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MEET MARQUITA

"WHETHER YOU LIVE ON A FARM OR IN THE URBAN CORE, WE'RE ALL STILL INTERCONNECTED. WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU MATTERS TO ME, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ME MATTERS TO YOU."
MARQUITA BRADSHAW
BELIEVE IN

LEADERSHIP FOR HEALTHY AND SAFE COMMUNITIES

Marquita Bradshaw is a Tennessee native; a Memphian who has extensive experience in the environmental justice movement and an advocate for human rights. Marquita grew up in South Memphis and is an alumna of University of Memphis. She is a single mom who raised her son on a working-class salary.

A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Marquita’s career and service have spanned labor, environment, education reform, tax reform, trade policy, and social justice work. Her passion for a clean and safe environment drives her to raise awareness and fight for environmental justice which impacts the poor and most vulnerable in any society.

​Volunteer and Community Organizing Work Includes:
 
  • Defense Depot Memphis, TN-Concerned Citizens Committee
  • Youth Terminating Pollution (Founding member)
  • Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
  • Sierra Club Executive Committee
  • Stand for Children
  • AFGE
  • AFL-CIO 
  • Memphis Community Advisory Board: Southern Gateway Environmental Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence 
  • Memphis Chapter Coalition, Black Trade Unionist Community Action and Response Against Toxics (CBTU-CARAT) Team
  • Tennessee African American Environmental Justice Network
  • ​Tennesseans for Fair Taxation
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  • Executive Director, Sowing Justice
  • Environmental Justice Chair for the Tennessee Chapter, Sierra Club
  • International Coalition to Ban Depleted Uranium Weapons
  • African American Environmental Justice Network 
  • Military Toxics Project
  • Youth Terminating Pollution
  • Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
  • Tennesse Vally Authority Regional Energy Resource Council
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Awards and Recognition
 
  • Dick Mochow Environmental Justice Award, Sierra Club
  • Human Rights Award, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
  • VOX Student Award: Financial Literacy High School Pilot, PRSSA
  • Changemaker Award

  • History In Green Award

  • Harriet Tubman Living Legacy Award

A HARDWORKING
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