MS Engaged is a 501 (c) (3) table that coordinates and provides resources for civic engagement efforts of nonprofit and community-based organizations to build transformative community power statewide.
Mississippi Engaged was birth out of the Civic Engagement Roundtable Coalition (CER). The Civic Engagement Roundtable Coalition was established in 2008 and has since been coordinated by One Voice and the Mississippi State Conference NAACP.
After a decade of the coalition’s existence, many roundtable members and steering committee members decided it was best to continue growing infrastructure and transition the roundtable to become a 501c3 charitable organization.
After numerous conversations and visioning sessions, roundtable members chose to name this new entity Mississippi Engaged, serving as the first formalized C3 Table in the state of Mississippi focused primarily on civic engagement.
Provide capacity building support ranging from grants to data and digital organizing support.
Help support table partners to carry out their power building, voter engagement, and election protection efforts by providing planning support and financial support to carry out their coordinated work.
Analyze Mississippi’s political and social landscape, with an eye towards collaboratively strengthening the progressive ecosystem through issue-based organizing and policy work.
Train, equip, and mobilize the next generation of movement builders with an understanding of civic engagement and organizing, paired with an ability to integrate data & technology.
Mississippi Engaged is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that works in collaboration with a coalition with other non-partisan organizations to increasing the capacity partners to advance a pro-democracy power building movement grounded in equity, social justice through civic participation.
We believe democracy works best when every voice is heard. Civic engagement is the cornerstone of healthy democracy – it’s about being an active participant in our communities, working to address concerns, and understanding the basics of how government works.
A Mississippi where all eligible voters successfully cast a ballot in every election; where people from all walks of life can have their voices heard in policy matters; and where every person, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, geography, age, sexual orientation, ability, or income, influences the decisions that shape and guide their own lives.
A native of Carthage, Mississippi, Courtney N. Body is a dedicated social justice advocate and organizer committed to promoting equity and justice within Mississippi. Courtney proudly holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Jackson State University. Her journey into advocacy began in 2015 when she worked with Better Schools Better Jobs to educate Mississippians about Initiative 42, aimed at fully funding K-12 education in the state. She contributed to the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan, fighting for the fair rights of Nissan auto-manufacturing workers. Additionally, she contributed to civic engagement efforts at One Voice. Courtney currently serves as the Executive Director for Mississippi Engaged. She also holds the position of branch president for Leake County NAACP Branch #5303, co-leader of Harmony Girl Scout Troop #5908, and is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
