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Women in the Arts speakers have a word of advice: Stay ready

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 10, 2025 10:02 AM CT | Published: March 09, 2025 4:00 AM CT

“If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready,” said Lakeisha Edwards, executive director of the UrbanArt Commission during a panel discussion at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens during the fifth annual Women in the Arts event Saturday, March 8 which is also International Women’s Day. 

Being ready was the theme for the day. 

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Alys Drake

Alys Drake

Alys Drake is a Memphian born and raised in the Bluff City. A theater-lover, she has worked in a variety of marketing and communications roles at entities within the advertising, legal, marketing, religious and financial services sectors. She is a graduate of Memphis Central High School and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.


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