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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International Workers Day Action
Thu, May 01
|National Civil Rights Museum
To celebrate International Workers’ Day, on May 1st we will be celebrating together and showing the power of our community and connecting the history of the labor movement and the immigrant rights movement.
Time & Location
May 01, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St, Memphis, TN 38103, USA
About the event
In the last few months, we have seen our communities attacked on all fronts- threatened with being denied enrollment in public schools, ICE randomly and aggressively detaining family members, targeted punishments for speaking about atrocities committed in Gaza, and destroyed legal pathways to citizenship. While those currently in power want us to give in to fear, many of us are shifting to action and resistance.
To celebrate International Workers’ Day, on May 1st we will be celebrating together and showing the power of our community and connecting the history of the labor movement and the immigrant rights movement. Speakers will be invited to talk about the state of local, state, and federal legislation.
We invite all families, students, teachers, community members, and business owners to show their power by closing businesses, not going to work or school, and rallying together at our International Workers’ Day Boycott, Rally, Teach-In, and Celebration…
Upcoming Events
Thu, Jul 30Location will be sent by email.Join MICAH for a Get Out the Vote door-to-door canvass on Thursday July 30th! Pay: $25/ hour No prior experience required, training provided. Bring a fully charged phone with cell service, comfortable walking shoes, and any weather-appropriate items you'd like.
Sat, Aug 01Centenary United Methodist ChurchJoin MICAH for a Get Out the Vote phone bank on Saturday August 1st! No prior experience required, training provided. Bring a fully charged phone with cell service and/or a computer or tablet. We also recommend bringing headphones! A light lunch will be provided.
Sat, Aug 01Douglass Chapel CME ChurchJoin the CME Church, NAACP, and MICAH at Douglass Chapel CME Church from 12:30pm-2:30 pm on August 1st for a Candidate Forum for Congressional District 8 and 9!
Sat, Aug 01Memphis First United Methodist Church
Mon, Aug 03Shady Grove Presbyterian ChurchJoin us at from 6-8 pm on August 3rd at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church for MICAH's August 2026 Issues Night!
Sat, Aug 08Shady Grove Presbyterian ChurchJoin us at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church on August 8th from 10am - 12pm for an engaging and enlightening training session on fundraising, featuring Lora McDonald, the Executive Director of MORE2 in Kansas City, MO.
Multiple DatesThu, Aug 20Idlewild 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.
Upcoming Events
- Thu, Jul 30Location will be sent by email.Join MICAH for a Get Out the Vote door-to-door canvass on Thursday July 30th! Pay: $25/ hour No prior experience required, training provided. Bring a fully charged phone with cell service, comfortable walking shoes, and any weather-appropriate items you'd like.
- Sat, Aug 01Centenary United Methodist ChurchJoin MICAH for a Get Out the Vote phone bank on Saturday August 1st! No prior experience required, training provided. Bring a fully charged phone with cell service and/or a computer or tablet. We also recommend bringing headphones! A light lunch will be provided.
- Sat, Aug 01Douglass Chapel CME ChurchJoin the CME Church, NAACP, and MICAH at Douglass Chapel CME Church from 12:30pm-2:30 pm on August 1st for a Candidate Forum for Congressional District 8 and 9!
- Sat, Aug 01Memphis First United Methodist Church
- Mon, Aug 03Shady Grove Presbyterian ChurchJoin us at from 6-8 pm on August 3rd at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church for MICAH's August 2026 Issues Night!
- Sat, Aug 08Shady Grove Presbyterian ChurchJoin us at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church on August 8th from 10am - 12pm for an engaging and enlightening training session on fundraising, featuring Lora McDonald, the Executive Director of MORE2 in Kansas City, MO.
- Multiple DatesThu, Aug 20Idlewild 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.