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SOUTHERN INDIANA — The fourth of 10 public meetings across Indiana designed to gather input for 2021 s Congressional redistricting will focus on District 9 in Southern Indiana and will be
Don Griffin. Photo by Martin Boling
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the City of Bloomington. Bloom
has republished it here with minor edits for clarity and style.
Mayor John Hamilton has announced that he will appoint lifelong Bloomingtonian Donald C. Griffin Jr. as deputy mayor. Griffin will succeed Mick Renneisen, who has announced his retirement effective April 23.
Griffin is a Bloomington native with decades of community service and leadership. He founded, owns, and leads Griffin Realty Holdings. As deputy mayor, Griffin will coordinate and oversee 16 City departments and 850 employees working to implement the Hamilton administration’s policies and goals, including job creation, affordable housing, quality of life improvements, and efficient and transparent basic governmental services.
Mar 2, 2021 | Features
by TRACY ZOLLINGER TURNER
Maqubè Reese’s first name was created by her mother a combination of the names of her four aunts. “I feel like I embody all of them,” she says. “I absolutely love my name. I feel like I live it every day.”
As she gets ready to enter her 30s in 2021, that wellspring of family appears to fuel a very busy life. Reese works as the assistant director of diversity initiatives for the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and is engaged in an abundance of community work. She recently completed a term with the City of Bloomington’s Commission on the Status of Women and chaired the City’s Black History Month Committee. She currently serves on the City’s Board of Public Safety, is the vice president of the Monroe County Branch of the NAACP, and is involved with Count Us In Indiana, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging diverse voter turnout.
As for what to expect? You will hear from our keynote speaker, Sarah Khan, who was a student here at ESU, but currently an anti-sexual violence prevention worker. You will hear some messages from our president talking about our community and the message of hope of Dr. King. And, you will also hear from our MLK Award winners, Dr. Sewell-Allen said.
“Award-winning students,” including Shade Stokes-Campbell. She s an ESU junior public health major from Upper Darby, Pa. She is also a Boddie Scholarship recipient:
Winning this was definitely a huge honor, Stokes-Campbell said.
The ESU junior is among several chosen by a committee to receive the Mary Gertrude Smith Boddie Scholarship. The award is given in the name of the first African-American student to graduate from the university in Monroe County.