It’s back to school time and many neighborhood events have been preparing families for the big day. It’s not just teachers and school supplies on hand but also vaccinations and health information. The Zing Health team reminds us that vaccinations protect the entire family, including elders, who are more prone to serious complications from illnesses. An annual flu vaccine is always important. For our youngsters, schools now require more immunizations, at different ages than older adults might remember. There are the life-saving Measles, Polio, and Whooping Cough vaccines introduced in the 1960s, but also newer ones for pneumococcal disease, Hepatitis…
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By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – A few months back, I wrote a column focused on my misgivings about the proposed merger of two huge railroads – Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. As I wrote at the time, I feared that the merger would add to the environmental and health burdens already facing Black communities and other communities of color by introducing more rail traffic and more carbon emissions while also negatively impacting things like emergency response and commute times. I hoped that my piece – along with the continued concerns raised by stakeholders throughout the merger’s regulatory review…
(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO – The McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour® is back live and in person with an intergenerational celebration of Black faith, culture and excellence. Inspired by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) homecomings, the 16th annual tour will launch in September during Gospel Music Heritage Month and bring showstopping musical performances by GRAMMY® Award winners Anthony Hamilton, Smokie Norful, Karen Clark Sheard, and other gospel and urban luminaries to five cities across the nation.Legendary singer, songwriter, and producer Donald Lawrence will resume his role as music director and, for the first time, social media personality and comedian…
Online-Only Applications Will Be Accepted on a First-Come, First-Served Basis NASHVILLE, TN — The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) will open the affordable housing waiting list for Carleen Batson Waller Manor, an elderly property, on a first-come, first-served basis from noon Aug. 24, 2022, to 3 p.m. Sept. 21, 2022. Anyone currently on the waiting list for Carleen Batson Waller Manor will need to reapply.In order to qualify for elderly housing, the head of household must be at least 62 years old. Applications will be accepted online only and can be submitted 24 hours a day during the open application period…
CAROL STREAM, Ill. — This Friday, August 26, passengers at Nashville International Airport® (BNA®) will have the opportunity to meet Tony and Lauren Dungy and purchase a signed copy of their latest book, Uncommon Influence: Saying Yes to a Purposeful Life. Stellar, an award-winning airport retail operator, arranged the book signing at their gift shop, True to Tennessee, located near Gate C4, 12–1 p.m. (CDT). This is the first book signing with noted authors arranged at Nashville International Airport, and it is part of a vision to provide unique experiences to their passengers. Lauren and Tony Dungy have impacted countless people through the years with their generosity…
PETERSBURG, VA– A family dispute over a missing wallet became entangled in procedural snafus and additional charges that cost Quantell Bowser her job. She is now on the lam. “I lost a lot behind this case and the wallet,” Bowser said. Bowser is no longer working as a security guard. No wallet was ever found. “I’m just ready for it to be over,” Bowser told the Tribune. Bowser was not served a notice to appear in Judge Joseph Teefey’s court June 30, 2022 for a sentence hearing. The prosecutor in Bowser’s case filed new charges to extend her sentence based…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Whether something is a hate crime or a hate incident matters little to the victims. They know they have been targeted. Many more hate incidents are reported than hate crimes; hate incidents do not rise to the level of a hate crime and are more likely to violate someone’s civil rights. “Hate does not happen in a vacuum,” says Becky L. Monroe, Deputy Director in the California Civil Rights Department (CRD). “Acts of hate may not violate the law but are still deeply harmful,” she said. “We at CRD are already in the business…
NASHVILLE, TN – The modern Civil Rights Movement began when Rosa Parks refused to ride in the back of the bus which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955; in 1957 the Little Rock Nine integrated Central High School in Arkansas; the 1960 Woolworth lunch counter boycott started in Greensboro, North Carolina, and spread to other places like Nashville, Tennessee; after their bus was bombed in Alabama, 13 Freedom Riders reached Jackson, Mississippi in May, 1961. “Mississippi has historically been almost a predictor of what happens in other parts of the country,” said Amir Badat, Voting Special Counsel at…
Nonprofit life is full of intrigue, twisted paths, pure luck, genius, generosity, and more. This is the second in an occasional series of fictional fundraising short stories. By Mel And Pearl Shaw of Saad&Shaw “Director of Development.” Elana Avery said the words out loud, trying to feel some enthusiasm. Yes, the salary and benefits were more than what she earned as Vice President, Development at the regional Kids First affiliate, but the title didn’t reflect her experience and abilities. “If you don’t have a doctorate, or ‘terminal degree,’ we can’t hire you as a vice president.” That’s what human resources…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Calvin Dunning has been promoted within FirstBank to Senior Vice President, Director of Community Development. In Dunning’s new role, he will manage and implement the bank’s policies and initiatives regarding community development. “Calvin’s community leadership throughout his nine-year tenure at FirstBank has served as a bridge between the bank and the community,” said Aimee Hamilton, Chief Risk Officer. In 2018, Dunning was selected by The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as one of Nashville’s Top 30 Professionals Under 30. He was also a part of the 2019 class of Nashville Emerging Leaders and the 73rd class of The Young Leaders…