[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1458549864192{padding-top: 43px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”0″ images=”4050″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Demarcus & White: Priceless[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Demarcus and Jay White also known as the “Priceless Twins” is a dance group that plans to take their brand to the next level. They have been using their past to fuel their fire into the future. Demarcus and Jay White have been working toward building a name for themselves for 8 years now. As we interviewed them, they walked us through what their journey has been like. It hasn’t been ideal. Growing up with a mom who suffered from mental illness and an unwelcoming family dynamic, the Priceless Twins have been exposed to toxicity that has held them back from their true goals in life. They were incarcerated, doing free shows and getting exploited, and fighting over women. They were becoming a product of their environment. Once the Price Twins realized how special their dreams are, they’ve taken time to reflect on their damaging past and learn patience for others and acceptance of others. They also learned how to let go of people who no longer served them and they did exactly that. These lessons have allowed them to carry resilience by giving them a “keep pushing forward” mindset. […]
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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1458549864192{padding-top: 43px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”0″ images=”4049″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Deja Price: Doing My Part[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Deja Price is now a social media activist, and her walk of life is what drove her into becoming an activist. Price was born in Memphis and raised in Olive Branch. She traveled around a lot when her parents divorced and with travel came different experiences with people including racism. When she was in Olive Branch, she experienced a majority of her encounters with racism. There were teachers in her school that would ask microaggressive questions like “why are Black girls always the loudest in the group?” or “why do Black men have a certain kind of chest hair and white men don’t?” These were all inappropriate questions that had nothing to do with actual textbook content, and even some of the textbook content Price was reading were stories glorifying racism. In the year of 2012, Treyvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman. Word of his murder swept the nation similarly to the word of many other staple names in the Black Lives Matter Movement. It hit Price hard as well. After hearing the word of Treyvon Martin’s death, came news that George Zimmerman would not be charged with […]
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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1458549864192{padding-top: 43px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”0″ images=”4054″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Daryll Lewis: Protecting the Fort[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]French Fort is an area in Memphis, TN that isn’t known by many people. It’s a small neighborhood tucked away near the downtown area. It’s a place many would say that you “run into” as opposed to visiting. When you walk into French Fort, there is a calmness to the neighborhood. The houses are beautiful in age and upkeep. It’s a place that Daryll Lewis is proud of. Lewis feels a sense of security in the Fort. He loves that politicians don’t leave French Fort out of the loop of information. He appreciated the Memphis Police Department for taking care of him and his neighbors when trouble arises. He overall loves the community, which is majority made up of his family. Lewis’s family was one of the first families to move into the French Fort neighborhood. The neighborhood was established in the 60s and although it was on the market, not many people were buying the houses due to the industry that was surrounding it. Thus, it’s always been a close-knit and secluded area for Lewis. In the Fort, as Lewis likes to call it, there are 2-3 generations […]
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