Southern Movement Committee

The Southern Movement Committee’s mission is to transform Tennessee by utilizing community organizing and leadership development to shift power, strengthen democracy, and enable communities to govern themselves.

The Southern Movement Committee organizes for racial justice and human rights in Tennessee through community-led lawyering, civic engagement, community organizing, and participatory democracy, working alongside directly impacted communities. A team of organizers, artists, educators, youth leaders, and movement lawyers implement progressive, transformative programs that tackle systemic violence, racism, and economic inequality through issue-based campaigns. Committed to base building and leadership development, the organization shifts power and strengthens democracy by enabling communities to govern themselves. Through civic engagement events, community outreach, and leadership development, the Southern Movement Committee strengthens grassroots power and advances community-driven change in Tennessee.