Emily Yellin was six-years old when her parents held the first meeting of their Memphis Search for Meaning Committee at her home in 1968. She asked...
Category - family
The nephew Charlene raised was killed in 2011. Tara’s son was killed two weeks before his high school graduation in 2015. These two women have worked...
Room in the Inn Memphis (RITI) is an ecumenical ministry that serves people experiencing homelessness. Modeled after the hugely successful Room in...
Shukriya, whose name means thankful, was separated from her family in East Africa over ten years ago. She was resettled in the United States a few...
Metamorphosis is the OUTMemphis response to homelessness of LGBTQ youth, aged 18-24 (minors have other programs available). Its components work...
Sweet LaLa’s Bakery launched in late 2014 to create employment opportunities for graduates of Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-up (JIFF)...
In 2015, Jesse and Nick adopted one-year-old Brooklyn from China knowing she needed a liver transplant and was in critical condition. When they...
The Shell’s history has special meaning for a town that takes its music seriously. Built in 1936, by the city of Memphis and the depression-era WPA...
Inger Upchurch, the manager of the Cornelia Crenshaw branch of the Memphis Public Library (MPL), tells us that the library is a place that welcomes...
Joy Prom 2017. 230 special needs guests, age 16 and over. Over 800 volunteers who open their hearts and work to create a special evening for some...