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Memphis Allies sees progress in reforming violent offenders. Here’s how
Image above: Memphis Allies Managing Director of Operations Carl Davis and Executive Director Susan Deason pose for a...
Holiday Toy Drive
Image above: Memphis Allies teams up with 103.5 WRBO at the holiday toy drive Community generosity thrives at Memphis...
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Meet TaMara Reed
Image above: TaMara Reed, Memphis Allies SWITCH Youth clinical specialist TaMara Reed: Helping participants see futures they did not imagine In 2026, it seems unbelievable that young people could grow up in Memphis and never step foot outside of their own ZIP code....
Power shift
Image above:Deangelo Luckett, Memphis Allies outreach specialist Power Shift: Deangelo Luckett making an impact for Memphis Allies At age 13, with his parents not getting along and his father mostly absent, Deangelo Luckett joined a gang. It didn’t take long for him...
Memphis Allies Receives Gold Kite Awards
Image above: Tito Porter receives the Gold Kite Award at Youth Villages Employee Conference Memphis Allies’ Tito Porter and Willie 'Fresh' Rodgers receive Gold Kite Awards It takes a special person to work on the front lines for Memphis Allies. By engaging with people...
Journey of Change
Image above: Memphis Allies staff presenting at Youth Villages Employee Conference 2025 Youth Villages employees hear from Memphis Allies participants A professional overview of Memphis Allies and its goal of reducing gun violence comes with slides, statistics, graphs...
Memphis sees dramatic drop in homicides — outpacing national trends in new FBI report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Crissy Lintner, Director of Public Relations, Youth Villages901-461-3139 | Crissy.Lintner@youthvillages.org Memphis sees dramatic drop in homicides—outpacing national trends in new FBI reportLeading CVI program credits collaborative...
Mayor Young’s Message to Memphis Allies Staff
Memphis Mayor Paul Young recently visited the Hickory Hill office to express his support for the daily gun violence intervention work being done by Memphis Allies' frontline staff Mayor Young shares message with Memphis Allies front-line staff In the aftermath of the...
Engaging One Block at a Time
Image above: Renardo Baker, founder of “I Shall Not Die But Live!” Memphis Allies and partners: Engaging one block at a time Memphis Allies’ mission to reduce gun violence is carried out daily by going into the city’s neighborhoods. Sometimes when there is trouble,...
Fueling Hope
Image above: Memphis Allies staff and J. Machelle Pugh, founder of CPC Fueling Hope: Memphis Allies donates van to the CPC Christopher A. Pugh II Center (CPC) serves as a community partner with Memphis Allies’ SWITCH Youth program. As part of the partnership, Memphis...
This Line of Work Chooses You
Image above: Brittney Ragin, Renardo Baker, Machelle Pugh, Eric Watkins and Jeffrey Futrell as a panel for Memphis Allies Breakthrough Conference 2025 This line of work chooses you, you don’t choose it For Memphis Allies and partner organizations, the work to reduce...
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