Justice & Safety
Lead: Stand for Children
Partners: Just City, Memphis for All Education Fund, MICAH, Official BLM Memphis
This focus area will examine critical policies necessary for all residents to feel safe and have a voice in their city. The Justice and Safety group will consider issues of equity and effectiveness in criminal justice, and devise policies to dismantle the systemic inequities that endanger people of color, while growing and connecting supports for individuals and families that are negatively impacted by oppressive structures (e.g., the school to prison pipeline). This area will also consider power building and power shifting for policy impact, including changing who has a “voice” in the community and how residents are heard. In particular, this group will explore strategies to support voter rights and civic participation in local democracy, as well as the needs of foreign-born and immigrant communities to know and exercise their rights.
Workgroup Members
Cardell Orrin - Project Lead
Joann Selvidge - Lead Facilitator
Erica Coleman - Social Policy Consultant
Mookie B.
Janiece Bell
Carlton Brown
Elaine Byrd
Gwendolyn Clemons
Octavius Cobb
Crystal DeBerry
Tameka Greer
Jakiera Henry
ShaRae Hicks
Emmanuel Jordan
Phillis Lewis
Jerome Mason
Wailes Niyukuri
Anjanette Richardson
Lakesha Webster
Become a Justice & Safety Fellow
Justice & Safety Fellows will report to and serve alongside the Justice & Safety Anchor Collaborative. This fellowship offers cohort learning and training opportunities as well as financial compensation.
Pay: $22.50-30/hour (based on the number of fellows)
Time Commitment: 15-20 hours/month
Contract: August 2022 - March 2023
Partners
Stand for Children
Focuses on education equity and racial justice. They advocate for improved and equitable education standards for all children by utilizing a strong three-pillared approach: Parents, Politics, and Policy.
Just City
Transforms local criminal justice policy and practice to ensure it is fair for all people regardless of wealth, race, or ethnicity.
Memphis for All Education Fund
Seeks to decrease disparities in voter participation through faith, education, labor coalition building, agency-based institutionalization of registration, and policy reform.
MICAH - A coalition of community and faith-based organizations in Memphis that focus on three pillars of economic equity, education equity, and race & class equity in the justice system.
Official Black Lives Matter Memphis exists to dismantle systems that oppress Black people and affirms all Black folks and their varied identities, including religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
