New Memphis: Teachers’ Lounge

HAPPY HOUR ALERT! Teachers’ Lounges are a casual and safe space for teachers to discuss pressing topics in today’s education landscape and grow together. New Memphis’s next free event is Building Relational Capacity: The Fred Rogers Way with Jeremy Griffin on Tuesday, November 17, from 5:30-7:00pm at at Little Petals – Highland Strip — food and drinks provided! Join New Memphis for this conversation about making the shift from seeing students as numbers to seeing them as neighbors: https://www.tfaforms.com/5138290 

Throughout the year, the New Memphis Teachers’ Lounge series convenes cocktails & conversations happy hours centered on topics that interest you. As the honeymoon period at the beginning of the school year has ended and full personalities are on display, it’s likely you want to tap back into relationship building to make the most out of the rest of the year.

Join us at Little Petals – Highland Strip for Building Relational Capacity: The Fred Rogers Way with Jeremy Griffin on Tuesday, November 17, from 5:30-7:00pm. Jeremy Griffin (he/him) is entering his seventh year teaching sixth-grade ELA at The Soulsville Charter School. He specializes in leveraging relational capacity, leading professional development on the framework for Soulsville staff, student assemblies, and MTR’s city-wide MTRU event. Jeremy served as a 2025 MTR mentor, is an adjunct professor at Mid-South Christian College, and is a Fred Rogers Institute Educators’ Neighborhood alumnus. Outside the classroom, he leads the Retro Video Game Club and takes students climbing weekly at Memphis Rox. He holds a Bachelor in Christian Leadership from Mid-South Christian College and a Master’s in Urban Education from Union University. Jeremy is a 2026 New Memphis Educator of Excellence Finalist.

Teachers’ Lounges are made possible through the generosity of the First Horizon Foundation.