March 6 — Justice Knox
6:00-6:30 we will share appetizers (please bring finger
food to share)
6:30 – Our presenter will be Marjorie Thigpen-Carter
from Justice Knox.
Marjorie has worked as the Lead Organizer of
Justice Knox since the formation of the organization
in August, 2016. A graduate of Rhodes College (’91)
and Columbia Law School (’96), Thigpen-Carter is
a lawyer with a background in special education law
with experience practicing in various non-profit legal
organizations. She has also worked in churches in
varying capacities,
including: mission
fundraising;
coordinating
religious education;
and directing a
church community
center. Prior to
accepting her position at Justice Knox, she worked
on the church staff of the Episcopal Church of the
Good Shepherd in Fountain City. She also previously
represented young people with simultaneous
education and delinquency cases through the Knox
County Public Defender’s Community Law Office. A
native of Louisiana, Marjorie has lived in Knoxville
with her husband and three children since 2007