Nonprofits are helping bridge the socioeconomic gap
Javonii Merritt-Hunter has completed The Collective Blueprint and is now a certified hardware technician and working in the Tech 901 program. “At first, I thought it was a scam,” she said of the program. “There’s no way someone’s going to pay me to get my education and offer all these other classes and transportation assistance.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The Collective Blueprint is one part of an attempted solution to the city’s crime and poverty problems, a solution beyond the traditional approaches tried by leaders.
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Ben Wheeler
Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
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