While it’s not Sharon Shy Brown’s only job, when it comes to journalism though, she is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for the Memphis Flyer.

If you follow her on Twitter, you’d know that her focus has been on more than Ja Morant’s latest 2K-like performance. In her own words, she’s trying to save lives.

It’s what you do when you worked hard to grow a platform – and then a tragedy occurs that so personal and important that you can’t help but get involved.

You see, in August, in her hometown of Cleveland, Miss., a city two-and-half hours from Memphis straight down Third Street, a 31-year-old mother and her 5 year old daughter from a gas leak in their apartment. Sharon knew them.

The gas leak set off a chain of events where they lived, Sunset Village Apartments, that exposed living conditions so horrid and inexplicable that Brown was spurred to action. 

When people come to you and ask you to use your platform to amplify their voice, what else are you supposed to do?