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.
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.
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.
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 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.