NASHVILLE, TN — Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center (MWCHC), Nashville’s oldest non-profit health center, has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to improve equity in cancer screenings throughout Nashville, Clarksville and Smyrna. This $5 million initiative is part of President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative, which aims to close the cancer screening gap, decrease the impact of preventable cancers, and support patients and caregivers. MWCHC is one of 11 HRSA-funded community health centers to receive funding to facilitate access to life-saving cancer screenings and early…
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TENNESSEE — The United States Postal Service is currently hiring motivated individuals to join us in our mission of service in your local community. The Postal Service is a great place to work that provides generous pay and benefits, job security and career advancement opportunities. To assist potential applicants, we are hosting the following job fairs to fill immediate openings for City Carrier Assistant (CCA), Mail Handler Assistant (MHA), Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) and Assistant Rural Carrier (ARC). Postal officials will be available to answer questions and provide additional information. These positions offer starting pay from $17.32 – $19.50 per hour, paid bi-weekly, and are great opportunities…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (TN Tribune) – TriStar Health is expanding its graduate medical education (GME) program to include accredited programs in emergency medicine and neurology at TriStar Skyline Medical Center, beginning in the summer of 2023. The health system currently has four GME programs, including internal medicine, psychiatry and transitional year at TriStar Centennial and family medicine at TriStar Southern Hills. Fifty-nine residents are training in their first or second year across the four programs. “As our nation continues to face challenges in our workforce, TriStar Health’s innovative approach to creating robust physician residency programs aims to reverse that trend. We…
Letter to the Editor for publication by Peter Omonua Britain, Nigeria is lying prostrate under your weight, it is choking and can no longer breath. We are aware you have always been the enabler of Fulani, even now as they ravage southern and Middle Belt Nigeria. Nigerians also know that when you pretend to promote good governance, you actually profit from ineptitude in our governance structure. You seek for misgovernance because a stable and well managed Nigeria would block the loopholes that benefits your economy. This is why you are “pulling strings” to ensure the agitation for independent Nations of…
By Cynthia A. Bond Hopson, Ph.D. “Texas Longhorns women’s hoops great Tiffany Jackson dies.” The headline made me want to know the rest of the story: “at 37 of breast cancer.” What was a sad story became even sadder that in 2022 women of all ages, colors, and ethnicities are succumbing to this still devastating disease. For this young woman to die during Breast Cancer Awareness Month seems a shame since this keeps happening. I didn’t know Ms. Jackson or her *stellar college or WNBA professional stats until I got an email from Wiley College as they mourned her untimely…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–Join IABC Nashville on Thursday, October 13 at 6 p.m. CT at GEODIS WeHo Club–home of the Nashville Soccer Club–for our 2022 Music CityGold Pen Awards! Celebrate the unsung heroes who write, edit, create, andbring to life the many programs, special events, and powerful stories thatpunctuate life across Middle Tennessee! With awards categories ranging from complex communications campaigns tosingle news articles (and much more!), we’ll celebrate Middle Tennessee’sleading communications professionals and their award-winning projects thatare shaping our world today. Even if you decided not to submit an entry this year, the 2022 Music City GoldPen Awards ceremony is an engaging evening event you…
Nashville, Tn – Grammy nominated Nashville Soulful roots rocker Devon Gilfillian will perform opening set for three time Grammy award winning artist Lucinda Williams at the legendary Belcourt Theatre, Nashville on Monday October 17th for a get out the vote fundraiser with Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District Democrat candidate, Senator Heidi Campbell. Following Gilfillian’s electrifying 2016 debut EP with upbeat singles like “High” and “Troublemaker”, he signed to Capitol Records and hit the road––performing with the likes of Anderson East, Keith Urban, Gladys Knight, Kaleo, The Fray, Mavis Staples, and more. In 2020, Gilfillian released his debut album, “Black Hole Rainbow,” which was nominated for a Grammy – “Best Engineered Album.” After civil unrest in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, he re-recorded Marvin…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The #WinWithBlackWomen collective for the first time welcomed a plurality of their brothers running for office and activating their neighbors ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The group – which included DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, Senate Candidate Mandela Barnes, Gubernatorial Candidate Wes Moore, Rev. Al Sharpton, Derrick Johnson and Terrance Woodbury – spoke to the engagement and excitement of Black men this election cycle as well as their commitment to the elevation of Black women running for office. “This historic gathering speaks to the power of Black women and men, especially when it comes to our impact on…
National–This month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs joins the Office of Disability Employment Policy in celebrating the 77th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. NDEAM celebrates the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities, past and present, and showcases supportive, inclusive employment policies and practices. This year’s theme is “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation.” In his Presidential Proclamation for NDEAM, President Biden stated that his Administration’s Labor Department is protecting the rights of workers with disabilities in the private sector, cracking down on employers who discriminate, and ending the unfair use of sub-minimum wages. As the…