Meanwhile in Memphis with New Memphis

S1E27 - Forward Thinkers


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Two innovative women stop by the studio to chat about the impacts of comprehensive care in their fields.

Jennifer Pepper, the new Executive Director of CHOICES, drops by to give some context and history behind the significance of their new move - which makes them the first nonprofit in the nation to offer truly comprehensive sexual/reproductive health services.

Mary Braddock, Director of Communications for Porter-Leath, shares the data behind childhood literacy levels and what the iconic (170-year-old!) nonpforfit is doing to empower children to love to learn. BONUS: She also shares the backstory of Books from Birth, Shelby County's local affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program, which merged with Porter-Leath in 2017.

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