A key factor to creating a thriving city is justice. This conversation examines the past in order to create a more just future for all Memphians, together. Jessica Van Dyke, the legal director and co-founder of the Tennessee Innocence Project, and Jasper St. Bernard, the visiting assistant professor of history in the American South for the Institute of Race and Social Transformation at Rhodes College share their expertise and experience in creating a community centered in reflection, knowledge, and due process.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Ida B. Wells

• Ida B. Wells anti-lynching campaign

• Tennessee Innocence Project

• Institute of Race and Social Transformation at Rhodes College

• Turley Center for Community Engagement

The People's Grocery Lynchings (Thomas Moss, Will Stewart, Calvin McDowell)

Lynch Law in All Its Phases

• Shelby County Jail

(also known as 201 Poplar)

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Memphis and the Mid-South offers unique opportunities that remove barriers to ensure a bright future for the youngest members of our community who are poised to become the future leaders of the city. Leigh Mansberg shares the impact of the first 70 years of Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, and what's in store for the next 70 (and beyond!).

Resources mentioned in the episode include:

• Junior Achievement of Memphis and The Mid-South

• Previous episode featuring Junior Achievement can be found

here

• JA 70th Anniversary

• JA Elementary programs

• JA Middle School programs

• JA High School programs

• JA Volunteer opportunities

https://jamemphis.org/elementary-programs/

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Memphis is a city worthy of championing! In today's conversation, we chat with fellow city champions John Carroll of City Leadership and David French of Memphis Brand to discuss why it's valuable, important, and necessary for there to be multiple organizations working toward a shared goal.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• City Leadership

• City Leadership's campaigns: Choose901 , Teach901 , Choose901 Alumni , Choose901 merch , Give901 , and Serve901

• Memphis Brand

• We Are Memphis
• S5E24 A Responsibility and Opportunity to Honor, Educate, and Enhance
• S5E17 The Power of Partnership to Secure the Cleveland Street Corridor TIF
• Memphis Travel
• WREG's Bright Spot

• Subscribe for the New Memphis "Meanwhile in Memphis" newsletter , Choose901 newsletter

• The Daily Memphian

• City of Memphis emails
• I Love Memphis Blog
• Hyde Family Foundation
• National Civil Rights Museum

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Memphis is not only setting records, we're making them, too! We're taking a look at the state if the music industry Memphis is so well known for. Today's guests are shaping the way the world sees our city and its iconic culture. Matt Ross-Spang (Southern Grooves) and Brandon Seavers (Memphis Record Pressing) share why Memphis is the place to be right now and moving forward.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Memphis Listening Lab

• Memphis Record Pressing

• Southern Groove Productions

• 2023 TEDxMemphis talk

from Matt Ross-Spang

• Ardent Studios

• Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

documentary

• Al Green

• WYXR

• Charles Hodges

• EggelstonWorks

• Andrew Schep's

Lost in Translation

• Sun Studio

• Royal Studio

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Great cities need great leaders, and New Memphis is making long-term investments into the city’s greatest resource: it’s people. In today’s episode, we are sharing the mic for a conversation that showcases what opportunities can be unlocked when companies and communities are intentional about attracting and retaining diverse talent, fostering innovation, and building community connections. This conversation originally aired as an episode of The Greater Memphis Chamber’s Podcast, "The Talk Chamber" and is hosted by Taylor Ann Carpenter. Today’s guest is Anna Mullins Ellis, President and CEO of New Memphis.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• The Greater Memphis Chamber
• The Talk Chamber
• The Commercial Appeal
• New Memphis

• New Memphis leadership development programs

• Meanwhile in Memphis podcast

• Episodes referenced can be found here , here and here

• WYXR

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Meanwhile in Memphis conversations showcase collaboration in Memphis and beyond, and today's episode is part of a mini-series within the show: Legislately with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris. This collaboration will bring together experts and local leaders to amplify the way leaders in our community are learning, collaborating, innovating, and working to set Memphis and Shelby County up for success.

Today's installment features a conversation with Montgomery, Alabama Mayor Steven Reed on education and investing in the future for each of their respective cities.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Montgomery, Alabama Mayor Steven Reed

• Shelby County Government

• Previous episodes of Legislately with Mayor Harris can be found

here

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here

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here

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here

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here

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here

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Collective impact is moving Memphis forward. If you care about Memphis, you're already a philanthropist, and this conversation with Julia McDonald of The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and DeVonté Payton of RISE Memphis explores accessible pathways for giving that create maximum potential.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

• GiVE 365

• RISE Memphis. Inc.

• Goal Card program

• Save Up program

• Silver Neighbors program

• Greater Memphis Financial Empowerment Center

(GMFEC)

• Previous episode featuring Community Foundation of Greater Memphis can be found

here

• Carpenter Art Garden

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.