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.
Stop MATA Service Cuts!
Tue, Dec 19
|One Commerce Square Auditorium
Join MICAH, Memphis Bus Riders Union, Citizens for Better Services, Sierra Club and more than 300 petition signers in strong OPPOSITION to all proposed service cuts!
Time & Location
Dec 19, 2023, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
One Commerce Square Auditorium, 40 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103, USA
About the event
MATA will once again be voting on proposed service cuts scheduled to begin in February. Despite strong opposition at the last two MATA Board Meetings, the proposals are still on the table.
MICAH, Memphis Bus Riders Union, Citizens for Better Services, Sierra Club and more than 200 petition signers stand in strong OPPOSITION to all proposed service cuts.
Join us in asking MATA Board to reconsider and refrain from approving ANY winter service cuts.
Here's how:
Sign the petition and share with others: https://bit.ly/47L9dTJ
Attend the MATA Board meeting on Dec 19th at 3:30 at One Commerce Square Auditorium
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 08Location is TBAJoin us 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 08Location is TBAJoin us 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.