Access Indy with Kim Wells

The “Your Life Matters Initiative” here in Indy has a new director, non-profit guru, Dr. Michael Twyman and he has big plans to make this effort to improve the lives of young black males in this community successful. This initiative is aligned with President Barack Obama’s program “My Brother’s Keeper” and will likely serve as a model […]

Novelist and Poet, Taiye Selasi, tackles loving the curly hair you’re born with and the issue of self-esteem in her latest project for a beauty brand known for telling women it’s cool to love and celebrate themselves, Dove. 106.7 WTLC’s own Kim Wells talked with the author recently on “Access Indy” to learn the latest […]

Our “Legal Eagles” stopped by “Access Indy” Sunday to go Behind The Headlines on the murder case of Baltimore’s Freddie Gray and the charges filed against six officers from the Baltimore Police Department in his death.  Gray was the 25-year-old black man who died while in police custody after suffering severe injuries which included a severed spine and neck. Gray’s […]

A new strategic plan has been released by the Your Life Matters Task Force to improve the quality of the lives of young black men  from their early teens through their young adult years–the span of time that they seem most vulnerable and most at-risk. The “YLM PLAN OF ACTION” report focuses on key areas […]

They’re Baaaaaaaaack!!!! After a heated week that landed Indiana in the headlines over the local and national firestorm that followed the signing into law of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and this week’s demand to get it FIXED, Indiana Governor Mike Pence ordered a “clarification” by the legislature. The Indiana business community rallied around that […]

Our “Legal Eagles” stopped by “Access Indy” Sunday to go “BTH”–that’s Behind The Headlines on the signing into law this week of the so-called “Religious Freedom” bill. Indiana Governor Mike Pence inked it into law and though it does have supporters, his doing so has unleashed a firestorm of reaction from around the country saying that […]

IronE Singleton a lively character actor you may know from the film “The Blindside” and AMC’s smash zombie-fighting drama “The Walking Dead” joined me here on “Access Indy” to discuss his life post-zombie apocalypse and what he’s up to now after his time as “T-Dog” on the show and his new book “Blindsided By the […]

I caught up with author and animal photographer Dale Ryan regarding her new children’s book, The Painted Pilgrim. In it, she discusses the dog adoption process, the importance of taking care of our four-legged friends regardless of their breed, shortcomings or complexities and showing them some love–because they do love us. It’s an interview about the fuzziest […]

Looking for something fun to do with your sweetie or your entire family on Valentine’s Day evening?  The African-American History Committee of the Indianapolis Public Library would love to see you for art, fashion and lots of fun at “Meet the Artists” on Feb. 14, doors open at 5:45 p.m. at Central Library, 40 East […]

Our “Legal Eagles” stopped by “Access Indy” Sunday to go “BTH”–that’s Behind The Headlines on the release from jail this week of Marissa Alexander.  Alexander is the Florida mother who was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for firing what she called a “warning shot” above the head of her abusive husband.  Indianapolis power-house legal […]

Indianapolis native and Bloomington resident, Janet Cheatham Bell is a writer, editor, independent scholar, mother and full participant–not just an observer–of the things going on around her. In addition to her other professional pursuits, Cheatham Bell has effectively pursued her dream of creating and publishing books and has been cited on national television by Dr. […]

It’s Christmas Eve 2014. For procrastinators, Dec. 24 begins your holiday shopping season. While others who live their lives by schedules, datebooks and planning ahead would freak out, you enjoy heading out to the mall in the hustle and bustle. And, for those who don’t necessarily “enjoy” it, but just “have to get ‘er done”–don’t […]