We're more than two months into our Precious Lives project to examine the issue of gun violence and how it affects children in Milwaukee. It's a good time to take stock of the project, and look ahead to where it will go.
Stories about kids, guns and how to stop the violence. Precious Lives, created by 371 Productions, is a 2-year, 100-part weekly radio series about gun violence and young people in the Milwaukee area. The series applies a public health lens to each story to help listeners understand the full scope of the problem: who are the victims and the shooters; how are the weapons obtained; and what can we change about the environment that contributes to violence in Milwaukee?