S6E41: Why giving is essential to The Daily Memphian
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Sarah Leach, The Daily Memphian’s director of fundraising and development, joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode.
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S6E40: How Merit Academy pursues excellence in literacy
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
For Lakenna Booker, Memphis Merit Academy is about so many things — helping young kids with literacy, creating a thriving school for parents and their children, investing in her neighborhood, and more. Booker, who is the executive director of Memphis Merit Academy, joined Eric Barnes to talk about the charter school she founded in Parkway Village in 2019.
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S6E39: Lauren Ready uses the skills of journalism in new ways
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Lauren Ready has spent decades as a documentarian and TV journalist. Now she’s become an author, using her foundation in journalism to help business leaders and others to, as she says it, reveal deeper truths. Ready joined Eric Barnes to talk about her first book, “.” Ready, who is also the co-founder of Forever Ready, a video production that works with many local nonprofits and business, spent many years as a TV journalist. And her documentaries have won numerous awards.
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S6E38: Everystory, formerly Playback Memphis
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Virginia Reed Murphy, founder of Everystory, joins Eric Barnes to talk about the organization's name change and how the mission stays the same.
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S6E37: The plan to create an arts middle and high school in Memphis
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Katie Smythe of New Ballet Ensemble joins Eric Barnes to talk about turning the old Humes Middle School into a school focused on the arts for middle and high school students. - a project with a scale that is incredibly ambitious. The funding needs are massive and the timeline is not short.
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S6E36: How Grind City Amp plans to expand live music in Memphis
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Nick Barbian joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about the goals for the outdoor venue located at Grind City Brewing in North Memphis.
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S6E35: The federal task force's impact on Latino businesses in Memphis
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Alex Matlock, the founder and current president of the Mid-South Latino Chamber of Commerce, and Sylvia Leon, the group’s executive director, join Eric Barnes to talk about the impact of the federal influx of law enforcement.
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S6E34: Cequita Monique on how she was 'born into jazz'
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Cequita Monique is a jazz singer as well as the founder of the First Sunday Jazz Jam Pop Up Series.
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S6E33: The host of 'Nurses Unboxed' on the critical role of nurses
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Dr. Lisa Beasley, associate professor at the UTHSC College of Nursing, joins Eric Barnes to talk about how the job of nursing has changed, the proactive work nurses do in underserved neighborhoods, and more.
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S6E32: The hard, block-by-block work to improve Klondike and Smokey City
The Sidebar with Eric Barnes
Klondike Smokey City CDC is working to mow and maintain yards, build a pocket park and turn 150 vacant lots and empty homes into assets in the community.
info_outlineOlivia Wall with Memphis Botanic Garden joins Eric Barnes to talk about what attendees can expect from this season of Live at the Garden and how the series came to be.