Gilbert Barnes Carter III is a Memphis-based author, child welfare advocate, community organizer, emerging farmer, gardener, journalist, and social justice advocate. He began his social justice advocacy and work by serving as a Shelby County Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Board volunteer in 2005. He has worked since then to effectuate change by serving during local campaigns such as - but not limited to - blight reduction, efficient public mass transit, environmental justice, food access, food justice, food security, narrative change, and public safety.