In this edition of WYSO Weekend:
Inside a large teal and tan building on Troy Street in Dayton, as I’m about to find out, there’s a lot that goes on. I’m here to meet Monnie Bush, a former police officer and the founder of Victory Project, which is a privately funded, faith-based 501(c)3 after-school program for boys and young men in Montgomery County. In this segment we meet 13-year-old Jeremy Hemming and 15-year-old Deavon’te Hatch, who give me a tour of the VP facility, and talk with Monnie about Victory Project’s mission and how it all got started.
Today on Dayton Youth Radio we'll meet Da’Leron Daniels, a junior from Thurgood Marshall STEM High School - and hear an interview he did with his grandpa Jim - an African American veteran from World War Two.
On Wednesday evening in Columbus, Ohio, a special exhibit opened that features the 50-year career of Yellow Springs filmmaker, Julia Reichert. The Wexner exhibit is actually one stop on a national tour highlighting Reichert's work, which has focused in on a variety of "era-defining" issues of the human experience. This week, before the Wexner exhibit opening, Reichert was a guest on WYSO's Excursions with Host and Music Director, Niki Dakota. In the interview, Reichert discusses the arc of her career as an Antioch college student, with little to no knowledge of filmmaking, to an accomplished, Emmy-winning, Academy Award nominated documentarian.
