MPS Enrollment Marathon

This Saturday August 1st, Radio Milwaukee is joining our Passport partners Milwaukee Public Schools, for their first annual ENROLLMENT MARATHON.

This weekend, MPS staff and volunteers are literally, “takin’ it to the streets.” In an attempt to increase enrollment and awareness, MPS will be going door to door in select Milwaukee neighborhoods to get students [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part Two | Calvin Washington

Listen: For Calvin Washington’s second piece, I biked out to his house on the far northwest side of Milwaukee between Villard and Silver Spring around 70th street. We did the interview as we strolled through his neighborhood, Calvin bouncing a basketball and me with my right arm hyper-extended, trying to keep the microphone planted squarely in front [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part Two | Terry Anzueto

Listen: I love Kosciusko Park. On any given afternoon of the week, almost every inch of the park is in use — massive soccer games, kids riding bikes, fishing, picnics, and any other park activity under the sun. In fact, there’s even a pool, complete with water slides, beach chairs, and RadioMilwaukee’s favorite lifeguard.
For the [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part Two | LaQuita Grinnage

Listen: Over the middle part of the summer, we’re getting back in touch with our six First Summer of the Rest of Your Life subjects, and find out how they spend a regular day. For LaQuita Grinnage, however, it doesn’t seem like there have been too many regular days. Between press conferences and meeting VIPS [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part Two | Shequeda Jenkins

Listen: Part two! This month, we’re finding what our six 09′ grads are doing over the summer and there’s no better way to start than Shequeda Jenkins (you may remember  her as “The Crime Scene Investigator” from part one). Think teenagers are lazy? Shequeda is the exception. In this piece, Shequeda takes us with her through [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part One | Latavia Patterson, The Pearls Girl

Listen: Latavia and I met in the Pearls For Teen Girls office in the Brewer’s Hill neighborhood, where she felt incredibly at home. Understandably so — prior to becoming an alumnae of Pearls, she was the longest tenured Pearls Girl, having been with the program from 6th grade through the end of high school. What’s [...]