Why should we care?
SCS’s ability to provide a quality, equitable education is being undercut by high teacher turnover and year-long teaching vacancies, as well as significant maintenance deficiencies within the schools, all of which leads to higher financial, educational, and health costs. A lack of access to wraparound services provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, and nurses inhibits the successful treatment of trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). Abuse, neglect, and trauma significantly increase the likelihood of suspensions, juvenile criminal behavior, and incarceration. With a median age four years below the national average, Memphis’s population can support economic development, but only if we provide children in our community access to opportunities and support.
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Equipping people of faith and goodwill to organize communities for systemic change through collective action.
Communities Not Corporations Town Hall - Memphis!
Wed, Oct 01
|Centenary UMC
Time & Location
Oct 01, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Centenary UMC, 584 E McLemore Ave, Memphis, TN 38106, USA
About the event
Do you want a state that puts communities not corporations first? Do you want to fight for policies that make corporations pay their fair share and give working people a break? Join Senator Charlane Oliver and community members as we hold a town hall on Wednesday October 1 to discuss how Tennessee needs to put people over profits. Big corporations like FedEx, HCA and Amazon are thriving in Tennessee while working people struggle make ends meet.
That stops now.
We are holding a town hall for community members to come together to discuss how corporate power is impacting their local communities and what we can do together to put our communities first and hold big business accountable.
This is our state and we can decide how it works together! Join us on Wednesday, October 1 at 6pm central! Location is at Centenary United Methodist Church at 584 E McLemore.