SMA started as a community-based organization serving neighborhood associations, civic clubs, and other entities to assist neighborhoods in coming together and having a collective voice.
SMA continues to support community-based entities, in addition to the other initiatives it has taken on.
The community-based support SMA provides includes financial support, technical assistance, and advocacy through its Community Action Panel (CAP), composed of representatives from more than a dozen South Memphis civic groups.
A member of SMA’s Community Action Panel have a seat on the SMA board, and play a vital role in helping fulfill the mission to create a community of healthy, stable, and independent young people and families in South Memphis.
The SMA Community Action Panel Chair, Ian Randloph, sits on the SMA Board of Directors and is with Annesdale-Snowden Historic District, one of the community-based entities supported by SMA. Other community-based entities supported by SMA are:
Annesdale-Snowden Historic District
Barksdale-Cloverdale Neighborhood Association
Dison Street Block Club
Glenview Neighborhood Association
Hernando Terrance Neighborhood Association
Rozelle-Annesdale Association
Soulsville Neighborhood Association
35th Ward Civic Club
Trigg Subdivision Neighborhood Association
Victor/Kerr Community Association
Wellington-Shadowlawn Neighborhood Association