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.
Somos Uno/ We are One- Gamaliel Webinar
Tue, Jan 16
|Zoom Webinar
Join leaders and organizers from two of Gamaliel's national priority campaigns —Civil Rights of Immigrants and Transformational Justice— and hear some of the experiences of people impacted by both systems, and explore what it would look like if we fight for our common human dignity.
Time & Location
Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Zoom Webinar
About the event
Leaders and organizers from two of Gamaliel's national priority campaigns —Civil Rights of Immigrants and Transformational Justice — have begun to meet together. They have begun to discuss the many ways that people impacted by the criminal legal system and those impacted by the immigration system face some of the same hardships: family separation, difficulty finding housing and employment, and more.
Join us on January 16 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. CT (7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT). We will hear some of the experiences of people impacted by both systems, and we will explore what it would look like if we could all stand together in the fight for our common human dignity, especially in an election year. The theme of the night is: “Somos Uno/We Are One.”
Upcoming Events
Thu, Aug 13First Congregational ChurchJoin Transformational Justice task force and the University of Memphis for a training covering alternatives to calling the police when people are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Tue, Aug 18Location 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.
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, Aug 13First Congregational ChurchJoin Transformational Justice task force and the University of Memphis for a training covering alternatives to calling the police when people are experiencing a mental health crisis.
- Tue, Aug 18Location 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.
- 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.