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...
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Britney Thornton is a native of historic Orange Mound, a neighborhood in Memphis which, in 1890 when it was founded, was one of the first in the...
The Memphis Bus Riders Union (MBRU) evolved in 2012 from a transportation task force formed by long-time activist Georgia “Mother” King shortly after...
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...
Sweet LaLa’s Bakery launched in late 2014 to create employment opportunities for graduates of Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-up (JIFF)...
For the anniversary of 9/11, we share words of hope and love from four inspiring local leaders: “My hope is to see a time where people can get past...
Facing History and Ourselves is an organization that helps high school students recognize racism, anti-semitism, and all forms of bigotry so they can...
Playback Memphis’s Performing the Peace (PTP) is a 12-session workshop for Memphis Police officers and formerly incarcerated individuals who are part...
Terri Lee Freeman, President of the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM), shares with us some of the goals of the museum which stands at the Lorraine...
“What would happen to our children?” Since 2015, a coalition of non-profits, including Catholic Charities, Community Legal Center, Latino Memphis and...