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    Goodbye Nashville, Hello Memphis

    Between 2010 and 2015, Memphis was the fourth fastest growing city for millennials. There's no better place in the United States to grow than Memphis, and right now there's no place growing quite like it.

    By Charles Layne August 26, 2019
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    Join the West Tennessee butterfly count as a citizen scientist

    Many of the people who help with butterfly counts are knowledgeable about birds, dragonflies, amphibians and plants. But if you’ve got eyes and can ask, “What’s that?” you can be a valuable participant. The next count is Sept. 7 at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. 

    By Bart Jones August 25, 2019
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    Vote to gain political power

    Memphis has seen its own types of gerrymandering and the political opportunism that undergirds those efforts.

    By Earle J. Fisher August 24, 2019
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    A $30M annual investment in MATA would get service to ‘proper levels’

    MATA needs a silver buckshot strategy that incorporates a lot of different innovative approaches – including buses on heavily traveled routes and on-demand transportation in low-density areas.

    By Gary Rosenfeld August 21, 2019
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    Memphis reading results prove that kids need ESAs now

    Next fall, thousands of Memphis children will qualify to participate in the new Education Savings Accounts (ESA) Program. They can receive about $7,300 in the account, which can be used for tuition at private schools, tutoring, textbooks, school uniforms and computers.

    By Justin Owen August 19, 2019
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    Increase bus ridership with more fixed routes, not on-demand service

    If MATA is committed to providing first-class transportation for the residents of Westwood and Boxtown, it should consider a plan recently proposed by retired bus driver Lonnie Britton to run buses through both neighborhoods every 30 minutes so riders can get to the Downtown bus terminals in 30 minutes.

    By Johnnie Mosley August 18, 2019
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    Ronald Reagan wouldn’t recognize this Republican Party

    In Tennessee, more than 70,000 citizen children live with an undocumented family member. If a large-scale immigration raid occurred in our neighborhoods, it would have ramifications among the nearly 14,000 Latino/Latina children attending Shelby County Schools. 

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Michael J. LaRosa August 14, 2019
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    A principal’s plan to ‘get to know all of my scholars’

    A basketball league, an all-male mentorship program and 'restorative conversations' when students make mistakes are part of the Bruce Elementary principal's philosophy of education. 

    By Archie Moss August 12, 2019
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    Walking in Memphis with an eye for its ‘considerable charm’

    If you were asked for a thoughtful vision statement that could become the guiding light for our entire city, what would it be? 

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams August 08, 2019
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    34% of Memphians volunteer; Volunteer Odyssey has ideas for the other 66%

    'Many of us have been taught that volunteerism and philanthropy should be completely selfless. I would argue that volunteering needs to be positive for the organization AND for the volunteer.'

    By Sarah Petschonek August 05, 2019
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    A homebound student gets on faster track at virtual school

    The Tennessee Virtual Academy, a program under the Union County Public Schools, felt "like a custom-made school" for a student diagnosed with autism and epilepsy.

    By Tammy Messlein August 04, 2019
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    Hats, cookies and Memphis’ gratitude greet Teach For America corps

    TFA teachers make a commitment to the next generation of Memphians, and a group of community advocates makes sure those teachers get a welcome box and support when they arrive.

    By Tate Wilson, Kristy Dorman July 31, 2019
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    Bruce Elementary principal has a hit with ‘Bedtime Stories’

    Some students do not enjoy reading. I was one of those students growing up. I did not enjoy reading because I did not see myself in the books we had to read in school. It was important for me to select books that my students can relate to, and most importantly see themselves in.

    By Archie Moss July 29, 2019
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    Agape services take two-generation approach

    Services are simultaneously delivered to parents and children, and may include case management, counseling, tutoring, mentoring and life skills development.

    By David Jordan July 28, 2019
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    Working toward a better zoo for everyone

    The first-ever master plan for the zoo was developed in 1986 and was finished with the completion of Zambezi River Hippo Camp in 2016. It is now time for a new vision. Not for a bigger Memphis Zoo, but for a better Memphis Zoo.

    By Jim Dean July 25, 2019
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    MRPP should be ‘dismantled, fired and replaced’

    The Memphis River Parks Partnership has not disclosed to taxpayers how they plan to generate $1.1 billion in revenue by adding hills, trees and basketball courts to Tom Lee Park.

    By Amy Howell July 25, 2019
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    Flipping the Bird

    Why – if we have bike lanes to keep cyclists, pedestrians and motorists safe – do we allow unregulated, motorized scooters to take over our sidewalks? 

    By Keith Goldberg July 24, 2019
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    The C-suite isn’t the only place to find leaders

    The irony is this: The very process of trying to prove your value is devaluing. Yearning for more responsibility, more respect for your skills and talents, or even additional compensation can lead to burnout.

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams July 19, 2019
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    Sanford: Trump’s tweets make MAGA’s meaning clear

    Trump’s slogan from the beginning was code for marginalizing people of color as different and inferior, while assuring white Americans who have an innate fear and distrust of multiculturalism that they would have a president who was always on their side.

    By Otis Sanford July 18, 2019
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    Being polite doesn’t work in the fight against Alzheimer’s

    Alzheimer’s disease is a major health concern in the African-American community. Yet people do not talk about it. Our family excused Gran’s forgetfulness as just getting old. 

    By Marcus Cox July 17, 2019
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    On National Golf Day, count the benefits of the FedEx St. Jude tournament

    It's a privilege to host the very best professional golfers in the world in our city, but the PGA Tour’s mission has always been to show that we are more than just a sports league.

    By Darrell Smith May 01, 2019
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    Memphis has plenty of musical heroes

    Think of Aretha Franklin or Isaac Hayes in Soulsville, Willie Mitchell in Orange Mound and Dewey Phillips at the Hotel Chisca. A Rufus Thomas statue could go just about anywhere in town and Memphis Minnie and Furry Lewis sure would look good on Beale Street.

    By Mike McCarthy July 13, 2019
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    Rose Foundation and living-wage backers on ‘common ground’ in swim facility debate

    The Mike Rose Natatorium is a bold initiative in which University of Memphis students are far from the primary beneficiaries. People who will benefit include at-risk children who might not otherwise learn to swim, competitive youth swimming and water polo teams, and community members who pay a fee to exercise in the pool. 

    By Gabrielle Rose, Morgan D. Rose July 10, 2019
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    Venezuelans in Memphis skip celebration as their native country ‘tumbles’

    Venezuela observed 208 years of independence from Spain on July 5, but people there weren't setting off fireworks. Instead, they feared they might hear gunshots. 

    By Daniel Bastardo Blanco July 09, 2019
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    Some good news for lady lawyers

    The appointment of Katharine Schaffzin as dean of the University of Memphis School of Law counters discouraging national trends. Memphis Law and the community are cultivating a place where women who are lawyers get access to leadership roles.

    By Hannah Fuson July 08, 2019

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