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La capacidad de SCS para brindar una educación equitativa y de calidad se ve socavada por la alta rotación de docentes y las vacantes docentes de un año, así como por las importantes deficiencias de mantenimiento dentro de las escuelas, todo lo cual conduce a mayores costos financieros, educativos y de salud. La falta de acceso a servicios integrales proporcionados por trabajadores sociales, psicólogos y enfermeras calificados inhibe el tratamiento exitoso del trauma o las Experiencias Adversas en la Infancia (ACE). El abuso, la negligencia y el trauma aumentan significativamente la probabilidad de suspensiones, comportamiento delictivo juvenil y encarcelamiento. Con una mediana de edad cuatro años por debajo del promedio nacional, la población de Memphis puede apoyar el desarrollo económico, pero solo si brindamos a los niños de nuestra comunidad acceso a oportunidades y apoyo.
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Make Them Known: A Vigil to Remember Lives Lost Inside the Shelby County Jail
sáb 01 de ago
|Memphis First United Methodist Church
Horario y ubicación
01 ago 2026, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Memphis First United Methodist Church, 204 N 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Since 2018, 68 people have died in the custody of the Shelby County Jail due to a combination of staff abuse and neglect, and negligence by the healthcare provider. The lives of these people mattered, their families were left without answers, and their names too often go unspoken. They were human beings.
Please join Just City, MICAH, and the Justice and Safety Alliance for Make Them Known: Remembering The Lives Lost At the Shelby County Jail.
At 6:30 pm we will gather at Memphis First United Methodist Church in downtown Memphis, just three blocks from the jail. We will say their names. We will hold space for family testimonies, light candles, and the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Sanctuary Choir will honor them in song. At 8:00 PM, we will walk together in silence to the jail entrance for a moment of silence and laying of roses in remembrance.
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Upcoming Events
- mar 18 de agoLocation is TBDCome to the quarterly Leadership Council Meeting on August 18th from 7-8:30 pm. If you are part of MICAH, you should attend this meeting if you have the capacity.
- Múltiples fechasjue 20 de agoIdlewild Presbyterian ChurchBetter Transit for a Better Memphis, led by daily riders and other community champions, organizes and advocates for fully funded, accessible, and equitable public transit.
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