Blog & Community Events
Memphis Allies at Autozone Park
Awareness knows no bounds. So, it does not matter that in the Memphis neighborhoods with the most gun violence, pick-up basketball games are far more common than impromptu soccer matches.
Red Door Urban Missions in South Memphis
Memphis Allies partner Red Door Urban Missions has deep roots in South Memphis.
Chance for Change
SWITCH Youth: Every potential act of gun violence comes with a ‘why?’ Even when a shot has not been fired, the professionals working within Memphis Allies’ SWITCH Youth program...
SWITCH Hosts Community Event
Raleigh/Frayser SWITCH participants put on event for the community
Helping Heal the Hood
Beamon’s Heal the Hood Foundation of Memphis, which impacts Memphis youth through the arts, is a new supporting partner of Memphis Allies’ SWITCH Youth program.
Meet Team Supervisor TCion
When TCion Cason was a combat medic, his commander had three words for Army troops as they entered a new area of Afghanistan where the locals did not know them.
Meet Case Manager Alejandro
CASE MANAGER ALEJANDRO SALINAS ‘GOES THE EXTRA MILE’
Memphis Allies Case Manager Alejandro Salinas sees it all the time: trauma that impacts decision-making.
Community Attends ‘Walk Against Gun Violence’
Change will require the ’collective us,’ Mayor Young says
Jevonte Porter, Memphis Allies’ community relations director, was pushing a stroller at the Ninth Annual Walk Against Gun Violence in Orange Mound. Porter’s passengers in that stroller were precious to him: 2-year-old Jevonte Jr., and 3-year-old daughter Madison.
Outreach Never Stops
Memphis Allies: Interrupting the drumbeat of gun violence Life coach Briant Kelly, also known as B Radical, has a routine with the guys he works with in Memphis Allies’ SWITCH...
Leadership Promotions at Memphis Allies
Memphis Allies announces two leadership promotions As Memphis Allies moves into its third year of providing direct services to those most at risk for gun violence, Executive...