The Heartbeat Music Project, an organization that was created in 2016 by violinist and YSM alum Ariel Horowitz ’19MM ’20MMA to provide free music and cross-cultural education to Diné youth on the Navajo Reservation in Crownpoint, New Mexico, has received a $500,000 Accelerator Award from The Lewis Prize for Music
By Mike Cummings
March 1, 2021
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Joshua Narcisse ’19 M.Div., G. Scott Morris ’79 M.Div, and Rev. Jason Turner ’06 M.Div.
In 1987, G. Scott Morris ’79 M.Div. founded Church Health, a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services to uninsured and underserved people in Memphis, Tennessee, and its suburbs. He’s built it into the nation’s largest privately funded, faith-based health service, providing comprehensive medical care to tens of thousands of people, with a full-time staff of 20 physicians and more than 1,000 doctors who volunteer.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Morris knew that the support of the city’s vibrant faith community including Church Health was essential to checking the virus’ spread. Local faith leaders have the trust of their congregations, he said, making them indispensable in building support for public-health measures, such