The program designed to address contract disparities in Memphis City Schools was cut during its 2013 merger with Shelby County Schools, and minority and women-owned businesses are feeling the strain.
Within hours of the City of Memphis selling two public parks to an independent nonprofit, Memphis' two Confederate statues were on a flatbed truck traveling to an undisclosed location.
Although black-owned businesses make up more than a third of the local construction industry, they were awarded less than 1 percent of Memphis school contracts in the last five years, according to a new study.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners, formerly The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, is changing with the times. The organization held a celebration event on Nov. 7 at Minglewood Hall to unveil its rebranding, along with news of ramping up staff, an impending move to a new location in Midtown, revamping its programing model, changing its membership structure and expanding its board.
Founded after Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, the Memphis Panel of American Women sought to address inequality in Memphis by speaking up about their own experiences with prejudice.
One hundred lucky high schoolers from underprivileged backgrounds got the chance to learn more about careers in health care at the Determined to be a Doctor Someday Symposium on Saturday, August 26, at the Student Alumni Center in the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC).
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