By Javaris Bradford
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, the college tour consisted of mostly traveling. We left South Carolina, and made our way to Nashville, Tennessee where we toured the Nashville Downtown YMCA. The five-story building houses a state of the art workout facility. Also, this is home of Black Achievers program, which has close to 100 members. It was surprising to discover the eligibility to participate in the Black Achiever program starts at the 7th grade, in comparison to the 9th grade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Aaron McGee, a Nashville Black Achievers advisor, said, he “was striving to create as many opportunities as possible for” his kids. Mcgee is a Mass Communication major at Tennessee State University. I asked him how he ended up as the youth advisor, and he said, “The opportunity just presented itself, but I’m happy because I love what I do.” I’d like to thank Mr. McGee for the love and hospitality he showed to the Milwaukee Black College Tour.
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