This list contains activism or social justice minded groups across the city. The goal of the calendar is to increase access and awareness about efforts across Memphis to make our city more just.
WHAT SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS OPERATE IN MEMPHIS?
The Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter
The Memphis Feminist Collective
Comunidades Unidas en Una Voz
Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
Just City
Workers Interfaith Network
P.E.R.L.
Memphis Voices for Palestine
Memphis Center for Independent Living
Tennessee Sierra Club
Fight for 15
Memphis Bus Riders Union
Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality
Memphis Against Sexual Harassment & Assault CHANGE Cohort
Education Justice CHANGE Cohort
Gender and Sexuality for Equality CHANGE Cohort
Memphis Youth Union CHANGE Cohort
Memphis United
Showing Up for Racial Justice
Arkansas Rising
Memphis Area Gay Youth
OUT Memphis
Planned Parenthood
Indigenous and Hispanic Student Association
Memphis Coalition of Concerned Citizens
Memphis Center for Independent Living
901Ummah
TN Immigrant Refugee Rights Coalition
United Campus Workers - Memphis
Memphis Alternatives to Violence Project
Incarcerated Youth Speaking Out for Change
Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition (MGOC)
Healthy and Free TN
Choices: Memphis Center for Reproductive Health Care
Refugee Empowerment Project
Clean Memphis
Center for Transforming Communities
Protect Our Aquifer
Memphis Democratic Socialists of America
Sister Reach
MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope)
Cooperative Memphis
Green Party of Shelby County
Justice League Memphis
Project MI
ACLU People Power Memphis Downtown
Indivisible Memphis
Stand for Children
The Memphis Feminist Collective
Comunidades Unidas en Una Voz
Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
Just City
Workers Interfaith Network
P.E.R.L.
Memphis Voices for Palestine
Memphis Center for Independent Living
Tennessee Sierra Club
Fight for 15
Memphis Bus Riders Union
Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality
Memphis Against Sexual Harassment & Assault CHANGE Cohort
Education Justice CHANGE Cohort
Gender and Sexuality for Equality CHANGE Cohort
Memphis Youth Union CHANGE Cohort
Memphis United
Showing Up for Racial Justice
Arkansas Rising
Memphis Area Gay Youth
OUT Memphis
Planned Parenthood
Indigenous and Hispanic Student Association
Memphis Coalition of Concerned Citizens
Memphis Center for Independent Living
901Ummah
TN Immigrant Refugee Rights Coalition
United Campus Workers - Memphis
Memphis Alternatives to Violence Project
Incarcerated Youth Speaking Out for Change
Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition (MGOC)
Healthy and Free TN
Choices: Memphis Center for Reproductive Health Care
Refugee Empowerment Project
Clean Memphis
Center for Transforming Communities
Protect Our Aquifer
Memphis Democratic Socialists of America
Sister Reach
MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope)
Cooperative Memphis
Green Party of Shelby County
Justice League Memphis
Project MI
ACLU People Power Memphis Downtown
Indivisible Memphis
Stand for Children
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