Community News
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‘Social healing’ theater group Playback Memphis enhances mission with new identity
John Beifuss Oct 1, 2025 Playback Memphis, a nonprofit theater group, is rebranding itself as everystory. The organization uses improvised enactments of audience stories to promote community well-being. The group’s first performance under its new name will be on Oct. 11. Since 2008, Playback Memphis has practiced what it describes on its website as “a unique art…
Bondi and Hegseth rally federal agents and troops in Memphis as part of crime task force
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with federal agents forming a crime-fighting task force in Memphis, Tennessee. By ADRIAN SAINZ and TRAVIS LOLLER Updated 6:06 PM CDT, October 1, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday rallied members of a federal…
‘Just got paid!’: Memphis workers get paid after FOX13 report
Kate Bieri, FOX13 Memphis Sep 23, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fewer than 24 hours after FOX13’s report, a group of Mid-South workers have money in their pockets again. “We’re just trying to get paid for the work that we had done!” explained Erica Simpson, an employee of the company, on Monday. “I asked my own…
National Guard plan stirs up mixed feelings from Memphis residents
By JONATHAN MATTISE and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Updated 6:16 PM CDT, September 16, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard into Memphis for a crime-fighting push has some residents worried that it won’t help people who are struggling and could scare off visitors. Others disagree with that sentiment so much that they’re offering free barbecue for…
Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities
By JONATHAN MATTISE Updated 5:43 PM CDT, September 12, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities. Speaking on Fox News, Trump said “the mayor is happy” and “the…
Dancing through the noise: Memphis area studio counters crime talk with creativity following 901 Day shooting
Memphis police report crime is at a six-year low, but community leaders say statistics don’t reflect the reality they see. Author: Lauren Turman Published: 11:14 PM CDT September 5, 2025 COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — Recent data from the Memphis Police Department is sparking conversation — and some skepticism — about the state of crime in the city. But…
Thousands gather for 901 Day celebrations in downtown Memphis
by: Brian Didlake Posted: Sep 1, 2025 / 09:52 PM CDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city of Memphis said more than 10,000 people were downtown as the city celebrated everything that is Memphis for 901 Day. “Disregarding all the negativity you hear about Memphis it seems real safe, everybody seem like they having a good time,…
Tennessee Supreme Court places court-ordered demotions on pause for Memphis police
Lucas Finton August 26, 2025 The Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily halted the demotion of hundreds of Memphis Police Department second lieutenants. The demotions, previously mandated by a lower court, stemmed from a dispute between the city and the police union over the creation of the second lieutenant rank. The Supreme Court will further review the…
Hip hop awards show celebrates Memphis rap music and culture
Troyce Grant Aug 18, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Celebrating hip hop and Memphis. The very first People’s Hip Hop Awards Experience wrapped up Sunday night in the heart of the Bluff City. The show featured several star-studded names and performances and was co-hosted by actor Omar Gooding. Some of the talent that rolled through the…
Survivors of deadly fire at Memphis assisted living facility praise MFD heroics
Martin Staunton Aug 5, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fire survivors praised the Memphis Fire Department (MFD) for heroic work that reduced the death toll in an assisted living apartment complex in the Raleigh community. While survivors and neighbors’ expressed grief for the person who died, one survivor told FOX13 she’s grateful to God for her…
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
Regional Advocacy Training
Join Equality Texas and Trans Empowerment Coalition for our Advocacy Training on October 8th. The Texas 88th Legislative Session may have ended but it’s never to late to learn ways you can advocate for your community locally. This training will provide attendees with: – Update on the current state of LGBTQ+ equality in Texas and…
Walk for Freedom – Dallas, TX
We believe that every step we take locally leaves footprints globally. Every dollar fundraised, every poster seen, every person made aware of the issue of human trafficking, add up to one Global impact – a world where everyone is free. We are so excited for you to join us on this powerful day of awareness.…
Hunger Game
The Houston Food Bank’s Hunger Game is a competition in which groups of all sizes compete against each other to provide food for better lives within our community. Groups compete to raise the most meals by donating time, food, and funds. There will be two awards. The Overall Award will recognize the group who generates…
Breast health awareness 2k walk
Milwaukee VA’s Women’s Health invites Veterans, caregivers and employees to walk a 2k for breast health awareness. Join us at Lake Wheeler pavilion at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Join us at Lake Wheeler pavilion at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. This is a self-paced, outdoor event. Suggest weather appropriate attire…
UW Public Lectures: The Disabled Gaze: Rethinking the Past, Remaking the Future
In this talk, Dr. Jaipreet Virdi asks us to consider how being disabled changes the ways people view the world and the things they create. Through these perspectives, she invites alternative approaches for remaking crip worlds, one in which disabled people, and the disabled gaze, are centered first and foremost. Jaipreet Virdi is a scholar…
I’m Your Neighbor: Real Change’s 29th Anniversary Celebration
For 29 years, Real Change has been a leader in providing jobs and anti-poverty advocacy for unhoused and low-income people. Their journalism speaks to the issues that directly affect those with lived experience and challenges mainstream media’s harmful narrative of poverty as something to be criminalized or feared. Join them – for delicious food, live…
2023 State of the Arts Summit
Featuring a keynote address from Snehal Desai, Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group, this year’s summit will address recurring economic and social barriers and encourage bold collaborative approaches to revitalize and reimagine the creative economy.
The Bullitt Lectures in American History presents Dr. Blair LM Kelley: “The Roots of the Black Working Class”
Dr. Kelley illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears. A tide of commentary has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including everyday Black workers. In this brilliant corrective acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley restores…
The Bullitt Lecture presents Timothy Egan: “A Fever in the Heartland.”
About the Book The Roaring Twenties—the Jazz Age—has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure,…
2023 Minority Vets Equity, Inclusion, & Justice Summit
Join Minority Veterans of America in Seattle, Washington October 6-8 for the 2023 Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Summit. With the theme “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Advancing Equity Together,” this dynamic three-day event will feature inspiring panel discussions, immersive workshops, and captivating speaker sessions. Connect with fellow attendees, hear the stories of minority veterans, and collaborate…
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