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Memphis Music Initiative finds the perfect location at the corner of Social Justice and Musical Genius

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 20, 2018 1:14 PM CT | Published: September 19, 2018 9:08 PM CT
<strong>Amber Hamilton with the Memphis Music Initiative gives a tour of the organization's new 10,000-square-foot facility next to the FedExForum. The $20 million project is in its third year working to expand the access of music programming to low-income and black youth in Memphis.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Amber Hamilton with the Memphis Music Initiative gives a tour of the organization's new 10,000-square-foot facility next to the FedExForum. The $20 million project is in its third year working to expand the access of music programming to low-income and black youth in Memphis. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Since its founding four years ago the Memphis Music Initiative has led a vagabond existence: first sharing office space with ArtsMemphis in East Memphis, then with the Memphis Education Fund at the former Memphis College of Art graduate school building on South Main and finally in Crosstown Concourse.

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Elle Perry

Elle Perry

The Memphis native and two-time University of Memphis graduate has written for publications including The Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.

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