A representative of a small family foundation said the family wanted to do something to aid in the speedy arrest of the suspects who killed Ava Christopher in a horrific T-bone collision in Midtown about 12:30 a.m. July 25.
David...
Greater Memphis Chamber subsidiary Chamber Benefits, Inc., the YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South, and WeCare tlc have formed a partnership to open primary care health centers at YMCA locations across Greater Memphis starting in 2024.
The partners are in...
In July, Art Gilliam was inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame … just outside of Nashville in Columbia, Tenn. He was excited, yet he took it in matter-of-factly.
“In the sense that anything that I can do that...
The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis has tapped 38 organizations to receive grant awards during the group’s 2023-24 annual grant cycle.
This cycle’s grant awards amount to a nearly $1.6 million investment in the community.
“We are building on the...
An organization’s readiness for a much-anticipated event tends to show when crunch time looms, especially when the unexpected pops up bearing its own deadlines.
“With the Classic, you’ve got a whole bunch of those stories,” said Fred Jones Jr., founder...
“Whatcha got for me?”
That was a standard opening for Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell when she answered my call as the associate publisher/executive editor of The New Tri-State Defender.
It was that way for years, until a couple of months of...
Emotions and remembrances recently permeated the day at Gordon Achievement Academy, where gatherers convened to honor the enduring legacy of the ‘Memphis 13’ and particularly the ‘Gordon 4,’ who desegregated Memphis City Schools 62 years ago on October 3,...
The You First Community Foundation has opened its doors and is about the business of advocating for women and girls from inside the Hickory Ridge Town Center.
Last Friday, Betina Hunt, the first Ms. Tennessee Corporate America and President of...
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Tennessee State Rep. Antonio Parkinson presented a $500,000 check to School Seed – an organization he said “shares our dedication to the nurturing the potential of young Tennesseans” – at a special presentation held at Gooch...
by TaJuan Stout-Mitchell --
A woman of class, beauty and grace, former Memphis City Councilmember Janet Hooks died on Tuesday (October 10). Whenever she walked into a room, she was stunning. But beauty was second or third to her kind...