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The growing movement to send counselors, not cops, to mental health crises

Friday, October 23, 2020
Feature Story (Wikimedia Commons High Ground

Recycle, reduce, reuse meet rethink and re-earth for Tennessee's first Zero Waste Day

Cole BradleyThursday, October 22, 2020
Feature Story (Wikimedia Commons) High Ground

“A New Generation of Poll Workers” Steps Up to Ensure Safe, Fair Elections

Thursday, October 22, 2020
Feature Story In June, activist occupied Memphis City Hall's plaza and covered it in the names of Black Americans killed by law enforcement. MICAH held a rally on the plaza demanding policing reform and other changes toward a more just Memphis. (Cole Bradley) High Ground

MICAH wants Memphians to get in 'good trouble' at virtual public meeting this Sunday

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 21, 2020
Feature Story Members of Ballet Folklórico Herencia Hispana gathering before the parade in 2019 Dia de los Muertos parade. (Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) High Ground

Day of the Dead "reverse parade" set for Oct. 24 in Midtown and Overton Park

Cole BradleyFriday, October 16, 2020
Feature Story Dalisia “Dee” Brye closed on her new home in Whitehaven in June with the help of United Housing's HUD-certified housing counselors. Brye sought home ownership after realizing that mortgage payments would be less than rental payments. (Submitted) High GroundHealthy Communities

Agencies in Memphis encourage homeownership as alternative to high rents

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, October 15, 2020
Feature Story James Cook and his family stand outside the future home of Nubian Design Studios in Whitehaven. The building is currently under renovations with help from an EDGE Inner City Economic Development loan . (Ziggy Mack) High GroundEntrepreneurship

This Whitehaven entrepreneur is bringing a new hair studio to his community with help of EDGE loan

Erinn FiggWednesday, October 14, 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
Feature Story Fresh produce at The Grocer, an extension of the South Memphis Farmers Market. The vast majority of South Memphis is a food desert with no full-sized grocers selling healthful food. (Andrew Breig) High Ground

Memphis Food Systems Summit will seek solutions to city's food woes

Jim ColemanWednesday, October 7, 2020
Feature Story Laura Carpenter attends an Indie Memphis film screening at the Malco Summer Drive-In in October 2020. The theater has operated at its current location since 1966. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis' Summer drive-in is a cultural icon. It's also a safe place to escape the pandemic blues.

Andrea ValenzuelaWednesday, October 7, 2020
High GroundHealthy Communities

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

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 7, 2020
Feature Story Consuelo Rosales, owner of Consuelo's Cleaning Services. (GoDaddy) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Memphis entrepreneur and domestic violence survivor is featured in national commercial

Jeff HulettThursday, October 1, 2020
Feature Story A parent and child make music in a drum circle at the Knowledge Question Universal Parenting Place in South Memphis. (Submitted) High GroundKids and Education

High Ground and ACE Awareness Foundation launch year-long series on adverse childhood experiences

Erica HortonThursday, October 1, 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 Census High GroundCommunity Development

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

Cole BradleyThursday, September 24, 2020
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