Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
Our goals
Educate, organize, and mobilize communities to realize social justice through nonviolent action.
The Mid-South Peace & Justice Center was formed on January 15, 1982, the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Center seeks to further the legacies of nonviolence left by past peacemakers such as Dr. King, Mahatma Gandhi and Dorothy Day. Our existence has been prompted by the chronic problems of social and economic injustice prevalent in the South, especially in Memphis. In terms of national averages, Memphis ranks among the worst in terms of poverty, crime, and infant mortality.
For the past twenty-five years, the Center has been committed to our mission of developing communities of peace, social justice and human rights through education and nonviolent action.
