[045] MTSU GRAD, SON OF ADDICTS, RISES FROM CRISES TO CAREER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

MTSU GRAD, SON OF ADDICTS, RISES FROM CRISES TO CAREER
Greghri Love, Author of “There is an Urgency,” Guests on “MTSU On the Record”
(MURFREESBORO) – Greghri Love’s mother was a prostitute. His father was a convict. Both parents were addicted to drugs. With Greghri’s father in prison, the boy’s stand-in father was his mother’s pimp. After Greghri was shuttled off to foster care, his testimony sent his mother to prison.
In spite of all this, Greghri earned college degrees in art education and special education. He became a teacher and an advocate for child abuse awareness. MTSU alumnus Greghri Love will tell his story to Gina Logue at 7 a.m. this Sunday, August 16, on “MTSU On the Record” on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Greghri Love is the author of There is an Urgency, the compelling, yet often horrifying chronicle of the physical and sexual abuse he endured throughout his childhood and his ordeal to overcome its impact on his psyche so that others could benefit from the lessons of his struggle.
To hear last week’s interview with Dr. Stephen Morris, chair of the Department of Political Science, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “August 9, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.