Strickland pushes literacy efforts, promises programs for older youth
Mayor Jim Strickland and his wife, Melanie Strickland, (right) listen to a blessing of the meal by Rev. Jessica Morris during the mayor's annual New Year's Eve Prayer Breakfast on Dec. 31, 2019, at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. Local civic leaders, pastors and politicians were on hand to usher in the new year with prayers from Memphis clergy. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The Memphis mayor promised details at his Wednesday oath of office ceremony on a city effort aimed at "opportunity youth" between the ages of 16 and 24.
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