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High GroundKids and Education

On the Ground Podcast: How improv theater is helping kids find shared humanity

Cole BradleyTuesday, March 12, 2019

High GroundArts and Culture

On The Ground Podcast: How public art is engaging Memphians around sustainability

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

High GroundCommunity Development

On The Ground Podcast: Homeownership in Memphis neighborhoods

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Artist Khara Woods (Submitted)

High GroundArts and Culture

Art installations in Frayser, Orange Mound & Uptown to be designed by community members

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, December 19, 2018

Homeowners Mike and Nyasha Daniels in their Frayser home, which they purchased from the Frayser Community Development Corporation in 2018. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

High GroundCommunity Development

To combat investment property swarm, Frayser CDC empowers residents to purchase their homes

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, November 15, 2018

As part of the Brooks Outing project, artist Julien de Casabianca pasted "characters" from earlier artworks in suprising places across Memphis. This snippet of "Au pied de la falaise" can be seen on Crump Boulevard. (Ziggy Mack)

High GroundArts and Culture

Brooks Museum's mural project takes classic art to the streets of Memphis

Mark JordanTuesday, October 30, 2018

Children play at Pursuit of God Church while their parents attend class next door. The new program teaches about language and brain development for children zero to 30 months. (Agape)

High GroundKids and Education

Gift of gab: Frayser children reach for kindergarten readiness before they learn to talk

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 10, 2018

Crystal Bullard’s children started preschool and elementary school at Whitney Achievement Elementary School last year. (Caroline Bauman/Chalkbeat Tennessee)

High GroundKids and Education

When students miss school, they fall behind. Here’s how one group is curbing absenteeism.

Caroline Bauman, Chalkbeat TennesseeTuesday, September 25, 2018

Erma Simpson, founder of the Hagar Center, talks about her program's Saturday Lunchand Learn classes for teen mothers where she distributes needed supplies that have been donated. Simpson is partnering with the Urban Child Institute to organize a cit

High GroundHealthy Communities

City-wide diaper drive to support Memphis families in poverty

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, September 20, 2018

Agape team member Marquis McPherson talks to parents at Whitehaven's A. Maceo Walker Middle School about Agape's community and school-based services. (Submitted)

High GroundKids and Education

Agape embeds in Whitehaven to prevent youth from entering foster system

Cole BradleyWednesday, March 28, 2018

Miles Tamboli

High GroundSustainability

Opinion: If it’s food security you want, grow your own food. Seriously.

Lee Eric Smith, The New Tri-State DefenderWednesday, March 7, 2018

SaveFirst aims to reduce the amount of people that fall prey to predatory tax services, which often overcharge low-income families upwards of $400 for simple returns.

High GroundEonomic Development

SaveFirst aims to reduce predatory tax preparation in Memphis

Erica HortonWednesday, December 20, 2017

Students at Frayser Elementary learn exercises that promote understanding and emotional stability. (Courtesy Playback Memphis)

High GroundHealthy Communities

Children and former inmates lift up Frayser through improvisational theater

Cole BradleyThursday, November 30, 2017

Stephanie Love stands in front at Whitney Elementary in Frayser, which residents say is negatively affected by a nearby landfill.

High GroundCommunity Development

Community activists affect change in Frayser and North Memphis

Kirstin CheersWednesday, October 18, 2017

The exterior of Stylist Salon, a locally-owned business in Frayser.

High GroundEntrepreneurship

Locally-owned business brings jobs back to Frayser

Michael WaddellWednesday, October 18, 2017

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