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Feature Story (Forever Ready Productions) High GroundKids and Education

60-second video series is helping parents find some peace in the pandemic

Cole BradleyThursday, January 21, 2021
Feature Story The Arts Café is looking for residents of the Memphis' Riverview-Kansas area who enjoy making art or poetry to share how COVID-19 has affected their community. The deadline to apply is January 29. High GroundArts and Culture

Arts Café calls for Riverview-Kansas residents to share their pandemic stories through art, poetry

Cole BradleyWednesday, January 20, 2021
Feature Story ACE Awareness Foundations' Universal Parenting Places provide bonding activities, education, counseling, and more for caregivers and their children. (Submitted) High GroundKids and Education

Breaking News: ACE Awareness Foundation announces closure in spring 2021

Erica HortonWednesday, December 23, 2020
Feature Story Caribe Sabor opened in 2016 at 662 Madison Avenue in The Edge. It serves traditional Venezuelan and Caribbean foods like arepas, tequeños, pastelitos, as well as unique dishes unique to Sabor Caribe. (High Ground News) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Video: Take a pandemic-safe trip to Venezuela with Sabor Caribe

Cole BradleyWednesday, December 23, 2020
Feature Story Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, addresses at a coronavirus briefing on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Official White House Photo, Keegan Barber) High GroundHealthy Communities

Mid-Southerners are invited to a virtual conversation with director of CDC, December 14

Cole BradleyFriday, December 11, 2020
Feature Story Starkisha James, 32, is a teacher at Newberry Elementary. (Shelia Williams) High GroundHealthy Communities

Back to School: A Memphis teacher shares her worries and bright spots

Tafui OwusuThursday, December 3, 2020
Feature Story Geraldine Williams, 63, sits on her porch in North Memphis. Williams is a bus driver Durham School Services who says she'll be back in the driver's seat as soon as she can. (Shelia Williams) High GroundHealthy Communities

Back to School: A Memphis bus driver shares her struggles and fears

Tafui OwusuWednesday, December 2, 2020
Feature Story (Wikimedia Commons) High GroundKids and Education

Tennessee’s largest teacher group calls for more protections as COVID spreads among educators

Friday, November 20, 2020
Feature Story 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
Feature Story Dr. Mary Manspeaker (right) is a veterinarian with the Human Society of Memphis and Shelby County. The Humane Society is currently running a pilot program to provide reduced-cost veterinarian care for low-income Memphians. (Submitted) High GroundHealthy Communities

Memphis Humane Society offering discount vet care for low-income, unemployed pet owners

Jim ColemanThursday, November 5, 2020
Feature Story Dr. Marcus Matthews is an education expert and author. His latest book provides tips for educators addressing students' ACEs and discusses expanding the definition of adverse childhood experiences for children in urban environments. (Submitted) High GroundKids and Education

Memphis author, expert says definition of adverse childhood experiences falls short in urban areas

Erica HortonThursday, October 29, 2020
Feature Story Lauren Wiliams-Batiste, owner of the Memphis-based Elle's Elixirs. (Lauren Wiliams-Batiste) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Women Working It: Lauren Williams-Batiste talks tea, CBD, and learning to market yourself

Brandi HunterThursday, October 8, 2020
High GroundHealthy Communities

Six bands will take the stage for suicide prevention this Saturday, October 10

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 7, 2020
Feature Story Kenzie Cleaves stands inside a vacant unit in her North Memphis apartment complex that she said has been unsecured for over a year. Unsafe housing conditions can increase COVID-19-related deaths. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundHealthy Communities

In poor communities, toxic housing is a risk factor for COVID-19 deaths

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyWednesday, September 30, 2020
Feature Story Derotha Payne-Obie mounts a recently completed puzzle at her dining room table. Prior to the pandemic, she attended the Lewis Senior Center. It closed in March under local and state mandates. (Tamara Cunningham) High GroundHealthy Communities

For senior citizens, the virus isn't the only pandemic danger. Isolation can be deadly.

Tamara CunninghamWednesday, September 16, 2020
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