Tag: Community Organizations in Memphis

The South Main District emerged from the 1920s hustle and bustle of the train station boom era – in Memphis, this meant Union Station and Central Station. For over 40 years, the area’s businesses catered to railroad passengers and employees with a wide variety of hotels, bars, restaurants and other family owned businesses. But when the golden age of the Read more...

Improving education, income / financial stability, and health for our region. Mobilizing and aligning community resources to impact priority issues. Read more...

The Salvation Army fights hunger, homelessness, addiction, poverty, abuse, and suffering caused by disaster. The Salvation Army’s most quoted motto, “Soup, Soap and Salvation”, is based on a simple philosophy. If a person is hungry, we feed them. If they are dirty, we offer shelter and a place to clean up. After their physical needs have been met, we offer Read more...

The Memphis Chapter serves Recording Academy® members and music communities across the region stretching from Memphis and the Mid-South throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. This wide-ranging area encompasses the deepest roots of American music and the birthplaces of blues, jazz, ragtime, R&B, Cajun, zydeco, and rock & roll. The Chapter was founded in 1973, when the Memphis Sound was Read more...

BlackLivesMatter is an online forum intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti-Black racism, to spark dialogue. Read more...

Stax Music Academy is a music school in the historic Soulsville, Memphis neighborhood offering programs, music lessons and instruction by and for musicians. Read more...

ArtsMemphis: supporters, promoters and advocates for the arts since 1963. Read more...

Preserving, Celebrating and Advancing Arts, Literature & Culture since 1982 Read more...