MURFREESBORO — To
ring out the old year and ring in the new, the “MTSU On the Record” radio
program will present two graduates who are giving back to their community.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Stephanie Keys Thomas,
program director for two components of the Murfreesboro nonprofit organization
Doors of Hope, will air from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, and from 6 a.m.
to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org.
Thomas graduated in fall 2016 with a master’s degree in
business education with an emphasis on training and development. She works with
women who have been imprisoned for felonies and are attempting to readjust to
life outside correctional facilities.
“When females are leaving incarceration or are homeless and
on the streets or battling with addiction, they have a safe place to come and
rebuild their lives,” Thomas said. “We specialize in women coming straight out
of incarceration.”
Meanwhile, Logue’s interview with Courtney Greene, a fall
2017 alumna and sexual abuse survivor, will air from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 2, and from 6 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, on WMOT-FM and www.wmot.org.
Greene, a psychology major who aspires to become a
counselor, shared her story with others Oct. 3, 2017, at a child abuse
awareness panel sponsored by the 15th Judicial District Child Advocacy Center
and Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Greene said she was sexually
abused for about two years beginning when she was 15 years old.
“I have found great healing through counseling and through …
getting involved in my (new) church and yoga and all types of things,” Greene
said. “But I also realize my journey is not everyone’s, and it’s fascinating to
me to see how different people can react to a similar history.”
Greene praises the work of Nancy Willis of the “Darkness to
Light” program at the Child Advocacy Center in Lebanon. The program teaches
parents and other adults who supervise children how to detect signs that a
child might be a target of abuse.
To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://bit.ly/mtsu-otr.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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