“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 [...]

“Be Heard”: LaQuita and Sista Pride

Listen: For many youth, mentorship programs provide them an extra boost or nudge in the right direction. However, for some, an organization can make all the difference in the world, acting as a support system or even a family. For LaQuita Grinnage, the Sista Pride initiative at the Boys And Girls Club did just that. Take [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest Of Your Life”: Part One | LaQuita Grinnage, The Very Extraordinary Unique Person

Listen: At first, I had difficulty describing the pieces we put together for campaigns like The First Summer of the Rest of Your Life. Where do they fit in the radio world? It’s not news reporting, they’re certainly not commercials, and they’re not quite rote human interest pieces. Currently, I think the pieces are best described [...]

“The First Summer of the Rest of Your Life”: An Introduction

There are a couple different ways to think about Summer in Milwaukee.  As the celebratory City of Festivals … and as a city, like so many other American cities, that spends the Summer months dealing with an increase in violent crime and the consequences of high school drop-out rates and lack of employment opportunities, like [...]