It’s almost tax day! Need help getting your taxes files on time? You may want to try the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program, a free tax assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low to moderate income. This tax season, nearly 400 volunteers will prepare tax filling documents at 66 locations across Tennessee. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is the nation’s largest free tax assistance and preparation service, giving special attention to those 60 and older. You do not need to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use this free service. “Every year, the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program helps thousands of…
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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor The job of a lifetime is something most aspire to but, for some, the fantasy simply is much too difficult to even comprehend. Brown is a 21-year veteran of the automotive industry, and she has spent 18 of those years at Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA). There she found the “job of a lifetime,” despite being a woman in a male-dominated industry. Today, as Brown serves as Volkswagen’s Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, her passion for diversity and inclusion is fulfilled daily. “I firmly believe that workplace diversity increases employee engagement and drives organizational…
NASHVILLE, TN — A veritable Japanese street food feast – with offerings both savory and sweet – awaits festival goers Saturday, April 8th at the Ninth Annual Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival. Authentic Japanese and Japanese-inspired menus from the largest array of food trucks and vendors to-date are sure to whet appetites large and small at the annual spring festival. Included among the tasty traditional street food snacks from Japan featured this year will be Yakitori, bite-sized food on a skewer; Okonomiyaki, a savory filled and grilled pancake; Takoyaki, grilled octopus fritters; Bento, a Japanese-style boxed lunch; Ramen, wheat noodles in…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor WASHINGTON, DC — In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,” John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press and boldly declared their mission: to be the voice of the African-American community, standing up for victims of injustice, and championing the unsung. Dedicated, resilient and strong Black women, who account for a significant number of the 211 African-American owned newspapers and media companies that are members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), stand at the forefront of that mission, today. As Women’s History Month concluded, NNPA President and…
MEMPHIS, Tenn – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees President Lee Saunders will attend a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating two sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, whose gruesome deaths on the job led Memphis sanitation workers to strike for better work conditions, economic and civil justice, and recognition of their union, AFSCME Local 1733. It was their struggle that drew the support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bringing him to Memphis where he was assassinated for his beliefs and activism. “The sanitation strike is one of American history’s most powerful examples of the unbreakable link between civil rights…
The Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will commemorate the 49th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a wreath laying ceremony on April 4, 2017 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet School located at 613 17th Avenue N, Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony will begin at 6pm-7pm. Dr. King was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and the brothers of Alpha use this ceremony to celebrate his life and his legacy. The Tau Lambda Chapter invites you to join them in this 49th Anniversary celebration of the “Drum Major for Justice”.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — (March 29, 2017) — The Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Art Institute of Tennessee – Nashville announce a partnership to begin introductory classes in jazz at the Art Institute’s campus in the Donelson area of Nashville. The classes, beginningApril 8, will take place on Saturdays and will run for three weeks. Classes will be taught by top NJW instructors and are open to anyone. The first of these classes, The Basics of Jazz Voice, runs for begins Saturday, April 8from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, and continues on Saturday, April 15 and 22. The class will be taught…
NASHVILLE,TN- NOW! (Not on Our Watch), the TSU SGA, and the TSU NAACP chapter will host an event at Tennessee State University’s Floyd Payne Campus Center to discuss options for students to become politically engaged in their communities. The event will be held April 6, 2017 from 7-8 pm and feature some of the up and coming names in politics in our region: Danny Glover, former HBCU Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders; Lee Smith III, Student and Founder of Stay Woke HBCU Initiative; Devyn Keith, Huntsville City Council Member (District I); Harold Love Jr., TN State Representative (District 58); Rasheedat…
Ernest Johnson, Manager of Business Development with Gray Line of Tennessee, is this week’s guest on Take 10 with The Tennessee Tribune. Social Media Director Jason Luntz visits the Gray Line Headquarters to learn about the company’s Casino Daily Departure tour. Johnson discusses how Gray Line has provided Nashvillians an easy way to visit Harrah’s Casino in Metropolis, IL and Tropicana Casino in Evansville, IN for more than 20 years. Gray Line is also known for providing various tours throughout Nashville and is a popular stop for tourists visiting Music City. Learn more by visiting https://www.casinodepot.com.