March 31, 2014
Faith Friday on The Marybeth Conley Show
The Marybeth Conley Radio Show, KWAM-90, March 21, 2014 Hear the MAM story as Gib Vestal, CEO, Daryl Braden, area director, and Jarvis Freeman, youth coordinator and former MAM youth, talk with Marybeth Conley on her Faith Friday show.
March 28, 2014
Bryan Martinez, One Great Kid
Bryan Martinez is a rising fifth-grader at Knight Road Elementary School. He says the best thing about being a kid is learning about God, and going to school and camps. Commercial Appeal, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Name: Bryan Martinez Age: 10 years old Family: My mom is Novia and my…
March 18, 2014
Memphis must heed the clarion call of its youth, Part 2
The Commercial Appeal/Editorial/My Thoughts, January 26, 2014 By Rosemary Barnes, MAM communications intern Read Part 1 Isn’t that a better way of looking at this? Secondly, mentoring is very much needed. Yes, this seems to be one of the favorite words in the non-profit world, and with that, it has…
March 17, 2014
Memphis must heed the clarion call of its youth, Part 1
The Commercial Appeal/Editorial/My Thoughts, January 26, 2014 By Rosemary Barnes, MAM communications intern In America, thousands of young African American boys go to bed and dream dreams full of hoops with million dollar contracts and endorsements dancing around their heads in the night seasons. This capacity to dream is a…
March 12, 2014
WREG Live at 9 Featuring Our CAO
WREG Live at 9, March 11, 2014 Our Chief Administrative Officer, Rod Moses, and Ladell Beamon of Heal the Hood discuss ways both organizations are helping the youth in our city.
March 12, 2014
MAM Annual Classic Brings Excitement to Youth Basketball
Commercial Appeal , February 6, 2014 White Station Eighth Grade Boys. Front row left to right: Trey Davis, Larry Finch, Taj Tunstall, Rodney Mason, Braxton Winford, Kevon Woodley, James Baker, Ryan Dortch and Calvin Temple;Back row: Jordan Donaldson, Lincoln Caldwell, Michael Skinner, Jacoby Hewitt, CJ Garner, Chris Shed, Avant Blueitt…
The Commercial Appeal, Local News, Friday, September 23, 2013 Coach Alfred Applewhite (second from right) shares life skills on the court with our middle school boys. Memphis Athletic Ministries (MAM) has secured a new partnership with Up2Us, an accomplished, nationally respected organization that supports youth development programs that use sports to…
February 26, 2014
Outreach gives MAM boys ‘cool cuts’
Jeremiah Ford, 8, second grader at Hamilton Elementary, is all smiles after receiving a cool cut by Chris Newson, a barber=in-training at the Barber’s Institute who will graduate in June.Tri-State Defender, Friday, December 13, 2013 Commercial Appeal Desoto edition, Jan. 17, 2014 Tracey Crawley having a huge impact "Two are better…
February 6, 2014
Watch The Spark Featuring our COO, Randy Odom
The theme for January's episode of The SPARK was “Athletics,” featuring Tom Bowen from the University of Memphis, Randy Odom, MAM COO, and Elliot Perry, the former University of Memphis and NBA basketball player, who is now a minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies and basketball analyst, as well as…
