Kate Crowder's Latest Articles
Healthy food festival brings good times and good habits to Broad Avenue
The first Healthy Memphis Food Festival will bring local health and wellness vendors to Broad Avenue in April.
Thinking outside the test: growing program fosters creativity and innovation in students
Destination Imagination, an after-school opportunity for children and teens that promotes problem solving, creative thinking and team collaboration, takes root in area schools.
Spreading the word: Literacy Mid-South distributes half a million books
Literacy Mid-South partners with national non-profit First Book to distribute half a million books to at-risk children and families in the region.
Staging social change: lessons from the Bard endure in Memphis schools
The Romeo and Juliet Project, inspired by a challenge from Mayor A C Wharton for local artists to help address youth violence, helps actors bring the play to life in high school classrooms. Beyond enhancing the language arts, the project helps students address real life drama in their own communities.
Genius idea to help Memphis startups
Soon Memphis entrepreneurs will have the aid of House of Genius. At monthly meetings a small gathering of wide-ranging minds from various disciplines and fields discuss and offer solutions to problems presented.
