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How To Support The Walk. This year's fundraising goal is $70,000. As of October 12, the walk has raised $23,000, more than one-third of its goal.
Guided by the mission to CONNECT, Elevate, Educate, Mentor, Lead, and Innovate.
Memphis Film Commission Racism: Five-time world kickboxing champion and 35mm theatrical filmmaker Anthony "Amp" Elmore indicts municipal leaders, Mayor Paul Young, and Film Commissioner Linn Sitler for multi-million dollar taxpayer fraud, plantation
Executive coach and former senior media executive Joel Berman explains why bad news gets harder to hear at the top, why capable employees sometimes wait too long to deliver it, and why "they didn't tell me" is rarely an adequate defense for a leader.
The watchdog wants psychedelic drug applications rejected. If any drug advances, it says it must be barred for minors, pregnant women, the elderly, those with impaired consent, and those with a history of violence or psychosis.
Experienced legal advocates helping families understand their options, investigate suspected nursing home abuse, and pursue accountability for injured loved ones
Leadership coach, educator, and Columbia University-trained measurement and evaluation expert Dr. Catherine Oleksiw helps leaders, emerging professionals, and organizations recognize their strengths and put them to work in ways that matter.
2026 Georgia Accounting Food Fight helps provide 1,452,652 meals and pushes the campaign's cumulative impact to 13,159,190 meals.
Emotional Wellness Month and World Mental Health Day Oct. 10 offer an opportunity to recognize how past experiences can shape present-day reactions, relationships, and behavior
Readers can enter through October 17 for a chance to receive one of 100 Kindle copies of Johnson's deeply personal memoir about trauma, incarceration, resilience and rebuilding a life beyond the past.
Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness highlights findings from a 2026 longitudinal study examining adolescent outcomes years after treatment.
White Memphis Matriarch Film Commissioner Upholds White Supremacy, ignores World History World Kickboxing Champion Anthony "Amp" Elmore made "World History" challenges Memphis White Supremacy, Racism & Black on Black Racism tells Mayors: Come Clean
Findmykids data on US children aged 9–17 shows AI app ownership up from 42% to 56% in a year, daily chatbot users up 71%, and companion users spending five times longer than chatbot users.
The mental health industry watchdog updates its Human Rights Declaration and Psychiatric Living Will, urging individuals to protect themselves against forced treatment
Anonymized data on U.S. children ages 9–18 shows school-day phone time dropped from 40.7 to 34.7 minutes a day, while total daily use held at about six hours and social media replaced games.
Building on Last Year's First International Event, Wilson Is Calling Again for Support for What She Describes as Earth's Next Phase of Ascension
Vietnam Human Rights Network and Defend the Defenders Urge Vietnam to Release Three Detainees Amid Concerns Over Transnational Repression
General Debate under Item 3 — 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
CAP Freedom of Conscience Delivers Oral Statement During General Debate
HCC Lunch & Learn at University of Chicago Medicine will provide patients, caregivers, and at-risk individuals with trusted information about liver health, liver disease, and liver cancer.