YPCONNECT Networking Mixer, TONIGHT, June 11, 6:00pm-9:00pm

YPCONNECT Networking Mixer, TONIGHT, June 11, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Alfred’s On Beale, 197 Beale St., Memphis, TN 38104

YPConnect is a monthly networking session of Memphis Young Professionals held at one of the city’s most stylish restaurants. Don’t miss out on an evening of meeting new people & listening to great music! If you haven’t been out yet, you don’t want to miss this one. MULYP is working to fill a void in the Memphis community by attracting, assisting and supporting the next generation of Memphis leadership to create positive change.

 

Livitup, Inc’s First Spring Fashion Show! Celebrity Emcee, Valerie Calhoun! @Valonfox

 

GREEN-UP DAY AT CITY HALL #community #farmersmarket #eco #recycling #music

GREENUP DAY AT CITY HALL

FRIDAY, April 26, 2013 | 11:00 – 2:30 p.m.

You are invited to celebrate Sustainability Month with the City of Memphis, Memphis City Beautiful, and the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability on Friday, April 26 from 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. in front of Memphis City Hall.  Come and enjoy a farmers market, food trucks, eco-friendly exhibits, live music, prizes and more. This event will be a huge day for recycling; please bring your old or used batteries, cell phones, shoes, and eyeglasses.

 

Robert S. White, II

Chief of Staff

Office of Mayor A C Wharton, Jr.

125 North Main, Suite #700

Memphis, Tennessee 38103

901.576.6011 direct dial

901.576.6000 office number

901.576.6012 fax

 

Financial Literacy Celebration at Downtown Alive! Friday, Apr 26 in Court Square Park

Financial Literacy Celebration In conjunction with Downtown Alive!

Date: April 26, 2013

Time: 11:30 am—1:30 pm

Location: Court Square—Downtown

Admission: FREE

Community Partners will be available to discuss:

 Setting up accounts

 Credit repair tips

 Resume assistance, job search & career services

 

Bank On Memphis is celebrating National Financial Literacy Month in April with a series of financial literacy workshops culminating with an April 26 event at Court Square in Downtown Memphis.

 

Several Bank On Memphis partner financial institutions and credit counseling services will be available to discuss savings and checking account options, as well as tips for credit repair.

 

The National Foundation for Credit Counseling recently released the results of its annual Consumer Financial Literacy Survey noting that, among its findings, only 40 percent of adults have a budget and track spending. Separately, credit data management firm TransUnion Interactive Inc. noted that the Memphis metro area had the lowest consumer credit score among major metropolitan areas.

 

The April 26 event is being held in conjunction with the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Downtown Alive! Rain date is May 3.  Entertainment at Downtown Alive! will include artists from Overwater Entertainment between 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Also, the Memphis Public Library’s JobLINC Mobile Career Center will be on-site during the event. JobLINC, a Bank On Memphis community partner, provides listings to available jobs, aids in locating training opportunities, one-on-one assistance in job searches and job readiness workshops.

 

Bank On Memphis provides financial literacy and financial access through a public, private and non-profit collaboration. The program was launched locally by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir.

 

Maria Fuhrmann

Special Assistant to the Mayor

City of Memphis

125 North Main Street, 7^th Floor

Memphis, TN  38103

901-576-6017

maria.fuhrmann@memphistn.gov

 

 

 

“Dentistry with a Heart” – FREE DENTAL SERVICES ONE DAY ONLY

“Dentistry with a Heart” – FREE DENTAL SERVICES ONE DAY ONLY

Location: Cordova Dental
8333 Cordova Rd., 38016

Saturday, April 20, 2013 – 7 AM until 3 PM; Registration begins at 6:30 AM
Please DO NOT call for an appointment. Individuals will be treated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Limited to one cleaning, one filling, or one extraction ONLY. Must be at least 18 years of age.

Dr. Ijams, Dr. Turner, and colleagues will provide free dental care all day.

 

FREE Human Trafficking Training

We are having several trainings throughout Tennessee in the very near future and wanted to invite you and your circle.  It is a FREE training and aimed at first responders including law enforcement.  We welcome those who are directly involved with the care of children/at-risk youth, such as medical personnel, foster care system, Department of Children’s Services, EMTs, legal professionals  etc.  Law enforcement will receive 8 hours of POST certification and other professionals may earn CEUs.

We need you to RSVP for each training, but we have plenty of room.  The following are the trainings and we have attached the flyers for each location.

May 1st, 12:00p.m.-8:00p.m.:  KNOXVILLE – Knoxville Public Library, Cedar Bluff Branch, 9045 Cross Park Drive, Knoxville, TN  37923.  Free parking is available.

May 2nd, 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m.: CHATTANOOGA – Chattanooga Public Library, Downtown Branch, 1001 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN  37402.  Paid parking in area.

May 10th, 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.:  PULASKI – Pulaski Parks & Recreation Department, 333 East College St., Pulaski, TN  38478.  Free parking is available.

May 17th, 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m.: JOHNSON CITY – Johnson City Public Library, 1001 West Millard Street, Johnson City, TN  37604.  Free parking is available.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

A Bridge of Hope

Kimberly Benson, President
P.O. Box 3960
Cordova, TN 38088
(901) 487-6577
Fax (901) 249-7972
www.ABridgeofHope.org
BuildingBridgesTogether@yahoo.com
Facebook Community Page: A Bridge of Hope
Twitter: @abridgeofhopeht 

“Restoring Lives, Rebuilding Hope”

 

Upcoming @MULYP Events #Memphis #volunteer #business #entrepreneurship

“Think Big, Dream L.I.G.H.T. Seminar with Dr. Ben Carson,” Wednesday, April 17th, 6:00pm- 8:00pm

University of Memphis, Michael D. Rose Theater, Presented by: Inner L.I.G.H.T. & MULYP

This event is free to the public so please tell your friends and family to join us in uplifting our great city.

In 1987, Carson made medical history by being the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins (the Binder twins) who had been joined at the back of the head (craniopagus twins). The 70-member surgical team, led by Carson, worked for 22 hours. Dr. Ben Carson is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. At age 33, he became the youngest major division director in Johns Hopkins history, as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Driving Directions: http://saweb.memphis.edu/uc/directions.htm

 

 

“Be Your Own Boss: YP’s Guide to Entrepreneurship,” Thursday, April 18th, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Leadership Memphis, 365 South Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103             

April’s meeting features a panel discussion on “Be Your Own Boss: YPs Guide to Entrepreneurship.”

Hear from other Young Professionals and find out how they followed their passion and built their own businesses!                                                                   

 

Featured Panelists:

•Edward Bogard – Founder at SoGiv

•Aerial Ellis – Partner at duGard Ellis Public Relations

•Niki Smith-Brown – CEO at NuAge Marketing Firm, Inc.

•Jacque BoNéy – CEO at Barking Pals Consulting

•Phillip Ashley Rix – Founder & CEO at Phillip Ashley Chocolates

 

If you’re unable to attend the April Meeting, feel free to join us for an extended “Happy Hour” & appetizers at South of Beale from 8:00pm-10:00pm, 361 South Main St. Bring plenty of business cards with you!

 

 

MULYP Cookout Postponed Until June

We will now participate in Comcast Cares Day, April 20th & 21st…VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Join the Memphis Urban League and Memphis Urban League Young Professionals as we partner for the annual Comcast Cares Day. This year’s Comcast Cares Day will take place at Shelby Farms as we assist with the “Back to Earth Festival” on Saturday April 20^th and “Earth Day 5K” Sunday April 21^st. Saturday Volunteers will assist with Traffic & Parking, High Adventure Area, Recycling and the Sportsplex. Time slots available for each area; 9a-12pm; 11:30a-2:30pm; and 2pm-5pm. The event will kick-off at 8:15am by Gate#10 where the horse riding center is located. We would like to have a huge presence for the kick-off for photos. There will be refreshments and a brief introduction and then volunteers will head to their stations. Sunday Volunteers will assist as Course Monitors and with Race Day Registration. The 5K is set to start at 2pm so volunteers will need to arrive by 12:30pm. Contact Kela Jones to Sign Up & Volunteer at kjones@memphisul.org.

 

 

@WilliamsSonoma Student Ambassador Program; Unique Work Opportunity! (HS seniors, college freshman, and sophomores) PAID Work Program

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is proud to present our new, Student Ambassador program. We are inviting local high school seniors, college freshmen and sophomores, and career college students to partake in a unique work opportunity.

We have designed a program that will allow students a flexible part-time work schedule, combined with an opportunity to gain valuable on the job training and mentoring. This is a paid work program that offers a starting pay rate of $10.60 per hour.

 

How can you help?

 

We have found some of our best candidates come through our community partners. The goal of this program is to strengthen the connection between our community and our workplace, while providing students with valuable work experience. Our community partners will be a great resource for referring talented associates.

 

We invite your school or university to partner with us in this venture. We are currently accepting enrollment applications. We look forward to developing a lasting relationship of service through our Company’s Student Ambassador initiative. Our Human Resource team will provide available positions to your Career Services Department for posting on campus job boards, or via communication boards.  Together…we can build a better future, community, and city.   

 

Attached is a copy of the job opportunities which are available, an enrollment application, the program overview, and our contact information.

 

Student Ambassador Program Posting – Final

Human Resources Contact List

Student Ambassador Enrollment Form – Revised 4-10 _2_

Student Ambassador Program Overview – Final

 

Say THANK YOU to a Memphis Police Officer by sending them to Crimestoppers Night at the Theatre!

Say THANK YOU to a Memphis Police Officer by sending them to Crimestoppers Night at the Theatre!

 Friends and supporters of CrimeStoppers are invited to purchase tickets to the second annual fundraising event at Playhouse On The Square, May 17, 2013 for a reception and a performance of Miss Saigon. These tickets will be donated law enforcement personnel in the city, your attendance is not required!

The well-known contemporary musical is a retelling of the tragic Madame Butterfly opera, substituting that World War II plot with an American GI and Vietnamese woman during the Vietnam War.

CrimeStoppers has reserved the full main-stage theatre, at 55 South Cooper at Union Avenue in Midtown for this year’s main fundraising event.

Tickets are $50/each. We you will donate two tickets for a police officer and a guest to attend.

Online order form: Click here to purchase tickets!

The night includes a reception of food, drinks, music and hob-nobbing starting at 6 p.m. Curtain goes up at 8 p.m.

 

 

Deborah M. Clubb

CRIMESTOPPERS board member

 

Executive Director

Memphis Area Women’s Council

Coordinator

Erase Domestic Crime Collaborative

2574 Sam Cooper Blvd., Memphis TN 38112

901-378-3866

dclubb@memphiswomen.org

www.memphiswomen.org

www.erasedomesticcrime.org

 

 

The Urban Passion Easter Production

Urban Passion

Easter Production

Location: Greater Deliverance Tabernacle Holiness Church

585 Vance Ave, Memphis, TN 38126

Time & Date: Urban Passion I – Palm Sunday

                        March 24, 2013 – 3:30PM

Urban Parade – Saturday

                         March 30, 2013 – 10:00AM

                         Urban Passion II – Easter Sunday
March 31, 2013 – 3:30PM

Phone Number: (901) 527-3121 / Admission: Free

 https://www.facebook.com/events/413409285419661/