TJ Mayfield is the Mississippi Organizer for ROC United where he has goals of creating a more equitable Mississippi. Before TJ became an organizer, he was a secondary educator for six years where he founded Gentlemen of Intelligence, Valor, and Excellence. TJ is also the founder of the Warren County Young Democrats, MAD for Christ, Razor Sharp Reading, and the Rev. Henry Mayfield Sr. Scholarship. TJ serves as the Legislative Chair of the Vicksburg Alcorn Alumni Association, in addition to being a member of the NAACP, the Mississippi Black Leadership Institute, The Mississippi Collective, and the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council.