Memphis A Philip Randolph Institute

09/24/2026

09/06/2026

Please plan to join the African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee (ACCT) and other organizations for Statewide Souls to the Polls on October 17, 2026.
Souls to the Polls is a faith-based civic engagement initiative that mobilizes congregations and communities to participate in democracy through voter registration, nonpartisan voter education, early voting, election-day turnout, and ongoing civic engagement.

Please register, start planning now, and invite other individuals and organizations to

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09/02/2026

Protest at CoreCivic in Mason, TN. Hungerstrike!

08/28/2026

Sixty-three years later we still fight for Jobs and Freedom, full employment, living wages, the Right to Vote and fair elections. We won't go back. What will future generations know about our resilience. When our grandchildren ask what did you do in 2026 when Voting Rights were being dismantled? I will say Papa was on the Frontline for Justice and Equality.

On 28 August 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation’s capital. The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. During this event, Martin...

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

Black Voters Matter is partnering with Young, Gifted, and Green, Official BLM Memphis, & Memphis APRI for a hot meal and water distribution today August 24th at 3 locations.

You can pick up a hot meal, snacks, & a case of water starting at 4:30pm tomorrow at these three locations:
- Abysinnian Baptist Church - 3890 Millbranch Rd
- NAACP Memphis Branch Office - 588 Vance Ave
- Da Sammich Spot - 3020 Park Ave

If you want to support relief efforts you can donate here:

We are a non-profit environmental justice organization that influences policy change through political advocacy, mentorship, and training.

08/20/2026

The time is NOW

Intergenerational organizing is how movements survive.

We do not win because one generation has all the answers. We win when generations stay in relationship with each other.

Elders carry memory and lessons from past struggle. Young people carry urgency and new ideas. People in between connect the two.

When we separate those things, movements weaken.

“You’re too young” or “you’re out of touch” does not build power. It just blocks it.

Real organizing means listening across generations, sharing leadership, and valuing experience and new thinking equally.

Because wisdom without new ideas gets stuck. And new ideas without history repeat mistakes.

Movements last when we build across difference, not around it.

Take action: bring someone from a different generation into your organizing. Learn from them. Stay in relationship.

08/15/2026