NASHVILLE – With the new year in full swing, the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Securities Division reminds investors to do their homework and ask plenty of questions before making new investment decisions in 2017. “With a new year of investing ahead, we remind consumers to thoroughly research their investments before committing to spending any money,” said TDCI Assistant Commissioner for Securities Frank Borger-Gilligan. “Tennesseans should always educate themselves as much as possible about the product they are considering. An informed and skeptical investor is the best tool to prevent fraud.” The Tennessee Securities Division urges all potential…
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Clarksville, TN February 20, 2017 – Waste Industries donated $5,000 to support youth and individuals seeking to attain emotional wellness and economic independence as a part of LEAP ORG’s Youth Program. Thane Harrison, Waste Industries General Manager supports his company’s Full Circle Project, a Clarksville-based charitable effort allowing its customers to enroll in e-billing to choose where the companies charitable giving should be directed. LEAP ORG was selected because they have served over 1100 youth ages 11 to 24 since 2009. Waste Industries generally supports Clarksville-based organizations that serve the community. Thane Harrison felt compelled to support LEAP ORG and…
Atlanta, GA – Jaylin Simone, 12 and Jasmin Alyse 7, are sisters, actress, and models who caused quite a stir when their black actress photo recreations hit social media in 2016. This year the Rutledge sisters return with a tribute to “Hidden Figures” of Marvel, DC and other comic worlds. While looking at comics with their dad, the sisters wanted to know if Storm, possibly the most popular African American female character in comic world, was alone or were there more? After some researching, they soon discovered some 60 additional African American female characters who made multiple appearances, had traceable…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following yesterday’s news conference in which President Trump accused the news media of being dishonest, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today wrote to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) urging the committee to reconsider its vote earlier this week against including within the committee’s oversight plan for the 115th Congress an examination of attempts by the Trump Administration to undermine the freedom of the press. On Wednesday, Congressman Cohen offered an amendment to include such an examination in the oversight plan, but it was…
There are many myths surrounding HIV-positive people and one of them is that it is impossible to maintain a happy, healthy and sexual relationship with an HIV-negative partner. This is not true. If you learn that your partner is HIV positive and you know for sure that you are HIV negative, you are in what is called a mixed status relationship (also known as a sero-different couple). Communication is key in any relationship. So is knowing and openly discussing your HIV status. Both partners are responsible for knowing the status of their sexual health. It is heavily advised to get tested…
February 18 Poetry & the African American Experience with Frank X Walker. Acclaimed poet Frank X Walker will celebrate Black History Month with Poetry and the African American Experience. During this writing workshop, Mr. Walker will lead attendees through through the interrogation process, sharpening and utilization of the important and necessary tools of empathy, memory, research, and imagination that is so prevalent in African American poetry. There will be a FREE reading by Frank X Walker prior to this event on Friday, February 17 at 7:30 pm at Global Education Center. February 19 Salon@615 Special Edition | Zadie Smith | Swing…
By Rushawn Walters, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON, DC — Growing up poor and abandoned Fayetteville, North Carolina, La’Shanda Holmes had no idea where her life would take her, certainly not to a career as a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Coast Guard and a position with NASA. After losing her mother to suicide at age two, Holmes was adopted by her aunt who would later remarry to an abusive man. Due to turmoil within the household, Holmes was put into foster care, only to face more depression, loneliness, abuse and instability. Between her junior and senior year of high…
MEMPHIS, TN — Michelle Martin, PhD, came to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to make a difference in health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities diagnosed with cancer. As the director of UTHSC’s new Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research: A Community Cancer Alliance for Transformative Change, she plans to partner with local grassroots efforts to help make that happen. Dr. Martin said, the center, housed in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine at UTHSC, aims to “reduce the cancer burden across the continuum,” including detection, diagnosis, and treatment, and will also…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee State graduate Mike Jackson cleans up pretty well. So well in fact, that he was selected to replace the iconic cartoon character Mr. Clean. The folks at Procter & Gamble decided that after 59 years on the job the powerful-looking Mr. Clean, with his white pants, skin-tight T-shirt and single golden earring needed some time off. So they held a contest to find a fill-in, and Jackson, who graduated from TSU in 2003, was selected from hundreds who submitted audition videos to fill Mr. Clean’s white shoes. Jackson made his debut this week during the activities surrounding Super Bowl LI in Houston. “I’m a big…