There are 9 article(s) tagged Stacy Spencer:

• April 2021

  • MICAH calls on Strickland to open up police director selection process

    Social justice group seeks to be part of the discussion and decisions about police reforms and the selection of the next Memphis Police director.

    By Bill Dries April 02, 2021

• June 2020

  • Nine religious leaders reject Strickland police reform effort

    Nine ministers – who were all involved in the set of private meetings with the mayor that lead up to his City Hall announcement Thursday regarding moves toward police reform – put out a letter Friday critical of the reforms Strickland had announced.

    By Bill Dries June 26, 2020

  • Protest and activism grow to include restlessness with local status quo on race

    Memphians joining the past 21 days of protests are becoming more vocal about changing the city's traditional method for dealing with racial issues.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2020

  • Calkins: A turning-point of a week — but what happens next is what matters

    Apologies are necessary. Especially now. But it's what happens after the apology that matters. A story of two Memphis ministers and one simple request. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 05, 2020

  • Interfaith leaders call for conversation about racism

    Memphis faith leaders and social justice advocates called Tuesday, June 2, for a meeting with top Memphis and law enforcement officials to address racist roots of violence against black people.

    By Wayne Risher June 03, 2020

• March 2020

  • Waters: As pandemic advances, faith leaders embrace worship services for the digital age

    “One of our biggest challenges is that many people don’t believe in the seriousness of this pandemic,” Catholic Bishop David Talley told colleagues in a webinar. “Please believe in what science is saying. This is not the devil. This is what science is telling us.”

    By David Waters March 20, 2020

• September 2019

  • Candidates address MICAH session on inequality

    Hundreds of people and more than 30 city candidates on the Oct. 3 ballot attended a Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope meeting Sunday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Westwood. 

    By Abigail Warren September 16, 2019

• June 2019

  • Vigil seeks change and healing in aftermath of Webber shooting

    A vigil held Sunday in the wake of Brandon Webber's death remembered the father, son and friend. The event also called for healing and mending a broken relationship with Memphis Police.

    By Abigail Warren June 18, 2019

• January 2019

  • Reality and Jeremiah dominate political prayer breakfast

    At the city's longest running New Year's Day prayer breakfast, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen talks about a new Democratic majority in Congress, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses the new juvenile detention center and religious leaders talk about reality and the Biblical prophet Jeremiah.

    By Bill Dries January 02, 2019