Memphis-based Joffa provides jobs at home, around the globe
Joffa executive director Brandon Wells (middle) stands with his staff (left to right) Abby Parish, Megan Shearin, Haley Hoover, Jennifer Weston, Leslie Ann Harris and Sarah Lawrence. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The e-commerce site links socially conscious shoppers to handcrafted goods from around the world, and helps provide jobs in the 38126 ZIP code, where Advance Memphis workers staff a fulfillment center.
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ecommerce Advance Memphis global trade nonprofitAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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