8-week course for social justice leaders has begun

By Logan Langlois  NASHVILLE, TN — The Memorial Foundation recently announced seven young Tennessean social justice leaders as members of its third Social Justice Fellows Program cohort. The eight-week-long program has 50 participants in total from across the nation and is taking place virtually. In these workshops, participants have been meeting together to network and share personal experiences and ideas. The program also invites special guests with much experience in civil rights to teach the lessons they’ve learned, in the hopes of helping sharpen a strong leadership class ready to fight for social justice for years to come.& A prominent social responsibility advocate with a successful career in blending grassroots tactics into her outreach, the Nashville-based Tamara Bates said she was very excited to be accepted into such a program. She said that being a part of the Social Justice Fellows to follow the organization’s mission statement of continuing the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an honor. Bates said it’s largely the civic engagement that Social Justice Fellows say they strive for that leads to more engaged voters. She said that much of her job is spent trying to meet voters where they are so that she...