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Boys & Girls Club puts Memphis youth on path toward marketable skills, living wage

Teens, young adults earn to learn, making moves that pay off for a lifetime—now if the city could just fix the bus schedule …

Mar 5, 2018

Boys & Girls Club puts Memphis youth on path toward marketable skills, living wage

Mar 5, 2018

Melonee Gaines
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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Mayor Strickland goes on defense of public critique from ‘outsider’ Angela Rye

Mayor’s terse public response to Rye’s #IAmMemphis speech, shows city has a lot more more “woke” to do

Feb 27, 2018

Mayor Strickland goes on defense of public critique from ‘outsider’ Angela Rye

Feb 27, 2018

Melonee Gaines
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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Thistle and Bee offers dignity, livable wage to women leaving local sex economy

Vulnerable women get a second chance to build a life on their terms creating healthy, healing products

Dec 7, 2017

Thistle and Bee offers dignity, livable wage to women leaving local sex economy

Dec 7, 2017

Melonee Gaines
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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

For Code Crew founders, paying a living wage is the right thing to do

The nonprofit trains youth of color to be the next generation of techies and practices the economic justice MLK preached

Nov 28, 2017

For Code Crew founders, paying a living wage is the right thing to do

Nov 28, 2017

Melonee Gaines
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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

City boot law aims to rein in rogue towing companies

Effective Oct. 1, ordinance seeks to put the brakes on fees and fines that exploit citizens and criminalize the poor

Oct 10, 2017

City boot law aims to rein in rogue towing companies

Oct 10, 2017

Melonee Gaines
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Afro Being

Praying in the temples of #DopeBlackWomen

“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free…

Jul 12, 2015

Praying in the temples of #DopeBlackWomen

Jul 12, 2015

Melonee Gaines
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Afro Being

An introduction to this #AfroBeing

Afro Being is a claimed space for the Black southern body politic. Who we be and where we at.

Jul 8, 2015

An introduction to this #AfroBeing

Jul 8, 2015

Melonee Gaines

Melonee Gaines

Freelance Journo for MLK50.com; Lead Maven & PR Consultant of MPact Media Group LLC. Sadity foodie long time. Wanderlust is my high.

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