There are 5 article(s) tagged Room in the Inn – Memphis:

• February 2024

  • Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi elects first Black, first female bishop

    Rev. Dorothy Wells came to Memphis to attend Rhodes College in the late 1970s. She practiced law 18 years before entering the ministry. 

    By Jane Roberts February 07, 2024

• January 2021

  • Our City, Our Story: MIFA hosts acclaimed sociologist who shows that evictions deepen poverty

    MIFA has organized a “community conversation” on evictions in Memphis. The organization is encouraging everyone to read “Evicted,” and to register for the Our City, Our Story online event at mifa.org.

    By Tom Bailey January 21, 2021

• November 2020

  • Room in the Inn prepares its first home, and to grow

    Room in the Inn uses the buildings and volunteers of 55 faith organizations to provide emergency shelter to the homeless. Now the organization is about to add a headquarters building and three more emergency-shelter programs.

    By Tom Bailey November 25, 2020

  • Center will provide recuperation for homeless patients released from hospital

    The site is the former home of the historic Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital near the Medical District.

    By Tom Bailey November 23, 2020

• May 2020

  • Local coronavirus fund tops $2 million in grants dispersed

    With its most recent distribution of $95,000, a local coronavirus relief fund has now surpassed $2 million in distributed grants. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2020