Professional actors Ann Wallace and Leslie Jones of Playback Memphis share how their live improv theater is being used to help kids improve social-emotional learning and reduce bullying.

Can youth engagement be a crime prevention technique? In the North Memphis area of Hollywood-Hyde Park, community leaders have used city funds from the Memphis Police Department to sponsor free meals and activities for neighborhood children.

Ebony Archie from UrbanArt Commission and local artist Khara Woods discuss new public art installations that are being designed around themes of sustainability and environmental issues.

Cole Bradley sits down with two members of a planning team working on a playbook for community development in the University District that puts the University of Memphis at the center of equitable neighborhood growth.

Dr. Krista Johnson, the executive director of ALLMemphis, answers if children in poverty and other adverse circumstances learn differently and how Memphis schools can adapt to meet their literacy needs.

Angelica Carey of the Office of Planning and Development and Trey McKnight from the Greater Whitehaven Economic Redevelopment Corp. talk about how Memphis' new comprehensive plan is laying the groundwork for the potential redevelopment of Whitehaven Plaza.

Lawrence Matthews (AKA Don Lifted) and James Dukes (AKA IMAKEMADBEATS) join Madeline Faber to discuss how a Black-owned arts space nourishes the existing arts scene and complements the surrounding neighborhood of Orange Mound.

High Ground News publisher Emily Trenholm welcomes Steve Lockwood from Frayser CDC and Amy Schaftlein from United Housing to discuss why homeownership is so important to stabilizing Memphis neighborhoods, and what strategies community development organizations are using to turn long-time renters into homeowners.

The On The Ground team kicks off its coverage of the University District and learns more about the neighborhood's assets, opportunities and issues from a community leader working on the area's revitalization.

High Ground News and guests discuss great holiday gift options from local black businesses and the growing infrastructure to support minority entrepreneurs.