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Dawn Neuses

Dawn Neuses

Dawn Neuses is a transplant Memphian and part-time freelance journalist from the Midwest who spent the past year exploring her new home in the Mid-South. Dawn was a reporter for 20 years, covering everything from education to community activism, and enjoys learning something new from every person she meets.

Dawn Neuses's Latest Articles

Mia Madison is launching the Chelsea Avenue Farmer's Market on April 20, 2019. She hopes the vacant lot where she is standing, at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Springdale Street, will be revived with at least 20 vendors. (Dawn Neuses)
Chelsea Avenue Farmer’s Market will showcase fresh foods and community pride

A new farmer’s market in Hollywood-Hyde Park will provide retail opportunities to residents, community farmers, growers and vendors in North Memphis.

During the 2019 GiveCamp Memphis event, IT and marketing professionals dedicate a full weekend to building websites, creating logos, branding and more—all for free. (Drew Fleming)
Memphis technology and marketing professionals donate their skills to area nonprofits

GiveCamp Memphis helps nonprofits focus on their mission and impact. Every year IT and marketing professionals dedicate a full weekend to building websites, creating logos, branding and more — all for free.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is training emergency room personnel to better assess, identify and respond to elder abuse through a curriculum it plans to share with all Shelby County hospitals. (Submitted)
Baptist-Memphis uses ER visits to assess and respond to elder abuse

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is training emergency room personnel to better assess, identify and respond to elder abuse through a curriculum it plans to share with all Shelby County hospitals.

Sariah Hudson, 12, Antonio McPherson, 12, and Jose McClellen, 14, hang out with friends and participate in programs after school at the Heights campus of STREETS Ministries. (Dawn Neuses)
STREETS Ministries combines play and empowerment in The Heights

STREETS Ministries empowers Heights youth to reach for their best selves. That support starts inside their multi-purpose space that's part gym, part choir room, part Sunday school and all love. 

Supported by a $3.9 million Aging Initiative Grant, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis completed 374 aging-in-place home repairs for Shelby County seniors. (Submitted)
Plough Foundation’s $12 million Aging Initiative finds success in supporting Memphis seniors

Programs funded with $12 million in Aging Initiative grants from the Plough Foundation have garnered state and national attention for the impact they’ve had on the lives of Shelby County seniors.

Mauricio Calvo, executive director of Latino Memphis (L) and Yancy Villa-Calvo, a Memphis artist and community engagement specialist. (Submitted)
Newly naturalized, the leading family of Latino Memphis votes in their first U.S. election

Mauricio Calvo and Yancy Villa-Calvo, who are among Memphis' most prominent Latino citizens, are hopeful about the ‘blue wave’ in the August 2 primary elections and what it means for the local immigrant and Latino populations. 

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