NASHVILLE, TN — On Monday, Jan. 30, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten continued her “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” tour by traveling to Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville to discuss ways the campus — three schools serving grades 5 through 12—can continue to promote academic excellence and prepare its students for global competitiveness. She will tour all three schools and hold student and parent roundtables. Todd Dickson, founder and CEO of Valor Collegiate Academies, as well as other Valor school leaders, will join Deputy Secretary Marten. During the Valor visit, Deputy Secretary Marten will learn about Valor’s…
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Join Pastor Howard Jones and Nashville citizens on Thursday, February 2, 2023, for a TOWN HALL MEETING to discuss police reform. The event will take place at Kingdom Café & Grill, located at 2610 Jefferson St., at 6 p.m. When Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man was stopped by Memphis police, he had no idea he was meeting his death. While he was on the ground being beaten by five police officers, he shouted, “What did I do?” “How do we address the issue?” asks Pastor Jones. “He did nothing wrong.” Elected officials, community activists, police officials, parents, young people,…
The Health is Wealth Weekend on Feb 10th at the Nashville Westin, The Black Enterprise Health is Wealth Weekend is a day event we are curating as a fun, uplifting and life-affirming opportunity for attendees to learn lifestyle changes and strategies to improve their physical fitness, daily nutrition, emotional wellness and mental health, with the ultimate goal of gaining health equity for Black individuals, families and communities. Gain key strategies for everything from managing stress and achieving a healthy bodyweight, to protecting your mental wellness—because health is wealth! learn the latest tips, tools, and trends to help you close the…
NEW YORK, NY — President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton announced the initial program for the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2023 Annual Meeting this March 3-5 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. This year’s meeting theme is “Homecoming: Strengthening Community, Leadership & Action.” Building on the momentum from the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2022 Meeting, CGI U’s 15th Annual Meeting will bring together aspiring leaders and global experts in business, public service, and social impact to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. This is the first time…
“I am repulsed by the horrendous beating of Tyre Nichols by the now charged former members of the Memphis Police Department. This should not happen anywhere, ever, and I condemn their actions in the strongest possible way. It is unconscionable to me that the individuals who kicked, punched, and beat Mr. Nichols could have such a disregard for another human being. They must be held accountable. I credit Chief Davis in Memphis for taking swift action to fire them. I also credit Director Rausch and his team at the TBI for the expedited and independent investigation that led to the…
4 Things That Wouldn’t Exist Without Her Leadership It’s been 17 years since her transition! Coretta Scott King was an activist, author, mother, and wife of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Born April 27, 1927 near Marion, Alabama, she was the daughter of farm owners Obadiah “Obie” Scott and Bernice McMurray Scott who emphasized education at a young age, the King Institute at Stanford University reports. King attended a private school as a young girl where she developed a passion for music. After graduation, she enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio where she was awarded…
Fascinating Details About Wells’ 1883 Lawsuit By Bill Carey If you read about the Civil Rights Movement, you’ll find reference to a lawsuit Ida B. Wells filed that foreshadowed events three-quarters of a century later. A few years ago, thanks to state archivist Wayne Moore, I found the documents from this case on file at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. In 1883, the 20-year-old Wells was working as a teacher in Memphis when she tried to sit in the section of a passenger train that was, by custom, reserved for whites only. The conductor told her to move to…
MEMPHIS, TN/ NORTH CHICAGO, IL — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today unveiled the multimillion-dollar Family Commons, the first-ever treatment-and-clinical-staff-free floor at the hospital and research institution offering patients and families a home-like space to find comfort and respite, exercise their minds and fuel their imaginations in between clinic appointments. The 45,000-square-foot haven on the second floor of the St. Jude Patient Care Center was funded by AbbVie as part of a historic $50 million commitment in 2018. AbbVie’s donation enabled the design, construction and program operations of Family Commons. Additionally, the donation…
www.shenYun.com/Nashville A Heritage Once Lost The traditional Chinese culture Shen Yun presents cannot be seen anywhere else in the world—not even in China. There, the ruling communist regime has viewed China’s rich spiritual and artistic heritage as a threat to its ideology and for decades tried to erase it. But in 2006, a group of Chinese artists came together in New York with a vision: to revive the best of China’s cultural heritage and share it with the world. They drew courage and inspiration from their practice of Falun Dafa—a spiritual discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and…
By Clint Confehr FRANKLIN, TN — The African-American Heritage Society of WilliamsonCounty starts celebrating Black History Month with its annual Black Tie Affair onSaturday when it honors a family with deep roots in the county. The Hatcher family from the Arno-College Grove area on Owen Hill Road is thepioneer family being honored at the society’s 22nd annual banquet. Pioneerfamilies are honored after genealogical research verifies ancestors born before1860. “This family has many descendants from the formerly enslaved Hatchers,” AAHSPresident Alma Hatcher said. “They are successful people who’ve been in thecommunity for a long time.”The Hatchers have more living relatives compared…