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.
Rachel Wilson
Organizer
Rachel has served as a leader in rural West TN around corporate accountability and will now be serving as an organizer focused on transformational justice. Rachel has a background in criminal justice and has worked with justice impacted individuals from incarceration to reentry. Her primary goals are preventing individuals from ever coming in contact with the justice system and creating a society where people being released can successfully reintegrate.
