There are 10 article(s) tagged Cardell Orrin:

• July 2024

  • SchoolSeed takes over Kindred Place, will reopen Midtown building

    The organization helps preventchild abuse by helping parents deal with their frustration and counseling them through triggering events.

    By Jane Roberts July 11, 2024

• February 2024

  • Nonprofit leaders criticize Chamber’s call for help against crime

    Leaders of two local nonprofits say on “Behind The Headlines” that business leaders are wrong in their call to the state to enact changes to bail reform and fund tourism safety measures to the tune of $50 million.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2024

• September 2023

  • Labor and social justice groups back Turner in bid to repeat 2022 blue wave

    The coalition argues a wave in the 2022 countywide elections can be repeated despite city elections being nonpartisan. Meanwhile, the local Republican party has endorsed Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. 

    By Bill Dries September 05, 2023

• March 2023

  • Locally and nationally, new approaches seek to lessen confrontational traffic stops

    “We have to have this broader view of what we’re trying to get done and what the goal is,” says Cardell Orrin.

    By Ben Wheeler March 19, 2023

• May 2021

  • ‘Moral Budget’ call questions mechanics of resetting property tax rates

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the leader of the coalition of nonprofits calling for different budget priorities questions the resetting of the city and county property tax rates by state law. Cardell Orrin says the city and county rates should stay where they are and not be viewed as a tax hike for all.

    By Bill Dries May 29, 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Don’t frame property tax rate in moral terms

    ‘I’m not opposed to funding social programs, but let’s do it without pretending there’s morality in extracting money from people this way.’

    By Letters to the Editor May 24, 2021

• June 2020

  • Nonprofit leaders press demands for change in policing and priorities

    The coalition of 150 local nonprofits issued a call for change two weeks ago. But they say they have seen little indication of movement and will continue to press their demands.

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2020

• June 2019

  • Stand for Children continues to push for city funding of SCS beyond pre-K

    Returning some amount of city government funding to Shelby County Schools would not necessarily mean a return to state requirements to keep that funding level.

    By Bill Dries June 14, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Stand for Children Director Cardell Orrin

    Reaction to the death of Brandon Webber and a push for city funding of public schools with Cardell Orrin of Stand for Children.

    By Natalie Van Gundy June 14, 2019

• October 2018

  • Thirteen SCS high schools to establish network for freshman success

    Thirteen local high schools will soon implement a Freshman on Track Program for the 2018-2019 academic year as part of the first Freshman Success Network in Memphis. The network will be the first locally to include both public traditional and charter schools, and will be established through a partnership with Stand For Children and Shelby County Schools.

    By Natalie Pilgrim October 15, 2018