Executive director at Clayborn Temple, Anasa Troutman, makes a powerful case for culture as a viable approach for social impact. Through the lens of a painful personal story, she asks us to go beyond the work for justice and dares us to cultivate a culture centered in radical love that creates sustainable joy for all. This talk features a young vocalist, Dnyla, from AngelStreet Memphis. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Last week, the Memphis community gathered at historic Clayborn Temple for the second event in the In This Place speaker series to discuss 200 years of race and place, in honor of our city’s bicentennial.

Friday, February 8, marked the first stop on the “Union: The Musical” national tour in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The production team loaded in at the Stevens Center at the North Carolina School of the Arts at 8 a.m. and began building the set. At 1 p.m., the band arrived for their sound check, and by 3:30, the team had started their tech rehearsal. When the doors opened at 7:30, 1,500 people flooded into the auditorium and filled every single seat.