By Staff on October 6, 2011
By Rebecca Terrell After the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision gave US women the right to a legal abortion, feminists across the country celebrated. After so many women had died or had their future fertility compromised from botched, illegal efforts, trained doctors could finally start offering this common medical procedure safely in their [...]
Posted in Business, Community News, Health |
By Staff on September 8, 2011
By Alicia Cobbs This year, the Memphis Hightailers have agreed to donate proceeds from their largest ride of the year – The Bluff City Blues 100 taking place on Saturday, October 1 – to bicycling and walking advocacy in Memphis! This is a huge step towards making Memphis into a bike and pedestrian friendly city, [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged bike, fundraiser, Hightailers, midtown |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Jeff Huelett There are two free programs offered by The Church Health Center that you will want to be sure to put on your summer calendars! We are offering a class called Love Your Heart: Controlling Hypertension every first Wednesday of the month. The next classes will be held on Wednesday, August 3 and [...]
Posted in Community News, Health | Tagged health, non-profit |
By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Emily Bishop Have you registered for the Festival Friday 4 Miler yet? I’m sure you are planning to do that soon, or maybe you are the kind who likes to wait until the last minute. Nevertheless, this past month the first online registrations began to trickle in. In fact Jon Carroll was the first [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Events, Health | Tagged Cooper Young, events, Festival 4-Miler, health, running |
By Staff on June 15, 2011
By Anthony Siracusa This year, the Memphis Hightailers have agreed to donate all of the proceeds from their largest ride of the year – The Bluff City Blues 100 – to bicycling and walking advocacy in Memphis! This is a huge step towards making Memphis into a bike and pedestrian friendly city, so let’s show [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On!, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged bike, eco, events, fitness, green, health, Revolutions, volunteering |
By Emily on May 11, 2011
By Betty Lamarr April is such a wonderful month. It is when the flowers really start to bloom, when the chilly weather starts to become a warm breeze, when Easter reminds us all of God’s love (or at least how much we like chocolate), and of course, when we get to file our taxes. Taxes [...]
Posted in Community News, Health | Tagged betty lamarr, Taxes |
By Emily on May 11, 2011
In case you haven’t heard, May is National Bike Month. To celebrate, Revolutions Community Bicycle Shop is hosting a series of events to get people pedaling! Classes titled “Bicycle Safety in the Streets” are being held in numerous locations throughout the community. Midtowners can catch the course at the Church Health Center Wellness (1115 Union [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On!, Green/Eco, Health, Safety | Tagged bicycle, Bike to Work Day, Revolutions, Safety |
By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Angela Knipple After a successful first year, the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFM) will be opening for its second season at the corner of Cooper St. and Walker Ave. in the parking lot of First Congregational Church on April 30. Most of last year’s vendors will be returning, and many of them are planning [...]
Posted in Community News, Food, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged Community News, events, food, green, health, midtown, neighbors, non-profit, openings |
By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Leigh Woeller On March 11, no one thought that a 9.0 earthquake would cause a tsunami to hit Japan, home to the world’s third largest economy. Together we watched in disbelief as the waves flooded inland and moved homes, buildings, and cars like they were toys a child might play with in a bathtub. [...]
Posted in Events, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged eco, family, fundraiser, health, Safety |
By on March 4, 2011
By Kyle Wagenschutz As spring approaches many people are considering taking to two wheels for the first time in many years. Dusting off bikes long forgotten in the deep recesses of garages, sheds, and basements, many are pumping air into flat tires and reintroducing the simple pleasures of bicycle riding into their lives. For good [...]
Posted in Education, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged bike, Business, commuting, eco, Education, fitness, health |
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