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88.5 FM — The Voice of MSCS
(WQOX 88.5)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools' own radio station — a Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame station broadcasting out of Midtown, where MSCS students learn to run a real board on a real signal. Featuring Memphis broadcaster and entrepreneur Marcus Taylor.
African Art & Accessories
(Health is Wealth)
Whitehaven's shop for raw shea butter, African black soap, sea moss, herbs, carved art, kente & mudcloth fabrics, clothing, and jewelry. 4720 Millbranch Rd · (901) 348-5240 · Tue–Sat 9–7, Sun 12–6. Health is wealth — buy Black, buy local.
BrightFame
(BrightFame)
A Memphis faith-driven organization led by Bobby Jean Stewart — Lively Stones recovery housing for men, the Manna From Heaven food truck, Wolfpack Deliverance Ministry, and Klassy Kuts Lawn & Handyman putting men back to work.
The CASE FIRM — Carlissa A. Shaw, Esq.
(CASE)
Memphis attorney Carlissa A. Shaw's law, strategy & real estate practice — criminal defense from misdemeanors to serious felonies, expungements and second chances, and blight/code enforcement litigation. Call or text (901) 519-6793 — it's free.
Community Development Accelerator
(CDA)
Danielle Inez's (“Billie Dee”) community development accelerator at LeMoyne-Owen College — aligning West Tennessee around workforce pathways, public safety, and kindergarten-readiness. “We are not behind. We are operating without alignment.”
Dr. Roderick F. Richmond — Memphis-Shelby County Schools
(Dr. Richmond)
Superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools and a Memphis educator of 32+ years — the Five A's, the regional superintendent model, and the “Showing Up for Greatness” attendance campaign. A personal friend from the TSU Aristocrat of Bands, carrying Think, Work, Serve! ever since.
Education Equal Opportunity Group
(EEOG)
The Education Equal Opportunity Group (EEOG) is a Nashville-based 501(c)(3) founded in 2001 by George Thomas to open doors for low-to-moderate-income, first-generation and at-risk students. EEOG partners with high schools and colleges across Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Georgia and Kentucky, connecting students directly with industry leaders through the Career Speed Networking Program, the Educational Speaker Series, the Leaders Are Readers literacy program and scholarships awarded at its annual gala. EEOG reports more than 40,000 high school graduates supported and 30,000 students enrolled at four-year universities. Its motto: you cannot be what you cannot see.
Ethnik Vibes
(African Goods Store)
Afro-centric store built by Boubacar Diallo of Senegal — shea butters, essential oils, herbs, African attire, jewelry, and art. 7020 E Shelby Dr, Suite 101 · (901) 314-1827 · Mon–Sat 10–7 · ethnikvibes.org.
F.F.U.N. — Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives
(F.F.U.N.)
Founded by Stevie Moore after losing his son Prentice in 2003 — over twenty years of Stop the Killing awareness, It's Up2Me youth empowerment, and support for families impacted by violence. Education is the key to keep our youth free.
Feed The Needy
(FTN)
Founded 1994 by Ruth Rawlings-Banks at Cargill's Memphis corn plant — 32 years of full holiday meal boxes for thousands of food-insecure families every Easter and Thanksgiving. Funding cuts dropped 3,300 families this year — they need donors. 501(c)(3).
Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, P.C.
(GMLB)
Memphis law firm with 100+ combined years representing labor unions, benefit funds, injured workers, and working families across the South — collective bargaining, NLRB, arbitration, FELA, and workers' comp.
Highlander Research & Education Center
(Highlander)
The Movement School — the training ground that shaped the labor movements of the 1930s-40s and the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks, Dr. King & Septima Clark trained here. Vonda McDaniel served as Co-Executive Director.
L.Y.E. Academy — Ladia Yates Entertainment
(LYE)
Founded 2014 by celebrity dancer/choreographer LaDia Yates — industry-standard training in competitive hip hop, majorette, Memphis jookin, tumbling and ballet. Dancers have earned work with Nike, Usher, Lil Baby and Ja Morant, plus a national Jennifer Hudson Show spotlight. Enroll: (901) 570-3684.
Memphis Allies
(Memphis Allies)
Memphis' gun violence intervention initiative, launched by Youth Villages. Its SWITCH and SWITCH Youth teams — outreach specialist, life coach, case manager and clinical specialist — work the highest-risk cases for 12 to 18 months. 91% of participants have not picked up another gun charge while in programming. Call (901) 252-7900.
Memphis For All
(M4A)
Memphis For All is building a multi-racial, cross-class progressive movement to change this city, state, and country by bringing together thousands of Memphians to vote, serve our community, and take action in the streets. M4A fights for an economy that works for all of us, a legal system that treats everyone fairly, and a democracy truly run for and by the people.
The Memphis LIFT
(LIFT)
A movement for parents, by parents — born in North Memphis in 2015 to make the powerless parent powerful. Led by Sarah Carpenter: 25,000+ doors knocked, parent fellowships, SPED support, choice counseling, and board watch demanding quality education.
Memphis Virtual Adult High School
(MVAHS)
Founded by Dr. Samuel Bachelor — a real accredited high school diploma from Memphis-Shelby County Schools (not a GED), fully virtual and self-paced for adults 18+. Free for TN residents. The bridge to union apprenticeships for Memphians who never finished school. (901) 416-0115.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
The Metamorphosis Project
(Metamorphosis)
Homecooked meals and hygiene essentials carried out to unsheltered Memphians every month through Feed the Need and Blessings in a Bag. All profits go to hunger relief. Board President Dr. Dedriene Rogers, Ed.D. is a friend of labor — women leading the charge.
MICAH — Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope
(MICAH)
Memphis's largest faith-rooted organizing coalition — housing, transit equity, and transformational justice. Led by President Pastor Keith Caldwell of Centenary UMC, torchbearer of the Lawson legacy. Partnering for Power. Acting for Justice.
MidSouth Development District
(MDD)
The region's official development district — convening mayors and civic leaders across Shelby, Fayette, Lauderdale, Tipton (TN), DeSoto (MS) & Crittenden (AR) to secure federal resources for housing, infrastructure, tourism, transportation, and workforce development.
NAACP — DeSoto County Branch (MS)
(NAACP DeSoto)
The branch across the state line — led by President Pastor Robert Tipton, Jr., it intervened in federal court in 2026 and successfully defended Mississippi's only majority-Black judicial subdistrict, nine precincts in Horn Lake and Southaven.
NAACP — National, Tennessee & Memphis Branch
(NAACP)
The nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization — national, the Tennessee State Conference under Gloria J. Sweet-Love, and the Memphis Branch chartered in 1917 and led by Kermit Moore, a former chief steward and CLC executive board member.
Nashville Organized for Action and Hope
(NOAH)
Nashville's anti-racist interfaith coalition — sister organization to MICAH in Memphis (both Gamaliel affiliates). Education, affordable housing, transformational justice, and the economic equity work that seeded SEC4CD.
National Action Network — Middle TN
(NAN Mid-TN)
The Middle Tennessee chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, led by Director Sheryl Huff — fighting for one standard of justice in the spirit and tradition of Dr. King. No Justice, No Peace.
National Council of Negro Women — Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley
(NCNW)
President & CEO Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley — guest speaker at the Tennessee NAACP's 80th convention Freedom Awards Dinner — leads the council Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founded in 1935 and Dr. Dorothy Height ran for forty years. An organization of organizations with 38 national affiliates, including the American Federation of Teachers.
North Memphis Community Alliance, CDC
(NMCA)
The CDC revitalizing New Chicago — 200 homes built or rehabbed, 300 jobs, and 20 community programs in the historic Firestone neighborhood where URW Local 186 made labor history.
Regional One Health
(Regional One)
The Mid-South's public safety-net health system — the only Level 1 trauma center within 150 miles (Elvis Presley Trauma Center), the region's only full-service burn center, the Korones NICU, and the coming ONE Campus rebuild. 877 Jefferson Ave · (901) 545-7100.
Sedrick Turner — Global Midsouth Corp.
(Sedrick Turner)
President and owner-operator of Global Midsouth Corp., a Memphis multi-unit franchise operator who adopts MSCS schools, feeds students and staff, and speaks to classrooms about entrepreneurship. A personal friend from the TSU Aristocrat of Bands, carrying Think, Work, Serve! ever since.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Slingshot Memphis
(Slingshot)
Founded 2016 — investment-grade rigor for the Memphis poverty fight: impact studies of local nonprofits, technical assistance, and the Accelerate Impact Fund where 100% of every dollar goes straight to vetted poverty-fighting organizations.
Southeast Center for Cooperative Development
(SEC4CD)
Nashville-based center co-led by former UAW Local 737 President Benny Overton — free co-op education, technical assistance, and NET Fund financing for worker-owned businesses, now expanding to Memphis.
Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment
(SOCM)
Member-driven TN organizing powerhouse born in the 1972 coalfields — home of Public School Strong TN, fighting for honest, equitable, fully-funded, safe public schools in 25+ counties.
The Sterling Institute
(Sterling)
Memphis youth transition services — information and referral, peer support, independent living skills, and post-secondary transition for young adults. Co-founded and led by Dr. Dedriene Rogers, Ed.D., a friend of labor, with Dr. Marian Kelley, Ed.D. Investing in you and your community.
TCAT Memphis
(TCAT)
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis — 29 hands-on programs from welding, HVAC, and aviation maintenance to practical nursing and truck driving. Career in a year, 76% employed in field, $0 student loan debt via TN Promise / Reconnect / Wilder-Naifeh.
Tennessee For All
(TN4All)
Tennessee for All is a statewide coalition of faith, labor, and community organizations united in a long-term mission to eliminate systemic inequalities, hold corporations accountable, and build a better Tennessee. Whether from Memphis or Johnson City, TN4All fights for good jobs, strong public schools, and putting people over profits. Key campaigns include fighting for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Ford Motor Co. at Blue Oval City to ensure good union jobs, fully funding Pre-K by taxing Big Tech, stopping private vouchers from defunding public education, ending the outdated grocery tax, and making corporations pay their fair share by closing tax loopholes. TN4All believes that when communities come together across differences, Tennessee can work for everyone.
Union Auto Network
(UAN)
COMING SOON — "A better way to buy." Negotiated discounts for union members and their immediate families on new and used vehicles through a trusted network of authorized dealers, with a Union Member Support Team guiding the whole buying process.
United Benefits
(UB)
Affordable supplemental insurance (disability, accident, life, dental/vision/hearing, cancer care), home & auto, retirement specialists, and Medicare help — presented at Memphis CLC meetings and to IBEW Local 1288 with member pricing. Free one-on-one: (866) 558-2121.
United Way of the Mid-South
(UWMS)
United Way of the Mid-South is a proud labor and community partner of the Memphis & West Tennessee Central Labor Council. Through the AFL-CIO Community Services partnership and a dedicated Labor Liaison, UWMS connects union members and their families to resources, the Union Counselor program, workplace giving campaigns, and volunteer opportunities across the Mid-South — fighting poverty and building economic mobility for working families.
United Way of the Mid-South
(UWMS)
Nearly a century mobilizing companies, congregations, unions, and neighbors against generational poverty — Driving The Dream, Free Tax Prep ($11M+ in refunds), the 2-1-1 helpline, and workplace giving campaigns. Led by Tomeka Hart Wigginton.
West Tennessee Legal Services
(WTLS)
Free civil legal help for limited-income West Tennesseans: housing, family safety, benefits, senior POA/advance directives, and medical-legal partnerships. By appointment — (800) 372-8346. Memphis office: 1407 Union Ave.
Whitehaven Youth Development
(WYD)
Hands-on trades, tech, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship training for Memphis youth — a direct pipeline into union apprenticeships. Now raising a dedicated youth building: a safe, productive place for young people.
WLOK Radio — AM 1340 · FM 105
(WLOK)
The first Black-owned radio station in Memphis — owned by Black Radio Hall of Famer Art Gilliam since 1977. A Tennessee Historical Landmark, the #1 gospel sound in the nation, and a microphone that has always been open to working people — from Operation PUSH to today's Rainbow PUSH Hour with Dr. Kevin Brooks.
WOJG 94.7 FM — Shaw's Broadcasting
(WOJG)
The only Black-owned 6-kilowatt station in Tennessee — WOJG 94.7 FM and WBOL AM 1560, owned by Johnny and Opal Shaw of Bolivar and managed by Dr. Rhonda Shaw, who hosts Doctor2Doctor — In the Chatroom and emceed the NAACP Tennessee State Conference's 80th convention Freedom Awards Dinner.
Xcelente Trucking & Logistics Training Center
(XTLTC)
FMCSA-approved, Minority Woman-Owned CDL training center building trucking careers for justice-impacted youth, women, and second-chance workers in Memphis.
YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South
(The Y)
Working-family infrastructure: before & after school care, Child Development Centers, summer camps, swim lessons, and financial assistance so everyone can access it — regardless of income. Also hiring year-round. ymcamemphis.org.
Youdle
(Youdle)
Memphis-born, women-owned product-finding platform from the Anthony sisters — grown from the 34,000-member pandemic “Product Sightings” village into an app that helps families find products in stock nearby. You + Data, Location, Engagement.
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