In 2012, two recent college graduates and incoming Teach for America (TFA) corps members were struck by the lack of opportunity that existed for...
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The Carpenter Art Garden opened in 2012 on a street that its founder was told to avoid. There were drug houses and crime on Carpenter Street but also...
Every week over 1400 volunteers lovingly tutor students in our city’s schools through Team Read, a volunteer tutoring program that helps second...
Let’s Innovate Through Education (LITE) equips African American and Latinx students with the skills, connections, and capital to create wealth. Since...
REACH Memphis started after Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination almost 50 years ago when a local businessman and a guidance counselor at a public...
Metamorphosis is the OUTMemphis response to homelessness of LGBTQ youth, aged 18-24 (minors have other programs available). Its components work...
Donald Jenkins, warehouse supervisor for Advance Memphis and owner of Jenkins Lawn Care and Tree Removal Service, shares the story of how he moved...
Sweet LaLa’s Bakery launched in late 2014 to create employment opportunities for graduates of Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-up (JIFF)...
Marlon Foster’s family has lived in the same neighborhood since his grandparents moved there in 1947. When he was a senior in high school, his best...
Hattiloo is one of the keepers of the Black theater canon for our country. Named for founder and CEO Ekundayo Bandele’s two daughters, Hatshepsut...