Douglass High students 'Green the block'
It's hard to separate Douglass High School from Douglass the North Memphis neighborhood. On Friday, Sept. 11 -- a national day of service and remembrance -- they were one as students streamed down streets of single-family homes, rapped on barred and locked doors and watched as the looks on faces changed from worry to wonder in the first "Green the Block" campaign in Memphis.
It's hard to separate Douglass High School from Douglass the North Memphis neighborhood.
The school is hope and anchor to the community's heritage and alumni support.
On Friday, Sept. 11 -- a national day of service and remembrance -- they were one as students streamed down streets of single-family homes, rapped on barred and locked doors and watched as the looks on faces changed from worry to wonder in the first "Green the Block" campaign in Memphis.
"We have a present for you because we care about you," 15-year-old Tajarrah Pryor told a surprised neighbor, who was smiling halfway through the girl's speech and beaming by the time the door closed and she could open the box.
Inside was a compact fluorescent bulb, a faucet filter and a tidy bundle of switchplate insulation -- the 150 kits donated by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division -- enough supplies to begin a garden-variety green campaign in any neighborhood.
In this one, revolution is the goal.
