Paula Anderson

The City of Memphis Housing and Community Development (HCD) Division is taking applications for its neighborhood and community projects for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The deadline is 4 p.m. Jan 31. The Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF) provides opportunities for local nonprofit organizations to receive funding...

A city-sponsored program to help teenagers and young adults make career choices and, which also attracted the attention of the White House, recently held an information session for people, who could benefit from the program. The city of Memphis received $2.5 million in federal funding...

Teens and young adults, ages 16 to 24, Friday (Jan. 6) will have an opportunity to learn about solutions for job opportunities and personal development thanks to the city of Memphis’ Office of Community Affairs.  The Opportunity R3 (Rethinking, Rebranding and Rebuilding) information session runs...

A “Celebration of Diversity” was the theme as the Mid-South Minority Business Council (MMBC) Continuum held its annual Robert R. Church, Sr. Achievement Awards luncheon and celebration at the Holiday Inn – University of Memphis last week (Nov. 16). The tone was set at the...

Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) held its 25th annual Flame and Spark Awards on Nov. 3 at Downtown’s Halloran Center for Education and Performing Arts. The event kicked off with a red carpet and reception for attendees to meet and greet before the awards...

Social and economic mobility – along with “general community betterment” – form the underpinning for the $1M capital grant program that the Ford Motor Company Fund has rolled out for West Tennessee nonprofits. The Ford Motor Company Fund is the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor...

With National Black Business Month setting the context, Writing by Design Media, Inc., a public benefit corporation, will celebrate the fifth anniversary and the final edition of Memphis Small Business Quarterly. The print-plus-digital publication highlights the entrepreneurial journeys of Black entrepreneurs. Muggin Coffeehouse, a Black-owned coffee...

Black Lives Matter has been top of mind for many Americans since the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and more recently the death of George Floyd captured on video in May. BLM originated in 2015 with the hashtag #blacklivesmatter. Today it's a central element...

After 31 years of preaching the gospel, Pastor Bartholomew Orr, senior pastor of Brown Baptist Church in Southaven, MS., has taken the advice from one of his former professors at Christian Brothers University to place his writings, sermons and thoughts into a book. On Sept....