The people have spoken. Now it’s time to mobilize. ✊🏾🔥
Memphis deserves clean air, safe water, and a future free from corporate harm. xAI’s data center threatens our communities, and we won’t stand by. Here’s how you can take action today:
1️⃣ Join the fight – Attend the 3/22 Fireside Chat to hear directly from impacted communities and organizers.
2️⃣ Make your voice heard – Call local officials and demand accountability. Tell them Memphis deserves better!
3️⃣ Spread the word – Share this post, tag a friend, and use #StopxAI to keep the pressure on.
The time is now. We won’t be silenced. We won’t back down. ✊🏾
#EnvironmentalJustice #Memphis #xai #memphistennessee #peoplepower
Elon Musk’s Super Computer Project is here, and it’s leaving the Memphis community in the dark:
🚫 Ignored community voices
🏭 Polluting our air 24/7
🌎 Bought up over 500 acres of land
❌Silenced local institutions with NDAs: power provider, police, city council, mayor, and Memphis Chamber of Commerce
This isn’t just about Memphis—this is a warning for communities nationwide. When corporations prioritize profits over people, it’s time to stand together for justice.
Thank you, @nytimes , for helping bring this to light. Let’s fight for our communities and demand transparency!
Our community deserves to know if we are breathing toxic air. The air we breathe is being polluted, but how much? With what chemicals? Memphis Community Against Pollution and The Center of Engagement Environmental Justice and Health ( @ceejhaction ) has been collecting data and will present a report on Thursday, 5/21! Please register to join us at
On behalf of Young, Gifted & Green, Climate Action Campaign, and the Environmental Defense Fund, we would like to invite you to join us for Season 6 Episode 5 on our podcast The Green Agenda. The rapid spread of data centers has taken the US by storm. From rural, urban, to suburban cities and towns alike, data centers have received massive concerns from community, while elected officials and tech industries tout the expansion as an opportunity...but at what cost.
In this episode, we will sit down with KeShaun Pearson from Memphis Community Against Pollution who has actively been resisting xAI in Memphis. We will discuss the role of Community Benefits, holding polluters accountable, and highlighting successful examples and strategies for communities to negotiate better terms for critical investment while standing on business regarding excessive water and energy use as well as fighting against increased air pollution.
Host: Kayla Shannon | Spelman College Alumna
Guest: KeShaun Pearson | Memphis Community Against Pollution
Register 🔗 bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
May Day Events!! Join us in solidarity, we need accomplices for Justice, we deserve clean air and a healthy environment. Let’s do the work, to make it a reality. (Link in bio for virtual event)
Happy Earth Day!! 🌱
Today we are celebrating Earth Day by playing trees in the historical T.O. Fuller Park. We will join Black Voters Matter, meeting at the Visitor center at 12:00pm, address 1500 W. Mitchell Rd.
Our second event of the day is a webinar with the Yale Center for Environmental Justice to discuss how we move from Recklessness to Regulation! Link to registration in bio.
Memphis: The safety of OUR aquifer is on the ballot! 🗳️💧
Early voting for the 2026 Shelby County Election begins TODAY! Among the offices up for election this year is County Mayor, a critical position that plays a critical role in securing the safety of the Memphis Sand Aquifer, as well as many other key environmental issues.
We cannot tell you who to vote for, but we CAN help you get informed!
Before the 3/26 Shelby County Mayoral Forum, all candidates were asked to answer an environmental questionnaire provided by Mid-South Environmental Justice Center, in coalition with POA and many more of our partners (listed below).
Swipe 👉 to learn where candidates stand on these vital topics! Click the link in our bio to check out the full Environmental Survey and to find where you can early vote. 🔗
Special thanks to our friends and partners who made the Mayoral Forum and this questionnaire possible!
@younggiftedgreen@memphiscap_org@blackseesurbanfarm@sowingj@clean_memphis@sierraclub@leadfreeshelby@charlotteandpickens@memphisartists4change@blackvotersmtr@youth.mindsunited@blacksouthernculture
#EnvironmentalJustice #ShelbyCounty #ShelbyCountyVotes #LeadFreeShelby #waterwednesday
**NEW LOCATION**
We all have the human right to a healthy environment where our air, water and soil are clean. Our communities deserve a mayor who will address pollution, climate impacts, and environmental inequities.
Join us for the Environmental Justice Shelby County Mayoral Candidate Forum March 26, 2026 6 PM at First Baptist Church Broad to learn how candidates plan to move the county forward. Register: https://bit.ly/ejforum26
We love an informed voter!! 👏 (ADDRESS CHANGE as of 3/26: event will now be held from 6-7:30pm at St. Paul Church of God in Christ — 1715 E. Boxtown Road Memphis, TN 38109)
Consider this your invite to join us on March 26th for the Shelby County Mayoral Forum. Here’s what you need to know:
🔵 This forum will inform you about our environment impact and justice.
🔵 Our county mayor, who is in charge of the county health department, will appoint the new health director.
🔵 The person in this position with handle issues such as air pollution, permits and the ground water board.
Here’s are the confirmed candidates so far: 👇
🔹 Harold Collins
🔹 JB Smiley
🔹 Dr. Marie Feagins
🔹 Rusty Qualls
🔹 Mickell Lowery
We want you to be an informed voter so join us and our friends and partners who’ve made this event possible!
@younggiftedgreen@memphiscap_org@blackseesurbanfarm@sowingj@clean_memphis@sierraclub@leadfreeshelby@charlotteandpickens@memphisartists4change@blackvotersmtr@youth.mindsunited@blacksouthernculture
More details through the link in our bio 🔗
#EJForum26 #EnvironmentalJustice #ShelbyCounty #ShelbyCountyVotes #LeadFreeShelby
MEMPHIS UPDATE as of 3/15/26 re: the Environmental Justice Shelby County Mayoral Candidate Forum
Today we have the following confirmed candidates:
Candidate Harold Collins
Candidate JB Smiley, Jr.
Candidate Mickell Lowery
Learn more + View Submitted Candidate Environmental Questionnaires: bit.ly/ejforum26.
*Candidate Rusty Qualls has NOT submitted the required Environmental Questionnaire. The Environmental Questionnaire is mandatory for candidates to participate.
**Candidate Dr. Marie Feagins has now declined participation due to a scheduling conflict; however, she has submitted The Environmental Questionnaire.
***Candidate Heidi Kuhn declined to participate due to a scheduling conflict; however, her campaign did not respond when asked to submit The Environmental Questionnaire as of 3/15/26.
****Candidates Melvin Burgess and John Deberry still have not responded to the invitation as of 3/15/26.
Partner Organizations:
Young, Gifted & Green (YGG)
Youth Minds United
Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP)
Memphis & Shelby County Lead Safe Collaborative
Black Seeds
Sowing Justice
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI)
Protect Our Aquifer (POA)
Clean Memphis
Sierra Club Chickasaw Group
Shelby County Lead Prevention & Sustainability Commission
Center for Southern Black Culture
Memphis Artists for Change
Black Voters
Register at bit.ly/ejforum26. This event is free and open to the public.
For questions about this event, contact us at [email protected].
This is a non-partisan event and all candidates regardless of political party are invited to attend. Confirmed candidates will be announced in real time.
