Joy Doss
Jumpstarting the summer glow-up, body-beautiful process
My friend Sayyida Abdus Salaam is the heart and soul of her own practice, Memphis Center for Aesthetic Medicine (MCAM), which she opened with purpose and intention in Germantown just over two years ago.
Dr. Salaam saw a need and moved in to fill the...
Entrepreneur building on concept that philanthropy is good business
Things we know:
Memphis is a city where poverty is an issue.
Approximately a quarter of our people live below the poverty line.
That’s not counting folks who are homeless and unaccounted for or teetering on the brink, one paycheck away from dire straits.
The average person doesn’t...
#ACCESS901: Looping David Porter into the MLK50 thread
The Civil Rights Movement and the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. affected the way we saw ourselves, the way we responded to microaggressions and blatant discrimination. It also affected our creative expression.
Some of the world’s best music was born of this movement,...
‘The Next Big Thing’ is right here in Memphis
Trey Carter is “The Next Big Thing” and there’s not even a sconch of hyperbole in that assertion.
The Next Big Thing Movement, a global non-profit organization, has designated Trey Carter as one of the Top 35 Millennial Influencers in the country. That means the...
Memphis Jazz Workshop rolls on with Ulysses Owens Jr.
Ulysses Owens Jr. is more than just some (Grammy winning) jazz dude. Sure, his music is great and all but he truly thinks – and lives – beyond the art. He is the embodiment of “doing well by doing good.”
Owens and his family founded...
#ACCESS901: ‘The Color Purple’ makes Memphis tour stop
“The Color Purple” is in full swing here in Memphis. I attended opening night (Tuesday) at the Orpheum, with the house packed and rightfully so. It is a special story. The book by Alice Walker and the subsequent movie was a game changer –...
#ACCESS 901: Chef D. Arthur has ‘it’
Whatever “it” is, Chef D. Arthur has it. His food is nom. He is personable, charming and a super nice guy. And he wants to help us get through 2018, starting and ending on a high note.
To that end, he has created his second...
#ACCESS901: Memphis shows up – and out – at NAACP Image Awards watch party
TV One and Xfinity hosted a watch party for the 49th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the National Civil Rights Museum and… It. Was. Grand.
I worked on the event with One35 Street agency, but by all accounts, aside from my own, it was a...
#ACCESS901: ‘Fences’ puts Theatre Memphis audience on its feet
Confession: I had yet to see “Fences” on stage. This was my first time. Don’t take my black card yall! I did see “Jitney,” “King Headley,” etc. That to say, this was a win-win. I would have gone regardless of whether I wrote about...
#ACCESS901: Preachers work out to strengthen their bodies — and spirit
I hope you receive this in the spirit in which it is given. But y’all first-of-the-year gym people fray my nerves.
I’m always next to the one go-hard lady on the elliptical. My eyes are rolling all over my head. Working out is a lifestyle...