Episode 148 Vernae and Lance Thompson - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"

Vernae and Lance Thompson are helping our young people find purpose. You can find my full discussion with the founders of the Dream Big Interactive Initiative here.

 

Here are the questions I asked:

 

0:31 1. We’re going to talk all about the Dream Big Interactive Initiative today. But let’s start here.

 

Pretend you’re in a school and there’s a child listening and you have a chance to encourage them, what would you say?

 

1:25 2. Talk to me about starting Dream Big. We have so many challenges in our community it can be difficult to know where to start when you set out to address them. How did you decide this is what we’re going to do and where we’re going to do it?

 

4:08 3. In 2004, Dream Big impacted nearly 7,000 elementary students. Tell me how it works, what I’m going to see and experience when you go into a school?

 

6:39 4. Tell people your age 3 Michael Jackson story.

 

13:20 5. Lance, you are a contemporary R&B singer, songwriter and producer, who has amassed over one million video plays over various social media platforms. You believe in showing your gifts and talents to the community where you grew up. Why do you think this is so important? And, what do you attribute your success to compared with some of your peers that you grew up with?

 

20:10 6. As you look out at our community, what are some of the things that concern you the most?

 

30:33 7. Lastly, what gives you hope that we’re headed in the right direction as a community?