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Urge Senator Corker and and Senator Alexander to support Immigration Reform NOW!
Call them today and tell them "I urge you to support immigration reform this year. We need immigration polices that uphold our values, keep families together, and move us all forward."
Senator Corker: 615.279.8125
Senator Alexander: 615.736.5129
Learn more about how to become involved with immigration reform at tnimmigrant.org.
In Memoriam
Dr. Maxine Smith
Dr. Maxine Smith was Executive Secretary of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP from 1962 to 1995. In 1971, she became the first African American to be elected to the Memphis Board of Education. She served as President of the Memphis Board of Education for two terms. In 2003, Dr. Smith and Bill Clinton were awarded the prestigious Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum, and in 2004 she was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from her alma mater, Spelman College.
Dr. Maxine A. Smith, a mentor to Black women and women of color who was Empowered, Invested and Committed to the civil and educational rights of African Americans. She will be truly missed.
News
SisterReach Awarded State & National Funding Support
Healthy & Free Tennessee (HAFT)
SisterReach has been funded to provide Reproductive Justice trainings to HAFT and and state-wide partners of the coalition.
Is It Time for Off-the-Shelf Birth-Control Pills?
The New York Times posted the story "Is It Time for Off-the-Shelf Birth-Control Pills?"
When a federal judge recently ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the morning-after pi
Memphis Teen-Focused Website Unveiled
MEMPHIS TEEN VISION MAKES TEENS’ ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES MORE ATTAINABLE THROUGH TEEN FOCUSED WEBSITE
MEMPHIS, TN, APRIL 29, 2013