There are as many versions of Memphis as there are Memphians. We have something for everyone… and a soul like no other city’s.
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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. Bill Day is The Urban Child Institute’s award-winning artist. Memphis Connect hopes to help spread Bill’s powerful visual messages with the weekly feature: [...]
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. Bill Day is The Urban Child Institute’s award-winning artist. Memphis Connect hopes to help spread Bill’s powerful visual messages with the weekly feature: [...]
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. Bill Day is The Urban Child Institute’s award-winning artist. Memphis Connect hopes to help spread Bill’s powerful visual messages with the weekly feature: [...]
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. Bill Day is The Urban Child Institute’s award-winning artist. Memphis Connect hopes to help spread Bill’s powerful visual messages with the weekly feature: [...]
Matt Timberlake January 9, 2012 One Comment
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 [...]
MemphisConnect August 25, 2011 No Comments
The Coalition for a Better Memphis (CBM) will be conducting live interviews with each of the Memphis Mayoral and City Council candidates for the upcoming October election. CBM is in need of volunteers to help conduct the candidate interviews on Wednesday, September 7 from 8:30am to 2:30pm at the Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Ave [...]
MemphisConnect August 23, 2011 No Comments
Join the Greater Memphis Chamber for their Breakfast Forum Speaker Series, Thursday, August 25th with Memphis Tiger Football head coach, Larry Porter. Coach Porter will discuss his game plan for 2011 from 7:30 until 9:00am at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. The event is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for non-members. RSVP [...]
MemphisConnect August 9, 2011 No Comments
Elvis Week 2011 is under way. Check out the full schedule of events to help celebrate the Memphis and Rock n Roll legend. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are conducting a Federal Certification Review for the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).Your input is needed for the review process. Join the [...]
Elizabeth Lemmonds June 20, 2011 No Comments
Voices for Memphis’ Children (VMC) launched in September 2009 as an initiative of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, to improve the lives of children and provide them a unified voice here in the Mid-South. An advocacy organization, their work centers around the Five Hopes, areas that pose risks to the health of our community and the [...]
Katie Midgley June 16, 2011 One Comment
Research to Policy is an effort to link our best understanding of inputs to early brain development, community efforts to promote the developmental well-being of children, and the policy implications of developmental pathways through early childhood. Each month this space is devoted to understanding the implications of this research for children in Memphis, Tennessee. This [...]
MemphisConnect is a partnership between The Leadership Academy, MemphisED and Simple Focus. We provide a gathering place for diverse Memphians to share the opportunities, initiatives and activities that inspire them to make Memphis home.
MemphisConnect is always looking for people who are passionate about Memphis and want to help move our community forward. Get in touch if you have a story for us to share, of if you want to write for us!