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.
mar 03 de may
|Wesley Foundation at U of M
Election Day Phone Bank
Join MICAH as we make calls to those whose doors we knocked on Saturday, April 23rd to remind them to get out and vote in the May 3rd primary! You can join us for one two-hour block or for the whole 6 hours.
