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Memphis Youth Coalition Featured for Introducing Area Students to Music Industry
(PRLEAP.COM) Memphis, Tenn. August 1, 2008 – The Memphis Youth Coalition, a nonprofit organization based out of Memphis Tennessee that connects 13 to 19 year old youth and their families with organizations that meet their needs, was recently featured in the Memphis Business Journal for helping the youth in the area who love music understand more about the music and recording industries.
The idea of the Music Education and Intervention Program, which is the Coalition’s program to introduce the teens to the industry, came to the Memphis Youth Coalition president Barry Jackson in 2003 when he received interest from some gang members who wanted to rap and sing and used his work with the Memphis Leadership program in the area to figure out the best way to use this love of music to help out teens.
According to the feature, Jackson was a musician in Atlanta before returning to Memphis, and was able to introduce music to students who were interested in singing, but didn’t want to spend time in the school band or choir. Teens in the program are allowed to sing and rap, as long as their songs were not about anything negative.
For more information about the Memphis Youth Coalition, go to www.the-myc.org
About the Memphis Youth Coalition:
The Memphis Youth Coalition provides resources and intervention for students ages 13-19 in the areas of education, workforce development, performing arts, athletics, mentoring, heath and wellness, gang intervention and at risk youth through an alliance of youth organizations and programs. The primary responsibility of the board of directors and staff is to guide the organization in accomplishing its mission. The board’s oversight role empowers it to exercise tremendous influence in ensuring that the Memphis Youth Coalition protects and uses its core assets solely to further the goals of the organization.
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