On April 9, we packed the Civic Auditorium with for justice! With that powerful Assembly gathered, we secured important commitments from Mayor Kincannon, Mayor Jacobs and Erin Read to move us forward in our campaign to solve homelessness in our community! We also got critical commitments from School Board members Bike, Butler and Watson so… Continue reading City & County Mayors attend 2024 Action: Make commitment to reach functional zero for homelessness
What a turnout! Justice Knox leaders filled the main room and the overflow room of the school board meeting in February and again in March 2024. At the February meeting, counting 50 people in each room and some people in the hallways in between the rooms, we had over 100 people show up to support… Continue reading Power of organized people at School Board
Justice Knox worked with both Mayors, their staff, and Erin Read, the director of the new joint office of housing stability to bring more than 100 community leaders together in March 2024 to build momentum to solve the problem of homelessness in our community. The summit was successful beyond what we imagined. Our keynote speaker,… Continue reading Justice Knox co-hosts Mayors’ Leadership Summit on Housing & Homelessness
With 1235 people in attendance, Justice Knox filled the floor of the civic auditorium in April 2023 for our annual Action assembly. With the Action, we secured commitments from Mayor Kincannon to co-host and attend a homelessness and housing summit with Justice Knox and commitments from city council people and county commission to attend the… Continue reading Action 2023 at Civic Auditorium
Established in 2016, Justice Knox provides congregations from diverse faith, economic, and racial backgrounds from across Knox County a vehicle to act together in response to the scriptural mandate to “do justice.” We are politically non-partisan. We are inspired by the work of 30 broad-based justice ministry organizations in other cities.
