Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVE AND HISTORY TO ENCOURAGE STUDIES IN THE MISSISSIPPI HISTORY OF CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS BY UPPER-LEVEL GRADUATE STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER FACULTY MEMBERS. THE 2020 MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH SCHOLAR IS TEONA WILLIAMS, A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT YALE UNIVERSITY, WILLIAMS'S RESEARCH COVERS AFRICAN AMERICAN TENANT FARMERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WHO ADVOCATED FOR LAND COOPERATIVES FROM THE 1930S THROUGH THE 1980S.THE MEDGAR & MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE'S (MMEI) MISSION IS TO EMPOWER THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM. OUR ONGOING EFFORTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALING INCREASED DURING THIS PANDEMIC. AS WE BROADEN OUR OUTREACH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THE ACTIVE SUPPORT OF PARTNERS SUCH AS THE DR. MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS INSTITUTE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES, WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDED FOOD, WATER AND COVID TESTING, AND THE CANTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMBRACING OUR NEW PROGRAM; VIRTUAL HEALING CAF: A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOCUSING ON THE GROWING AREAS OF TRAUMA THAT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE FACING DURING THIS DANGEROUS AND CHALLENGING TIME WHICH AFFECTS ALL AREAS OF OUR HEALTH. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES SKILLS TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADDRESSING COMMUNITY TRAUMA ALIGNED WITH CONCEPTS OF BUILDING RESILIENCE, SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARENESS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $25.6K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    THE INTRIGUING FILM, "MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE", CREATED BY DR. WILMA MOSLEY CLOPTON, SERVED AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE PANEL DISCUSSION MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE, THEN AND NOW WHICH WILL FOCUS ON HOW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORKS IN MISSISSIPPI. MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE THEN AND NOW, PRESENTED BY NMHS UNLIMITED FILM PRODUCTIONS, IS SPONSORED BY THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE, WOMEN FOR PROGRESS OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., THE W.F. KELLOGG FOUNDATION, AND SUPPORT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL. "MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE", THE FILM, BASED ON ACTUAL COURT RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, CHRONICLES THE TRIAL OF HATTIE LEE BARNES, A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD BLACK FEMALE, WITH A FOURTH-GRADE EDUCATION WHO SHOT AND KILLED THE YOUNG, BLUE-EYED BLOND, SIX-FOOT SON OF A PROMINENT FAMILY IN RURAL PIKE COUNTY IN 1951. HER PUBLIC DEFENDER WAS JOE PIGOTT, THE NEWEST AND YOUNGEST ATTORNEY IN PIKE COUNTY. MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE, THEN AND NOW INCLUDES A PANEL DISCUSSION, AND Q & A, FOCUSED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ITS APPLICABILITY IN OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. PANELISTS INCLUDE: MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE JUNE HARDWICK; PAULINE ROGERS, CO-FOUNDER, RECH FOUNDATION; ANGELA STEWART, ARCHIVIST, MARGARET WALKER CENTER; AND FORMER HINDS COUNTY CHANCERY COURT JUDGE PATRICIA D. WISE.THE A-TEAAM IS A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, ORIGINALLY BASED IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, WHICH INSPIRES YOUNG MALES OF COLOR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LIVE THE LEGACY OF MEDGAR EVERS. THESE YOUNG MEN INTERACT WITH A "VILLAGE" OF ROLE MODELS AND MENTORS OF TWENTY-THREE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. WITH THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM IN JACKSON, CANTON, AND MERIDIAN, MS, THE A-TEAAM HAS EXPANDED, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, ITS REACH TO OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO INCLUDE; HOUSTON, TX, E. ST. LOUIS, IL, LAS VEGAS, NV, CINCINNATI, OH, CHICAGO, IL, LOUISVILLE, KY, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $0

  • Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Fellowship Program

    THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVE AND HISTORY. DESIGNED TO INCREASE LIFE-LONG INTEREST, ENCOURAGE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF MEDGAR EVERS'S LIFE AND WORK, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN MISSISSIPPI BY UPPER-LEVEL GRADUATE STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER FACULTY MEMBERS. PRIMARY SOURCE RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED IN RESIDENCE AT THE WILLIAM F. WINTER ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BUILDING IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. ONE COMPETITIVE FELLOWSHIP IS AWARDED. THE 2022 MEDGAR & MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARDEE WAS SUMMER SLOANE-BRITT. MS. SUMMER SLOANE-BRITT IS A STUDENT AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, AND HER PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEDGAR EVERS, THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP), AND THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC).
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $98.3K