Read the other posts in this series: Opportunity Youth in Memphis and The Movement in Memphis Continues During the FY2017 budget process and the months afterward, there were some small successes. Although they dismissed our request for an impactful increase in investment for youth opportunity programs, Mayor Strickland and the Memphis City Council did support spending allocations for […]
As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination here in Memphis, we are taking a step back to ask ourselves what has changed and how we can influence lasting change on behalf of our youth. Launched in 2017, Momentum Memphis is a campaign built to unite the community in taking action to […]
Bernice Martin (left) and Apryle Young-Lanier (right) at an educational community fair
The Memphis 13: This group of 1st graders was chosen in 1961 to integrate four white elementary schools in Memphis.
That’s how much time my 2nd and 3rd grade classes have read over the past 8 weeks during our literacy challenge at Hull Jackson. Children with a strong reading background are able to keep up better in other subjects. Reading helps with critical thinking skills and better prepares students to engage in work that requires […]
With the recent graduation of dozens of parents from the Stand University for Parents program in Memphis, City Director, Cardell Orrin, and parent leader, Amber Johnson-Mitchell sat down with WREG News Channel 3’s Marybeth Conley and Alex Coleman for a segment on how parents can be active and involved in their child’s success. Cardell and […]
