A Conversation In South Bend About The Current Uprising

WVPE 88.1 Elkhart/South Bend | By Tony Krabill

Published July 20, 2020 at 3:55 PM EDT

Monday, July 20, 2020 at 9 PM

WVPE brings you a virtual conversation from The Civil Rights Heritage Center from Thursday, June 11th, entitled “Perspectives on the Current Uprising.” The event, held via Zoom, attracted over 200 participants from across the South Bend community. They were invited to learn more about the recent protests that have placed an intense spotlight over American policing and police brutality against African Americans in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

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Tony Krabill

Tony became WVPE's program director in 2022, after working as operations manager since 2014. He also produces Michiana Chronicles and works on other special programming and digital projects. He joined the station as All Things Considered host in 1997, hosted Morning Edition in 2000 and 2001, then returned to the ATC host chair from 2007 to 2016. One of his Morning Edition newscasts earned WVPE a Best Radio Newscast Award from the Associated Press in 2002. An Iowa native, Tony got his start in radio as a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Harrisonburg, Va., and managed the radio station there for three years after graduating. He also worked in commercial and Christian radio prior to his time at WVPE. Tony lives in Goshen.

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