Mid-South Peace & Justice Center

Tagline

Mobile menu contact icon

Mobile menu contact information

Archives for September 2017

by

MSPJC’s Second Annual Peace & Pie!


It’s a blue-ribbon-county-fair-grandma’s-best pie contest—all for the love of Peace and Justice! Peace & Pie will be happening October 14th from 6-9PM at Evergreen Presbyterian (1567 Overton Park Ave, Memphis, Tennessee 38112).

Come enjoy sweet and savory pies homemade by your fellow Memphians! Celebrity Judges will make the call on the 1st Place Blue Ribbon Beauty and rank the rest but we all get to vote for the “Power to the People’s Choice Award” with our dollars and change. The pie that raises the most $$$ for Mid-South Peace and Justice Center wins that coveted award.

Entry to Pie Tastings Galore: Suggested Donation of $5
Celebrity Judges will be announced and there will be several gems from last year’s Peace & Pie Contest!

Would you like to submit a pie? Splendid! Please do! There are prizes, plus bragging rights. Please email meredithpace@gmail.com for further instructions. 

Can’t make it? You can still give to MSPJC in honor of your favorite baker here: https://midsouthpeace.org/get-involved/mymspjc-sustainer

RSVP via Facebook here.

by

Project Homeless Connect 2017! Volunteers Needed!

It’s that time of year again! Project Homeless Connect 2017 will be on Thursday, September 21st from 8:00a.m.-3:00p.m.  ProjectHomeless Connect is a day long service provider fair for the homeless men and women of Memphis. At Project Homeless Connect, there will be housing services, haircut/beauty services, ID’s, dental services, eye exam, clothing, assessment for disability, plus lunch for every participant. If you would like to volunteer along side H.O.P.E members,  please go to the Community Alliance for the Homeless website under volunteer opportunities, www.cafth.org. So go and do something worthwhile for our community and volunteer with Project HomelessConnect!

by

Whole Child Neighborhood Council Meeting!

Join us Thursday, September 21st, for the Whole Child Community Council Meeting at 5:30PM. Come share your voice and expertise as community member in the Klondike Smokey City area. To confirm your attendance simply call at 901-435-0404 or email wholechildstrategies@gmail.com prior to September 19th. 

 

by

Houston Assistance Post Hurricane Harvey

Here is an easy ( and verified) way to donate to Houston community members impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Simply click on the link (http://www.shape.org/shape-donations) to donate through S.H.A.P.E. today!

“As one of the most visible and involved community centers in Houston’s African-American community and the Houston community as a whole, S.H.A.P.E. has led the way toward justice, equal opportunity, and institution building in the city, state, nation and world. Because of its deep commitment to the community, S.H.A.P.E. has actively sought ways to oppose injustice and to better the community for all people. Earmark funds with “Hurricane Harvey” ”

 

by

Meeting This Saturday! Action Item: Tell Joe Brown You Want The Full 31!

901-636-6795 
(Rebecca Garcia, Councilman Brown’s Assistant)
Joe.Brown@memphistn.gov

MBRU is proud that bus service has returned to New Chicago, Klondyke, & Smokey City through the new 31 Firestone route. But recent complaints from riders have us concerned. The small shuttle bus assigned to the route doesn’t display MATA’s colors or logos prominently, so it hasn’t been visible to riders in the neighborhood. We still don’t have night, weekend, and holiday service. And most importantly, it still doesn’t cover the under-served neighborhoods of South Memphis that the old route did.

So, we’re urging supporters to call Councilman Joe Brown, the City Council liaison to MATA, at 901-636-6795, or email him at Joe.Brown@memphistn.gov. Joe Brown is a longtime supporter of the 31, and as the Council liaison to MATA, he has the power to push for a route that serves the whole community. When you call, you’ll speak to his assistant, Rebecca Garcia. Leave a message for Councilman Brown that Memphis needs a fully-funded 31 bus that we can all be proud of!

Remember, our next general meeting is this Saturday, September 9th from 12-2 PM! Because the Cossitt Library is undergoing renovations, we’ll be meeting instead at the Memphis Center for Independent Living, 1633 Madison Ave. It’s across the street from Cash Saver, and accessible via the #2 bus. Hope to see you there! :

MBRU is proud that bus service has returned to New Chicago, Klondyke, & Smokey City through the new 31 Firestone route. But recent complaints from riders have us concerned. The small shuttle bus assigned to the route doesn’t display MATA’s colors or logos prominently, so it hasn’t been visible to riders in the neighborhood. We still don’t have night, weekend, and holiday service. And most importantly, it still doesn’t cover the under-served neighborhoods of South Memphis that the old route did.

So, we’re urging supporters to call Councilman Joe Brown, the City Council liaison to MATA, at 901-636-6795, or email him at Joe.Brown@memphistn.gov. Joe Brown is a longtime supporter of the 31, and as the Council liaison to MATA, he has the power to push for a route that serves the whole community. When you call, you’ll speak to his assistant, Rebecca Garcia. Leave a message for Councilman Brown that Memphis needs a fully-funded 31 bus that we can all be proud of!

Remember, our next general meeting is this Saturday, September 9th from 12-2 PM! Because the Cossitt Library is undergoing renovations, we’ll be meeting instead at the Memphis Center for Independent Living, 1633 Madison Ave. It’s across the street from Cash Saver, and accessible via the #2 bus. Hope to see you there!

Want to help transform your community? Join our monthly giving program #MyMSPJC Sustainers!