NNS Video: She was ‘not the one to take’: Remembering Quanita “Tay” Jackson | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Mark Doremus
August 27, 2019
By all accounts, Quanita “Tay” Jackson was someone trying to make a difference.
On Saturday, the 20-year-old helpedorganize a three-on-three basketball tournament that drew a large crowd toMoody Park for hoops, food and music. A day later, she was shot and killed nearthe park.
“Quanita was the energy Milwaukee so desperately needs,” oneof her colleagues said in a news release released by the city. “She was friendsto a few, but family to most. Her desire to be greater than her circumstanceswas both refreshing and empowering.”
Jackson served as a youth ambassador in Programthe Parks MKE campaign, organized by activist Vaun Mayes, which aimsto tamp down violence in inner-city neighborhoods.
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It was Mayes’ group that put together the basketballtournament.
After Mayes got a message that one of his youths had beenshot, he raced to the scene.
Reporter-videographer Mark Doremus pieced together Mayes’ Facebook Live posts to document what happened next.
Jackson was interviewed Saturday by Mark Doremus, who coveredthe basketball tournament for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
Here is what she had to say:
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University of Wisconsin System for 20 years before he retired in 2015.
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