIVES OF FIVE OF THE 681 00:20:49,933 --> 00:20:51,166 EIGHT PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT AND 682 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:53,433 KILLED LAST YEAR AT AN 683 00:20:53,433 --> 00:20:54,933 INDIANAPOLIS FEDEX WAREHOUSE 684 00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:56,400 ARE SUING THE SHIPPING GIANT 685 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,400 AND A SECURITY COMPANY. 686 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,800 IN THE SUIT THEY ACCUSE THE 687 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:00,766 COMPANIES OF NEGLIGENCE AND 688 00:21:00,766 --> 00:21:01,966 FAILING TO ENSURE THAT THE 689 00:21:01,966 --> 00:21:02,966 WORKPLACE WAS SAFE. 690 00:21:02,966 --> 00:21:04,300 THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT 691 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:07,566 ALLEGATIONS THAT THE GUNMAN, 692 00:21:07,566 --> 00:21:12,233 BRANDON SCOTT HOEHL HAD MENTAL 693 00:21:12,233 --> 00:21:12,466 ILLNESS. 694 00:21:12,466 --> 00:21:15,433 HE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF 695 00:21:15,433 --> 00:21:18,166 THE FEDEX FACILITY. 696 00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:20,700 FEDEX SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT 697 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,000 IT WAS AWARE OF THE LAWSUIT 698 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,600 AND REVIEWING THE ALLEGATIONS. 699 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,900 >>> TERRE HAUTE'S $35 MILLION 700 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:27,900 CONVENTION CENTER IS OPEN FOR 701 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:29,400 BUSINESS AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF 702 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:29,666 PLANNING. 703 00:21:29,666 --> 00:21:33,000 MORE THAN 60 EVENTS ARE BOOKED 704 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,433 FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS 705 00:21:35,433 --> 00:21:36,866 WHILE THE SCHEDULE RAMPS UP 706 00:21:36,866 --> 00:21:38,266 WITH MORE LONG-TERM BUSINESS. 707 00:21:38,266 --> 00:21:39,633 >> I THINK MORE MEETING 708 00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:40,900 PLANNERS WILL LOOK AT SMALLER 709 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,633 CITIES BECAUSE WE ARE MORE 710 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:42,933 AFFORDABLE. 711 00:21:42,933 --> 00:21:43,400 YOU KNOW? 712 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,600 THE BUSINESS THAT WE PUT HERE 713 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,966 ISN'T THE SAME BUSINESS THAT'S 714 00:21:45,966 --> 00:21:47,466 GOING TO GO IN THE 715 00:21:47,466 --> 00:21:48,600 INDIANAPOLIS CONVENTION 716 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:48,833 CENTER. 717 00:21:48,833 --> 00:21:50,100 >> SHE SAYS SHE HOPES THE NEW 718 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:55,233 THAT SILLITYFACILITIES AND DRAWS HOTELS 719 00:21:55,233 --> 00:21:57,333 AND PARKING GARAGES WITHIN 720 00:21:57,333 --> 00:21:58,333 WALKING DISTANCE. 721 00:21:58,333 --> 00:22:00,233 THEY CAN HOST UP TO 1,000 722 00:22:00,233 --> 00:22:01,533 PEOPLE OR SEAT 700 FOR A 723 00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:02,666 FORMAL DINNER. 724 00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:04,566 LARRY BIRD MUSEUM IS UNDER 725 00:22:04,566 --> 00:22:05,333 CONSTRUCTION WITH PLANS TO 726 00:22:05,333 --> 00:22:07,200 OPEN NEXT YEAR. 727 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,866 >>> INDIANA OFFICIALS SAY 728 00:22:08,866 --> 00:22:09,933 FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING 729 00:22:09,933 --> 00:22:10,933 CREATED BY THE BIDEN 730 00:22:10,933 --> 00:22:12,366 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL LAST YEAR 731 00:22:12,366 --> 00:22:14,133 WILL HELP ADD TO THE STATE'S 732 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:16,000 ALREADY ROBUST ROAD FUNDING 733 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:16,200 PLANS. 734 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,500 INDIANA PASSED ITS OWN 735 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:19,700 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN 2017. 736 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:23,000 BY RAISING GAS TAXES AND B & V 737 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,500 FEES, THE STATE ESTABLISHED A 738 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,500 20-YEAR FULLY FUNDED ROAD 739 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:27,133 CONSTRUCTION PLAN. 740 00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:31,566 GOVERNOR ERR HOLCOMB ERIC HOLCOMB SAYS IT 741 00:22:31,566 --> 00:22:33,633 WILL DELIVER BILLIONS TO THE 742 00:22:33,633 --> 00:22:35,033 STATE STARTING THIS YEAR. 743 00:22:35,033 --> 00:22:36,366 AND WHILE INFLATION IS DRIVING 744 00:22:36,366 --> 00:22:38,000 UP COSTS, HIGHER GAS PRICES 745 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,533 MEANS THE MORE REVENUE GOING 746 00:22:39,533 --> 00:22:41,900 TO INFRASTRUCTURE. 747 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:42,866 >>> INDIANA'S SENIOR SENATOR 748 00:22:42,866 --> 00:22:44,933 IS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST RECENT 749 00:22:44,933 --> 00:22:47,200 ACTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM ON 750 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:48,333 INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S 751 00:22:48,333 --> 00:22:49,233 BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS. 752 00:22:49,233 --> 00:22:50,433 SENATOR TODD YOUNG MET WITH 753 00:22:50,433 --> 00:22:54,100 STUDENTS THIS WEEK AT THE HAD 754 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,666 HILLEL JEWISH CENTER. 755 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:59,500 THEY TORE DOWN SACRED JEWISH 756 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:01,033 SYMBOLS AND POSTED 757 00:23:01,033 --> 00:23:02,033 ANTI-SEMITIC MESSAGES ON 758 00:23:02,033 --> 00:23:02,900 STUDENT FORUMS. 759 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:05,100 >> I WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE 760 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,933 OF SOLIDARITY TOT PEOPLE 761 00:23:07,933 --> 00:23:09,700 HERE -- TO THE PEOPLE HERE BUT 762 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,000 IMPORTANTLY TO THE FOLKS BACK 763 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,466 HOME SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT 764 00:23:12,466 --> 00:23:13,533 INDIANA, ALL COMMUNITIES 765 00:23:13,533 --> 00:23:16,600 SHOULD BE WELCOMING PLACES. 766 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,800 >> YOUNG'S VISIT WAS PART OF 767 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,233 HIS REELECTION TOUR IN 768 00:23:19,233 --> 00:23:19,900 SOUTHERN INDIANA. 769 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,633 HE HAS HELD THAT SENATE SEAT 770 00:23:22,633 --> 00:23:24,033 SINCE 2017. 771 00:23:24,033 --> 00:23:25,700 >>> AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS 772 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:27,500 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, 773 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:28,100 ELECTRICITY DECISIONAL FIRST 774 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:29,566 NATIONS ANNUAL POW-WOW RETURNS 775 00:23:29,566 --> 00:23:31,266 TO THE I.U. CAMPUS. 776 00:23:31,266 --> 00:23:32,766 THE DAY'S EVENTS INCLUDED 777 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:34,700 SOCIAL DANCES, DRUM GROUP 778 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:36,433 PERFORMANCES AND DISPLAYS OF 779 00:23:36,433 --> 00:23:38,200 TRADITIONAL REGALIA FROM 780 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,500 INDIGENOUS TRIBES FROM AS 781 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:41,566 COULD THE U.S. AND CANADA. 782 00:23:41,566 --> 00:23:42,966 -- FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND 783 00:23:42,966 --> 00:23:44,466 CANADA. 784 00:23:44,466 --> 00:23:45,900 >> THE CEREMONIES ARE SUCH A 785 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:47,333 BIG, IMPORTANT PART TO OUR 786 00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:47,766 CULTURE. 787 00:23:47,766 --> 00:23:49,600 SO, LIKE, NOT HAVING THAT FOR 788 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,366 A FEW YEARS AND THE FACT THAT 789 00:23:51,366 --> 00:23:53,233 A LOT OF NATIVE COMMUNITIES 790 00:23:53,233 --> 00:23:55,000 REALLY GOT IMPACTED BY 791 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,733 COVID-19. 792 00:23:56,733 --> 00:23:58,733 >> TRADITIONAL POW-WOWS, 793 00:23:58,733 --> 00:24:00,233 GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE GATHERED 794 00:24:00,233 --> 00:24:01,733 RENEW THEIR FRIENDSHIP, AND 795 00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:03,100 CELEBRATE THEIR IDENTITY 796 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,800 THROUGH SINGING AND DANCING. 797 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:05,733 PARTICIPANTS CAME FROM ACROSS 798 00:24:05,733 --> 00:24:07,266 THE COUNTRY FOR THIS 799 00:24:07,266 --> 00:24:07,566 CELEBRATION. 800 00:24:07,566 --> 00:24:08,366 >>> WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME 801 00:24:08,366 --> 00:24:09,733 WE HAVE FOR HEADLINES THIS 802 00:24:09,733 --> 00:24:11,166 WEEK AND WE'LL SEND IT BACK 803 00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:11,633 OVER TO YOU. 804 00:24:11,633 --> 00:24:13,033 >> ALL RIGHT, HOLDEN THANK 805 00:24:13,033 --> 00:24:13,233 YOU. 806 00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:14,233 >>> LOCAL AND FEDERAL 807 00:24:14,233 --> 00:24:15,866 OFFICIALS GATHERED AT THE 808 00:24:15,866 --> 00:24:16,433 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL 809 00:24:16,433 --> 00:24:19,033 AIRPORT TO UNVEIL A TRAVELING 810 00:24:19,033 --> 00:24:19,933 MURAL EXHIBIT. 811 00:24:19,933 --> 00:24:23,533 IT DETAILS AFGHAN REFUGEE 812 00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:26,033 TEAMS AND EXPERIENCES AT CAMP 813 00:24:26,033 --> 00:24:28,633 ATTERBURY. 814 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,200 IT LOOKS A BIT LIKE AN 815 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:30,733 ABSTRACT CLOCK. 816 00:24:30,733 --> 00:24:37,000 IT REPRESENTS WAITING EVAC WAITING EVACUEES 817 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:37,300 EXPERIENCED. 818 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:38,433 U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ANDRE 819 00:24:38,433 --> 00:24:39,666 CARSON ATTENDED THE EVENT. 820 00:24:39,666 --> 00:24:41,066 HE SAYS THE EXHIBIT SERVES AS 821 00:24:41,066 --> 00:24:43,266 A REMINDER OF HOOSIER 822 00:24:43,266 --> 00:24:44,100 HOSPITALITY AND AMERICA'S 823 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:45,466 STRENGTH AND DIVERSITY. 824 00:24:45,466 --> 00:24:46,533 >> YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTRY 825 00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:48,066 SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE 826 00:24:48,066 --> 00:24:53,400 OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN ESCAPE 827 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:54,600 OPPRESSION AND BEGIN A NEW 828 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:54,800 LIFE. 829 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,666 YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE 830 00:24:57,666 --> 00:24:58,733 LATEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN 831 00:24:58,733 --> 00:24:59,333 STORY. 832 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:00,466 >>> THE EXHIBIT WILL BE AT THE 833 00:25:00,466 --> 00:25:01,866 AIRPORT UNTIL MAY, WHEN IT 834 00:25:01,866 --> 00:25:03,200 WILL BEGIN TRAVELING THE 835 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:03,400 STATE. 836 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:04,833 THEN THE PLAN IS TO SEND IT 837 00:25:04,833 --> 00:25:06,233 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 838 00:25:06,233 --> 00:25:07,700 WELL, THAT'S THE END OF THIS 839 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:09,400 PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK 840 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:10,400 CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER 841 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,066 THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK 842 00:25:13,066 --> 00:25:13,566 AT WTIUNEWS.ORG. 843 00:25:13,566 --> 00:25:18,300 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 844 00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:27,200 ♪ 845 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,566 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 846 00:25:28,566 --> 00:26:36,666 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: