Episode 70: The Boys and Girls Club

Episode 70: The Boys and Girls Club
Guests: Tijuana Beal 

Dewhitt interviews the Clubhouse Unit Director of the Bloomington/Normal Boys and Girls Club, Ms. Tijuana Beal. Tijuana is a rising superstar. Together we discuss the significance of the Boys and Girls Club and how it is a preventative organization. In addition, Dewhitt and Tijuana discuss the following: 

• The day-to-day operations of the Boys and Girls Club
• Her path to her current profession
• Boys and Girls programming
• The organizational staff
• Tijuana’s place on the rehabilitation v. punishment continuum
• How the Boys and Girls Club is preventative
• 13th Amendment
• Slavery
• Jim Crow
• Black Lives Matter
• White Supremacy
• Her thoughts on how to make race relations better
• How she feels about former President Trump
• What she’d like to see the Biden administration accomplish
• Illinois State University Interns
• How programs like the Boys and Girls Club makes the community safer
• How one can volunteer and donate to the Boys and Girls Club

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