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Feature Image: A protester outside of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn holds a sign after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a…
Read More ‘Moments like now are why we teach’: Educators tackle tough conversations about race and violence — this time virtually
Feature Image: A man rides a bicycle up to a law enforcement checkpoint on Friday, May 29 after the city endured a night of protests…
Read More How is your school community talking about George Floyd’s death?
By Arijit Basu The community is important to all of us, and with the present COVID-19 pandemic leaving the world in a state of shock…
Read More Memphis Kids Appeal: “Heal the world. Make it a better place for you and for me.”
By Mark Scott I began this school year with a Facebook post showing me arriving early. As usual. To an empty parking lot. On the…
Read More A Retirement This School Teacher Didn’t Count On
Feature Image: Sonja Jackson and her son. Photos provided by Jackson. Sonja Jackson’s post was prompted by the police killing of George Floyd and vigilante…
Read More ‘Nice Young Man. Don’t Harm.’ A black mother’s plea on Nextdoor to protect her 14-year-old son
This is the holiday weekend I would look forward to for months. We have a few war veterans in our family who have passed, and…
Read More What We Miss: Memorializing This Holiday Weekend
Celebrate What’s Right: Memphis Music in the Key of E: Education, Equity, and Economics Memphis and music go hand-in-hand. We are a city that started…
Read More VIRTUAL CELEBRATE WHAT’S RIGHT: MEMPHIS MUSIC IN THE KEY OF E PANEL
By Ashley Davis, for High Ground News There’s been a flood of relief efforts in response to Covid-19, but are resources getting to the Memphis…
Read More When COVID-19 relief didn’t come, Douglass residents stepped up for their own
This article was originally published by Medium, for Medium’s Epicenter Memphis page. Republished with permission. By Anthony Young, Capital Executive in Residence for Epicenter Before the…
Read More Black Business Matters: Making COVID-19 Relief Equitable for Our Most Vulnerable Entrepreneurs
Feature Image: In this file photo from 2017, then-principal Debra Martin asks Alton Elementary students who will be attending the district’s summer learning academy. (Laura Faith…
Read More Memphis summer learning will be online and smaller than usual