Stormy days are ahead unless we do something “I think if we want our recovery from the growing eviction issue to look the way we…
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Rev. Steve Montgomery Died Today And The Universe Quaked
By Tom Jones, Smart City Memphis There are some people whose deaths make me feel that the universe is quaking. Rev. Steve Montgomery, who died this…
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Slingshot Memphis and MDRC announce partnership to improve anti-poverty programs
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 31, 2020 – Slingshot Memphis and MDRC today announce a collaborative, working partnership in Memphis, Tennessee — the first of its kind in the…
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Monologues for Healing, from the Women Who Lived Them
Prison Stories “I ran like she told me to do. A neighbor man grabbed me up and carried me across the street to his porch…
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Behind “Prison Stories”: A Storytelling Program For Healing
A much-needed program, now over, that resonates through today’s Black Lives Matter movement Originally published in the November 2018 print edition of StoryBoard By Elaine…
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Despite the pandemic, Generation Z activists took to the streets. Are the polls next?
Feature image: Allyson Smith helps lead a June 5, 2020, protest that proceeded through Cooper-Young and denounced police brutality and racist systems. Photo by Andrea…
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Mass evictions are coming. This South Memphis nonprofit is part of the solution.
Originally published July 16, 2020, by Baris Gursakal, for High Ground News A national wave of evictions loom as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to build…
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“I feel afraid for my life.” Jail detainees testify to COVID-19 risks
Feature image: A rolling protest outside outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center May 21 called for the release of people held at the…
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Arkansas transplant feels adrift in Memphis when pandemic hits
Feature image: Sha’Kira Carroll cooks at her home. Self-portrait by Sha’Kira Carroll. “I was worried about losing my job; I still worry. They’ve had to…
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BRIDGES USA youth leaders make space for teens in the midst of protests and a pandemic
Feature Image: Bridges USA is located on 477 North 5th Street in Uptown. (Submitted) Originally published July 2, By Ashley Davis, for High Ground News…
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