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Feature Story Frank Johnson looks towards North Memphis' Penn A Kem, LLC chemical plant on the left hand side of the road. On the right is Douglass High School. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

The Pandemics: Decades of environmental racism is making COVID-19 more deadly in Black communities

Baris Gursakal & Cole BradleyThursday, August 20, 2020
Feature Story Momentum2 Community Development

Care about Memphis' nonprofits? Tune in for these virtual discussions this Wednesday and Thursday.

Brandi HunterTuesday, August 11, 2020
Moment Nonprofit Partners' annual conference is underway. This year, they're livestreaming two sessions for the public. August 12 is a discussion on the racial gap in leadership positions across the nonprofit sector. August 13 lays out the state of the Mid-South's nonprofit sector.
Feature Story Twenty-year veteran Shane Howell (left) stops by with paperwork as Private Michael Pence (right) works the Station 18 desk where crew members field emergency calls and help citizen who walk in with an emergency. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

901RideChoice is reducing non-emergency calls to 911

Andrea ValenzuelaMonday, August 10, 2020
Feature Story Archie Willis rides the Madison Avenue trolley bus through Madison Heights. (Ziggy Mack) Arts and Culture

In Photos: More Memphis neighborhoods revisited

Cole BradleyFriday, July 31, 2020
Feature Story Shelia Williams, a 2020 Bickford-Bearwater High Ground News Community Correspondent. (Cole Bradley) Arts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Shelia Williams

Cole BradleyThursday, July 30, 2020
Feature Story Jolie Shaw, a 2020 Bickford-Bearwater High Ground News Community Correspondent. (Cole Bradley) Arts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Jolie Shaw

Cole BradleyThursday, July 30, 2020
Community Correspondents are everyday Memphians training to become neighborhood-based reporters. From Bickford in North Memphis, meet one of Memphis' newest journalists, Jolie Shaw. 
Feature Story (Andrea Morales) Healthy Communities

Candidates for Shelby County Schools Board of Education answer tough questions ahead of election

Cole BradleySunday, July 26, 2020
Two virtual town halls gave parents and students the chance to discuss their biggest concerns with candidates running for a spot on the SCS Board of Education.
Feature Story Derion Lipford films his pitch proposal for the judges of ArtUp's North Memphis Incubator in January 2020. (Sheri Neely) Arts and Culture

Memphis teen wins ArtUp business pitch contest

Friday, July 24, 2020
Kynnidi Caffey won $500 after her 60-second pitch for a custom t-shirt company called “Fits Us!” The 18 year-old is a graduate of Briarcrest Christian School.
Feature Story Executive Director John Paul Shaffer announces the BLDG Memphis rebrand in April 2017. It was previously the Community Development Council of Greater Memphis. (Submitted) Community Development

BLDG Memphis and new board look to the future of community development in and after the pandemic

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
BLDG Memphis acts as a facilitator for collaboration between 40-plus community organizations and community-mind individuals across the city. They're all facing uncharted territory in the pandemic. 
Feature Story Dr. Susan Miranda conducts research for University of Tennessee Health Sciences Centers' Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2014. Healthy Communities

UTHSC hosting second virtual coronavirus symposium July 28

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
UTHSC is hosting their second virtual coronavirus symposium July 28. The free event will include speakers from UTHSC, St. Jude, and others.
Feature Story Husband and wife Nancy and Patricio Gonzalez carry equipment to the Gaisman Community Center at the end of game day. They are the directors and coaches of Illegal Arts Memphis soccer league. (Natalie Eddings) Arts and Culture

In Photos: Memphis neighborhoods revisited

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Can't get out and explore the city during the pandemic? Take a visual tour through six of our 13 On the Ground neighborhoods to get your Memphis fix.
Feature Story The Bickford-Bearwater Community Correspondents attended their first class on January 11. They're training to become community-based journalists for North Memphis. The class is held in the AngelStreet choir room at Oasis of Hope's Bickford center. Arts and Culture

High Ground trains North Memphis residents in community-based journalism

Cole BradleyFriday, July 17, 2020
High Ground has launched its second Community Correspondents class. The six-week program trains average Memphians in community-based journalism.
Feature Story Soulsville in pictures 2 Sustainability

Mass evictions are coming. This South Memphis nonprofit is part of the solution.

Baris GursakalThursday, July 16, 2020
Mass evictions are looming across the country. In the U.S. "eviction capital," The Works, Inc. puts people over profit.  
Feature Story Exposure Arts and Culture

Visitors can build a custom experience at the first virtual Exposure event

Cole BradleyThursday, July 16, 2020
Exposure is going virtual in September 2020. Rather than walk between 100 booths at the FedEx Forum, attendees can learn about local businesses and organization with a customized virtual experience.
Feature Story The PepsiCo Foundation has pledge $7 million for nationwide COVID-19 relief, including $500,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. (Banco de Alimentos Quito, PepsiCo Foundation) Healthy Communities

Pepsi puts $500,000 toward COVID-19 relief in Memphis

Cole BradleyThursday, July 16, 2020
The PepsiCo Foundation has partnered with the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis to put $500,000 towards pandemic relief efforts in Memphis.
Feature Story Sergeant Biggs, a Memphis Police Department mascot, greets members of the community outside Cathedral of Faith during the Klondike-Smokey City foster care awareness parade. (Brandon Dahlberg)

Urban League and Shelby County mayor to host virtual summit on police reform in the South

Cole BradleyFriday, July 10, 2020
The free virtual summit is July 14 and takes aim at police brutality, the prison system, and re-entry reform.
Feature Story (HarperCollins) Arts and Culture

Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas “come” to Memphis with virtual book signing

Cole BradleyThursday, July 9, 2020
Talk show host Phil Donahue and actress Marlo Thomas are “coming” to Memphis for a virtual, live-streamed conversation on their new book, “What Makes a Marriage Last."
Feature Story Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Healthy Communities

Methodist-Le Bonheur creates new role to reduce Mid-South health disparities

Cole BradleyThursday, July 9, 2020
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare announced a new leadership position dedicated to eradicating health disparities in the Mid-South.
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