About

In August of 2017, a group of Chattanooga-area moms decided that they’d had enough.

In the aftermath of the deadly white supremacist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, a small group of women took to the Walnut Street Bridge to sit with signs in protest of gun violence and in response to the volatile political climate following the 2016 election. This would be the first act of a grassroots organization—but it certainly would not be the last.

Since its inception in 2017, Chattanooga Moms for Social Justice has welcomed new founders and grown our social community to nearly 3,000 strong. MSJ’s mission is simple: we’re building a local movement of citizens to engage in, advocate for, and act in the service of social justice issues in an effort to improve the community for all generations.

We accomplish this by being active in our local elections (some of us even running for office), collaborating with other local community members and organizations to further their efforts, holding roundtable discussions and social justice hours, and through our Classroom Library Project initiative.

Now in its fifth year, Moms for Social Justice is excited to continue to grow the grassroots movement and create positive change not just in the Chattanooga, but all across the country.