Shelby County, Tennessee Commissioner Tami Sawyer
Help a Black woman leader facing death threats
Tami Sawyer, a commissioner from Shelby County, Tenn., led the effort to take down memorials glorifying confederate leaders in her hometown of Memphis. Now, she's the target of so many death threats and harassment from white supremacists that she's been forced to hire 24-hour security. One white supremacist was arrested after threatening Tami at a news conference intended to celebrate the removal of a monument to KKK founder and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest. Since then, the flood of threats escalated to the point where she must assume that she and her family are in danger. As a county commissioner, chair of the Memphis NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and student, Tami is far from wealthy, and the county does not pay for her security. So when we heard that she needed help paying these costs, we knew to ask UltraViolet members, who would step up. Will you donate to help cover the costs of Tami's security and help her keep fighting for racial justice? Every dollar you donate will go directly to Tami and her team.
