Fix It, FedEx: Help Undo the Harm Your Money Helped Cause

Raj Subramaniam, FedEx CEO, and the FedEx Corporation Board of Directors

FedEx bought the politicians. The politicians drew the Jim Crow map.

In eight months, Tennessee dismantled four institutions of Memphis self-governance: federal agents deployed in September, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover in April, the HB 483 attack on the Shelby County DA, and the May 7 congressional map that carves Memphis into three districts.

FedEx Corporate PAC has given approximately $1.9 million to Tennessee state lawmakers since 2009. FedEx, headquartered in Memphis, has not said one word about the dismantling.

If Memphis is harmed by these maps, the harm runs back through every dollar FedEx gave. They funded it. They own it. They have to help undo it.

We demand FedEx Corporation make five public commitments:

1. PUBLIC OPPOSITION. Issue a public statement opposing Tennessee's new congressional map, the MSCS state takeover, and HB 483.

2. PAC WITHDRAWAL. Commit, in writing, to no contributions to the Tennessee legislators who sponsored or voted for those laws.

3. FIX IT, FEDEX. Commit $10 million to GOTV and voter education in the redrawn Tennessee congressional districts.

4. STANDING POLICY. Publicly oppose state preemption of municipal authority in Tennessee.

5. ANNUAL DEMOCRACY REPORT. Publish annual reporting of political giving, lobbying, and trade association positions on voting rights, redistricting, and preemption in every state where FedEx operates.

We are not asking for a press release. We are telling the company headquartered in a Black-majority American city that the bill has come due.

Sign on. Hold them to it.
Petition by
Ash-Lee Henderson
The Fix It, FedEx Coalition
Sponsored by
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Fix It, FedEx
Memphis, TN

To: Raj Subramaniam, FedEx CEO, and the FedEx Corporation Board of Directors
From: [Your Name]

We, the undersigned, demand that FedEx Corporation respond to Tennessee's eight-month dismantling of Memphis democracy with five concrete public commitments:

1. Publicly oppose Tennessee's new congressional map, the MSCS state takeover, and HB 483.

2. Commit, in writing, that FedEx Corporate PAC will make no contributions to the Tennessee legislators who sponsored or voted for those laws.

3. Commit $10 million to GOTV and voter education in the redrawn Tennessee congressional districts, to ensure Memphians know when, where, and how to vote.

4. Adopt a standing policy opposing state preemption of municipal authority in Tennessee.

5. Publish an annual report of FedEx political giving, lobbying, and trade association positions on voting rights, redistricting, and preemption in every state where FedEx operates.

FedEx Corporate PAC has given approximately $1.9 million to Tennessee state lawmakers since 2009. FedEx, headquartered in Memphis, has remained silent while the state took the schools, attacked the prosecutor, sent the National Guard, and carved Memphis into three congressional districts.

If Memphis is harmed by these maps, the harm runs back through every dollar FedEx gave. FedEx funded the people who did this. FedEx has to help undo it.