Community News
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“We slept on the floor”: Memphis father shares family’s week inside a warming center as staff stepped up to provide necessities
A Memphis family stranded by a winter storm spent seven days at a warming center, and described early shortages and the staff who stepped in to help. Author: Lauren Turman Published: 10:06 PM CST January 29, 2026 MEMPHIS, Tenn — When Gerald Driver packed up his family and hit the road ahead of last week’s winter storm,…
As Nike cuts 775 jobs, what does it mean for Memphis and Mid-South?
Neil Strebig Updated Jan. 28, 2026, 10:55 a.m. CT Update: This story has been updated to reflect the number of jobs Nike will eliminate in Memphis and to add comments from the Greater Memphis Chamber. Nike is planning significant layoffs in the Mid-South. Nike representatives confirmed that approximately 775 jobs will be affected by a planned…
Non-profit helps Memphis youth navigate career, life goals
by: Quametra Wilborn Posted: Jan 23, 2026 / 05:00 AM CST MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A local non-profit organization is helping teach kids at an early age that they can accomplish anything they set their hearts on. However, due to different circumstances, some kids may have a harder time believing that than others. WREG spoke to one…
Memphis rehires custodial company to begin cleaning services after a monthlong gap at over 30 schools
By Bri Hatch January 22, 2026, 5:37pm CST After two votes rejecting a contract last month, the Memphis-Shelby County school board is bringing back a controversial custodial company to restore cleaning services to Northwest schools. For the past three weeks, nearly 35 MSCS schools have been without janitorial services because of the stalled contract. The board voted 8-0…
Memphis gets $500K from TVA for energy-efficient home repairs
The environment and public health notebook provides you with the information you need to know about environmental and public health in the Mid-South. Jack Armstrong Jan. 20, 2026, 6:02 a.m. ET ALSAC, the fundraising organization for St. Jude, appointed a new chief development officer and senior vice president of strategy. The Tennessee Valley Authority is…
Memphis & Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board vote against xAI permit appeal
FOX13 Memphis News Staff Dec 15, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board have voted against the XAI permit appeal. The board voted 6 to 1 against citizens in the appeal. In July, the Shelby County Health Department approved the use of 15 permanent natural gas turbines at Elon…
Some Memphis families have gotten their SNAP benefits, others have not
Kate Bieri, FOX13 Memphis Nov 12, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It’s been a confusing and chaotic time for thousands of Mid-South families who rely on federal benefits to feed their families. “I need my benefits!” said Shandra Phillips, who is still waiting on her SNAP benefits. “I’ve been surviving, eating cold cuts, which I’m tired…
Memphis schools open ‘state of the art’ real-time safety center
Brooke Muckerman Dec. 11, 2025, 3:52 p.m. ET Alton Elementary School still looks like it once did from the exterior, before it closed its doors in 2022. The school is surrounded by suburban-like neighborhoods in South Memphis. Streets are wide and the sidewalks still run around the majority of the perimeter of the school. While…
LISC Memphis launches home repair for seniors program with Habitat for Humanity
FOX13 Memphis News Staff Dec 8, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A new home repair initiative has been launched in the Bluff City, specifically designed to help older residents be able to continue living safely in their own homes. Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Memphis teamed up with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis to launch…
Tensions high as City Council discusses possible MFD pay raise; firefighters’ union responds
FOX13 Memphis News Staff Dec 3, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tensions were high Tuesday night as the Memphis City Council talked about giving Memphis firefighters another raise. “Y’all are wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong,” Councilwoman Yolanda Cooper-Sutton said. “And God sees your intentions and sees your hearts and he’s gonna deal with each and everyone…
Local Organizations
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Just City - Inspired by the work of the Shelby County Public Defender’s Office, Just City was founded in 2015 by a group of activists attorneys, and civic leaders.
Mid-South Peace & Justice Center - The Mid-South Peace & Justice Center is a multi-issue, multi-race organization whose mission is to engage, organize, and mobilize communities to realize social justice through nonviolent action. We work to educate and train new community leaders to lead campaigns for racial, economic, environmental and social justice.
Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition - A coalition of organizations and individual members dedicated to dismantling oppression and injustice in the city of Memphis.
Memphis United - Memphis United is a coalition of grassroots organizations, community groups, and Memphis residents formed to confront structural and institution racism.
Center for Transforming Communities - Center for Transforming Communities is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the holistic transformation of neighborhoods and communities in and around Memphis, Tennessee. We were established in 2009, but trace our history through a number of past organizations, including CONECT, Inc.
Choose 901 - Choose901 is a movement of passionate Memphians who want to invest and enjoy their lives in the Bluff City. These are the people who know and believe that Memphis isn’t becoming a good city, but is already a great city. A real city with problems that need to be solved. A growing city with opportunities to be seized. A fun city with so much to enjoy. Choose901 exists to share these great things and introduce these great people to each other while being a positive megaphone to the rest of the world.
MICAH - MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope) is a coalition of community and faith-based organizations joining together to give a more powerful voice for issues of justice in our city. Our current platform concentrates on three pillar issues, economic equity, education equity, and race & class equity in the justice system.
Juice Orange Mound - Our mission is to develop and advance the self-reliance of Orange Mound and the larger community by building capacity and engagement among citizens and businesses
Memphis Artists for Change - We are an artist-powered community and economic development organization. Memphis Artists for Change creates opportunities for community-sanctioned change in underserved neighborhoods. Tameka Daniel founded MAC in 2012 with the goal of empowering communities to embrace their identity. She realized that the artists in her network could lead community service initiatives.
Upcoming Events
2023 Beerman Award for Social Justice in Action Celebration
The Leonard I. Beerman Foundation for Peace and Justice honors the memory of Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman (1921–2014), a courageous and compassionate religious leader, social activist, and champion of peace and human rights. The Foundation recognizes and supports organizations, programs and activities similarly dedicated to improving the human condition.
I Can’t Breathe
A night of entertainment involving the discussion of racial inequality and the increase of awareness and knowledge related to the topic.
UW Public Lectures: From Artistic Joy to Collective Wellness
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, and an honoree of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship. Bamuthi’s opera libretto, We Shall Not Be Moved, was named one of 2017’s “Best Classical Music Performances” by The New York Times. His evening length work created…
UW Public Lectures: Building Scyborgs: An Evening on Decolonization
Join scholar, organizer, and co-conspirator K. Wayne Yang as he shares stories about decolonizing endeavors from past, present, future and speculative somewheres. How do we bend our own complicity in colonial institutions to forward Indigenous, Black, queer, and Other futures locally and globally? Come ready to consider your own scyborg powers and plans. K. Wayne…
UW Public Lectures: Tina Campt
Dr. Tina Campt is a black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art and lead convener of the Practicing Refusal Collective and the Sojourner Project. She began her career as a historian of modern Germany, earning a Ph.D. in history from Cornell University. She is one of the founding scholars of Black European Studies,…
“UW Public Lectures: Disability Justice: Centering Intersectionality and Liberation”
Joining another event in the ‘UW Public Lecture Series’ is Patty Berne, Cofounder and Executive Artistic Director of ‘Sins Invalid’, to discuss the importance of intersectionality in disability justice and the need to address how diverse systems of oppression reinforce each other. Ms. Berne’s work creates a framework and practice of disability justice, which centers…
UW Public Lectures: An Evening with Alice Wong
This is another event in the ‘UW Public Lecture Series’. Alice Wong will be remotely joining moderated converstation addressing topics important to her work in raising the visibility of disabled people. Alice Wong is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online…
RISE UP: Be the Domino
Join us at our 2nd annual Rise Up Conference. Spend the day with us as we tackle issues related to racial and social justice with empathy and respect to all.
Local Hero Spotlight
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