MAWC Organization Member List - 2006

The Center for Research on Women (CROW) conducts, promotes and disseminates scholarship on women and social inequality. Their approach to research, theory and programming emphasizes the structural relationships among race, class, gender and sexuality, particularly in the U.S. South and among women of color. Programs include community-based research projects, publications, workshops and conferences, an annual Community Issues Forum, semi-annual newsletter..

The Community HIV Network is a partnership of clients and organizations serving people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in the greater Memphis Area. Services include HIV testing and pre/post test counseling, medical care, health education and information, access to clinical trials, case management, support groups, consumer advocacy, transportation, day/respite care for children, spiritual counseling, parenting skills training, community outreach, counseling, and referral services. There are youth programs for ages 13-24 and adult programs for women and children.

The Exchange Club offers programs and services in three major areas to help end child abuse and family violence. They address issues of family violence and how it affects both children and adults. Their staff helps families learn how to identify and deal with family violence while offering clients a protected venue for child visitations. Through parenting education, they address the conflicts that arise from stressful parenting situations and divorce. They also address the issue of anger and explore alternative problem-solving skills, communication skills, the causes of anger, and reactions to anger as well as its aftereffects.

The mission of Girls Incorporated of Memphis is to promote a vision of confidence and self-sufficiency and to provide the means for making the vision a reality for girls. They offer comprehensive, researched, age-progressive, and prevention-based programs to girls ages 6-18. Their programs are structured around the following six core competency areas to ensure the overall development and success of girls in Memphis and Shelby County: Self-Reliance and Life skills, Careers and Life Planning, Health and Sexuality, Leadership and Community action, sports and adventure, culture and heritage.

The Memphis Center for Reproductive Health recognizes a woman's right to control reproduction, and acknowledges that only through education and understanding can one truly exercise freedom of choice. The mission of the organization is to treat each patient according to her healthcare needs, rather than social or economic factors; and to increase the patient's awareness of gynecological issues, thus enabling her to make informed choices. The Center provides first trimester abortion services; basic gynecological services (pap smear, breast exam, pelvic exam); STD testing and treatment; birth control; pregnancy options counseling; pregnancy dating by ultrasound; free pregnancy screens; community education; information and referral services.

Memphis Regional Planned Parenthood is one of Tennessee's oldest and largest private, non-profit health care agencies. Since 1938, Memphis Regional Planned Parenthood has remained committed to providing comprehensive contraceptive and reproductive health services and education to women and men throughout the Mid-South regardless of ability to pay.

The Sexual Assault Resource Center is committed to empowering sexual assault victims of any age or gender by providing the services necessary for survival and success following a sexual assault. Services include treatment, counseling, advocacy, research and education.

Memphis and Shelby County Community Services Agency (MSCCSA) was established in June of 1993 by the Tennessee State Legislature through the enactment of the Community Health Agencies Act of 1989. MSCCSA provides professionally trained case managers to coordinate the provision of goods and services to assist families and children. The mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of children and families through customized services and community partnerships.

Religious and lay leaders founded MIFA in September 1968 because they saw a tremendous need for an organization that would help people out of poverty and into productive lives. MIFA has risen from that founding to become a preeminent social service organization that serves more than 60,000 people a year. Each of MIFA's 20 programs is designed to make positive change in clients' lives. Programs touch infants as young as 6 weeks old to senior citizens older than 100.

Seedco is committed to innovative, high-impact program development and delivery. Seedco provides intensive financial and technical assistance to networks of neighborhood-based partners, enabling them to launch model projects and realize their community-building goals. Seedco's sustained commitment to improving Memphis's most economically distressed communities was born out of the Ford Foundation's Neighborhood & Family Initiative program and has been solidified through partnerships with the University of Memphis, the City of Memphis, Memphis Community Development Partnership, LeMoyne-Owen College and the United Way of the Mid-South.

2 Chicks and a Broom is a locally owned eco- conscious residential cleaning company. Their products are biodegradable and non-toxic. They support the Memphis art and music scene by sponsoring local events and getting involved whenever they can. They are made up of many musicians, graphic designers, writers and artists.

The University of Tennessee Outreach Center is a community outreach unit within the College of Medicine. It supports the overall mission of the UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) by improving the health of underserved and isolated populations through innovative approaches such as telehealth and e-health technologies. It currently pursues the dual objectives of national and international recognition as a leader in telehealth and diversity research and financial sustainability through intramural research and community outreach.

The mission of the Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Memphis is to empower women and eliminate racism. Activities and services include Abused Women's Services for women who have been victims of family violence, Childcare & Child Development services, the Leadership Development Program which provides opportunities for women and girls to develop skills of enrichment and self direction, and the Employment & Training Program which empowers women through life-skills training, technical training, and para-professional training in high demand occupations.