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Community Service Officer Steven Solomon speaks to teens at the South Branch Library about career opportunities with the Canadian National Railway during the Nov. 19, 2021 Grown-ish teen workshop. (submitted)

High GroundKids and Education

Grown-ish workshop series at South Library prepares teens for adulthood

Jim ColemanThursday, March 17, 2022

Transit Equity Day events are scheduled for Feb 1-4, 2022 in Memphis.

High GroundTransportation

Public invited to Transit Equity Day events, online and in-person Feb 1-4

Sarah RushakoffFriday, January 28, 2022

Mural from Second Congregational Church by Reginald Morris displayed outside the church for the first time. (submitted)

High GroundArts and Culture

Dixon celebrates legacy of Black artists throughout the 20th century

Chris JonesThursday, December 16, 2021

PRIZM Ensemble executive director Gavin Wigginson (submitted)

High GroundKids and Education

PRIZM Ensemble’s new leader helps kids explore social issues through music

Chris JonesThursday, November 11, 2021

TSU hosted an Apple Community Education Initiative event in 2019. (Apple)

High GroundTechnology and Innovation

LeMoyne-Owen College encourages cybersecurity training through partnership with Apple and TSU

Chris JonesThursday, October 21, 2021

Donald Jenkins, an Advance Memphis client and former staffer poses on a forklift. The nonprofit offers a forklift safety certification that helps its clients get higher-paying jobs. (Advance Memphis)

High GroundEonomic Development

Labor shortage means higher wages for some South Memphis workers

Cole BradleyThursday, June 24, 2021

A Mustard Seed volunteer hands a Thanksgiving care package to a South Memphis resident. (Mustard Seed)

High GroundCommunity Development

Faith in Action: Mustard Seed believes a small start can bring big change in South Memphis

Mary K. LevieWednesday, June 16, 2021

A young party goer and the mascot of the Paint It Clean bath kit dance to the music of the Jazz Brothers at the first Green Leaf Learning Farm Earth Day tour and tasting event, held on April 22, 2021. (Cole Bradley)

High GroundHealthy Communities

In Photos: Take a tour and have a taste of Green Leaf, the only certified organic farm in Memphis

Cole BradleyMonday, May 3, 2021

(Eric Ward, Creative Commons)

High GroundKids and Education

Kindred Place picks up where the ACE Awareness Foundation left off as organization shutters

Erica HortonWednesday, March 31, 2021

Chicken dish from Chef Tam's Underground Cafe. Chef Tam's is one of 21 businesses participating in the 2021 Memphis Black Restaurant Week running March 7-14. (Submitted)

High GroundEntrepreneurship

Are you ready to dig in to Memphis Black Restaurant Week?

Sarah RushakoffTuesday, March 2, 2021

A parent and child make music in a drum circle at the Knowledge Question Universal Parenting Place in South Memphis. (Submitted)

High GroundHealthy Communities

In a traumatizing year, this South Memphis trauma support program is in jeopardy

Erica HortonMonday, February 1, 2021

Christine Jones and her mother Irma (behind) walk down the hall toward an exam room while being seen at the Guthrie Primary Care Clinic in Smokey City, North Memphis. (Andrea Morales, 2017).

High GroundHealthy Communities

Healthcare has never been equitable and the pandemic is proof

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyThursday, November 12, 2020

Census

High GroundCommunity Development

Here's why Memphis nonprofits care about the U.S. census and you should too.

Cole BradleyThursday, September 24, 2020

Memphis jooker Ryan Haskett dances for onlookers

High GroundArts and Culture

In Photos: The Last of Our Neighborhoods Revisited

Cole BradleyFriday, September 4, 2020

Soulsville USA

High GroundArts and Culture

Walking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history

Ramona SpringfieldThursday, August 20, 2020

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