by uwmsnewscenter | Mar 15, 2018 | News
President and CEO Reverend Kenneth S. Robinson, M.D., pens an op-ed on March 15, 2018 as a response to an article printed in The Commercial Appeal on the short lifespan of people living in poverty. Read the full piece below. Last week’s arresting news article by...
by uwmsnewscenter | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Income / Financial Stability, News
Tressa Ogles knows what it’s like to watch parents make ends meet. Her family believed in service and giving back albeit their own struggles. That rearing continued to motive her to give to United Way of the Mid-South and influence her fellow colleagues. Regions...
by keshia | Feb 27, 2018 | News, Poverty
Since Dr. King’s assassination on April 4, 1968 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, many things have changed for minorities in America; some for the better, and some for the worse. THE POVERTY REPORT: MEMPHIS SINCE MLK, presented by National Civil Rights Museum, in...
by uwmsnewscenter | Nov 28, 2017 | News
The December/January edition of Inside Memphis Business magazine is the publication’s “Philanthropy Issue.” Inside Memphis Business’ “the office” section features a story about United Way of the Mid-South highlighting our President...
by uwmsnewscenter | Sep 11, 2017 | News, United Way Worldwide
United Way Worldwide has created recovery funds to address the immediate and long-term needs in local communities of the United States and the Caribbean which are affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. United Ways in the areas impacted by these hurricanes will...
by uwmsnewscenter | Sep 11, 2017 | Day of Caring, News
United Way Communications Specialist Kirstin Cheers posted a story on Medium this morning sharing the experience of our United Way Director of Communications when the attacks on New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania took place on September 11, 2001. United Way...
