Religious leaders discuss how to approach political issues and endorsements
When senior Tyra Meely slipped into the pews beside her family at her old church several years ago, she didn’t expect politics to be involved.
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When senior Tyra Meely slipped into the pews beside her family at her old church several years ago, she didn’t expect politics to be involved.
Representatives from Bloomington’s National Alliance on Mental Illness led a class Tuesday intending to help educate relatives of those with mental illness. The organization and its classes work to offer resources and educational tools for caretakers of the mentally ill, NAMI family support facilitator Laura Jesseph said.
A can of Reddi-Wip, a box of powdered sugar and a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth’s original syrup nestled up against metal pans filled to the brim with pancakes. Beside them were an array of paint tubes, crayons and a case of multicolored thread.
One by one, men and women removed their shoes and entered the prayer hall. As they waited for the opening speech, strangers sat in circles and introduced themselves to one another.
With red solo cups of Turkish tea in hand, IU students and community members listened to the steady rhythm of Turkish poetry mingling with classical Ottoman music and the hum of a teapot brewing in the back.
Lining the edges of the walls are mannequins, each one wearing a garment from a distinct time in history. At one end, a corset and bustle cling to a mannequin. On the other, a green 1920s slip dress hangs loosely.
The show began with a dancing deer, a talent scout and a spoken-word poem about the dangers of college students. Performers then broke out into song about an interspecies love affair between a frog and mouse.
With crayons in hand, IU students split up into five groups to draw superheroes. One group drew a blue-eyed white man with large biceps and a hammer and duct tape in his belt.
Earthy browns and yellows combined with bright blues and reds to form a collection of pastel landscapes. On one pastel board, a sign reading “Beware of rattlesnakes” was drawn against a background of rocky cliffs and blue sky.
Lined with ethnically diverse restaurants, Fourth Street has become the unofficial United Nations headquarters of Bloomington restaurants.
A child held a fish puppet as its shadow formed on the wall and swam past the shadow of a gingerbread man. Above them, the butterfly shadows cast by other children flew by.
One child hid under the chairs and waved at his mother while another dipped his hat over his head and began to walk around the room with hands outstretched like a zombie.
The Islamic Center of Bloomington’s imam makes the call to evening prayer Friday, and the people lining the walls of the room gather in the center to shake hands and face east. Small children run to join older men.
A gathering of women shared gingersnaps and conversation about how their community reading group’s chosen novel tied more into current events than they had expected.
A woman stood facing a camera with the words “Dim Your Light for No Man” scrawled across her chest. To her right, photographs of others with words on their skin flashed across a screen.
Attendees gathered around a table with bright yellow novels titled “American Born Chinese” in hand. From the cover of the novel, a Chinese-American boy stares out while clutching an orange Transformer toy.
A child twisted red, orange and yellow felt together in her hands to make a goldfish. At the next table, another child laughed and dropped globs of pink paint on a page to form a branch of cherry blossoms.
As the night approached, Jerald Cribbs sprawls out across the concrete with his head resting on his backpack. He shut his eyes and tried to feel safe.
Clad in a shimmering animal print dress, a performer steps onto the stage in drag.
Six loaves of soda bread lay in a basket alongside a pad of butter. Voices mingled with Irish music playing through the speakers.