Memphis is a city full of proud residents who are passionate about calling this community home! The Leadership Academy partners with The Commercial Appeal to feature members of our community who are proud to say “I Choose Memphis.” Name: Christina Brown Job Title: Director of Development Company: KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools Length of time [...]
The Harahan Bridge Project and the Downtown Memphis Commission are hosting a public forum Monday, March 12 at the Memphis College of Art’s Downtown Campus, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Plans are in the works to transform the iconic Harahan Bridge into a pedestrian and bike pathway connecting Memphis with our neighbors across the [...]
The Memphis Regional Design Center is hosting its 8th semester of Urban Design 101. Enrollment for the spring session, which kicks off March 27, is still open. UD 101 examines the transformative impact that innovative physical planning and design of the public realm are having upon the quality and success of urban life. The course introduces a cross [...]
Once againMemphisConnect teamed up with Launch Memphis to present Ignite Memphis 4, hosted by The Memphis BioWorks Foundation. The night, featuring 16 rapid fire presentations enlightened, inspired and entertained a standing room only crowd making Ignite Memphis 4 the most successful to date! Presentations ranging from “Why Batman is the Greatest Superhero” to “Human Trafficking [...]
Moving to Memphis from Monroe, Louisianna in 2003, Dirk Kitterlin has spent the last nine years living and breathing Memphis music. As a musician, he’s loaned his talents to scores of local acts, including the Third Man, the Buleltproof Vests and Augustine. As an educator, he spends his days with the Stax Academy students as [...]
Parents’ words, laughter, and praise feed a newborn’s developing brain with vital information about the world that surrounds them. Is this new world safe? Is it filled with happiness? In time, the associations between sounds and feelings transform into the foundations for language: laughter means delight and happiness, lullabies mean comfort and relaxation. For most [...]
Memphis is a city full of proud residents who are passionate about calling this community home! The Leadership Academy partners with The Commercial Appeal to feature members of our community who are proud to say “I Choose Memphis.” Name: Meg Crosby. Job title: Principal, PeopleCap Advisors; co-owner, The Brass Door Irish Pub. Length of time living in Memphis: [...]
Memphis Connect is a strong supporter of The Urban Child Institute (TUCI), our local think tank on early childhood development and the importance of optimal brain development on the futures of our children. To personalize TUCI’s research, Matt Timberlake, writer, musician, and communications consultant, will journal for us as he prepares for the birth of [...]
At an opening reception for the new Pink Palace Museum exhibit Women of Strength, Women of Color, key players from our city’s history mixed and mingled while exploring the eighth installment of the New Connections Exhibit Series. Launched in 2006, the New Connections Series examines the roles African Americans have played in the rich history [...]
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton today capped off a brainstorming session with Leadership Academy Fellows by announcing the formation of the Mayor’s Millennials to act as advisers and resources for his administration during his new term. “We (city government officials) need to access this talent,” he said at the close of a three-hour meeting of [...]
