When the governor called an extraordinary session on public safety, advocates expected real action on gun reform. Instead, lawmakers introduced harsh Tennessee youth sentencing bills that expand transfers to adult court, limit expungements, and push mass incarceration for kids—all while ignoring the real drivers of gun violence. When pressed on why, Republican leadership has deflected, […]
Sunday’s rally to Combat Gun Violence and Empower Youth and Black Voters held in Memphis before the start of the special session was a powerful display of solidarity for area youth and key issues affecting their lives. Various community organizations came together to provide activities, resources, and information about critical topics like voting and public […]
The People for Fairness & Justice (PFJ) PAC has launched the Fight for Memphis campaign to engage voters around the upcoming mayoral election and secure the future Memphis deserves. Building on successful recent justice race victories, the nonpartisan campaign’s goal is to shape the race by elevating issues like justice, safety, opportunity and integrity. This […]
With the 2023-24 school year and August’s special session around the corner, thousands of students, families, and teachers are facing challenges from the punitive TN Third Grade Retention law that took effect this year. To share information and gather stories, Stand for Children, MICAH, and Momentum Memphis are participating in Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment […]
In light of the persistent need to fund necessary community services in Memphis and Shelby County to improve our safety and wellbeing, the Moral Budget Coalition supports adding sustainable revenue to both the City and County budgets. Conservative state laws and decades of fiscally conservative local leadership have limited our options for providing the resources […]
We need integrity in the MSCS Superintendent Search to set our schools up for success. A year ago, school board members committed to having a new, permanent MSCS Superintendent before the start of the 2023-2024 school year, and that the current interim–who has no background in education–would not be a contender for the position. Now, […]
