LEBANON, TN — While commemorating Juneteenth, a new Annex will be dedicated on June 18 behind the slave-built 1827 sanctuary of Pickett Chapel under restoration by the Wilson County Black History Committee (WCBHC) for education, events, and exhibits on Market Street in Lebanon. The Annex will be inaugurated on June 18 by state and county leaders after the 11 a.m. opening ceremonies of the Juneteenth Street Festival with music, dancing to a DJ, food, vendors, history and garden tours, and a Kids Zone during the national holiday weekend. The Juneteenth Street Festival is free and open to the public until…
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By Jack Lucero June is Men’s Health Month, which makes this the perfect time to highlight the massive public health crisis that too many of us are not aware of: On average, men die five years younger than women, with African American and Native American men having the shortest life expectancy1 and die at higher rates from 9 of the top 10 causes of death.2 Men account for over 90% of workplace fatalities,3 are far less likely than women to have health insurance,4 and are half as likely to see a doctor for preventive care.5 All of this affects their ability to be involved fathers, supportive…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville General Hospital’s research of new locations is well-known and was previously reported in the media (Nashville Post 1/17/19 and the Tennessean 11/10/20). Nashville General Hospital’s relocation initiative is good for Metro taxpayers, Metro residents, Metro employees and Meharry Medical College. The relocation initiative does not seek taxpayer money to fund the construction of our community’s new hospital. At last month’s Metro Hospital Authority board meeting, Nashville General presented updated information about an ongoing initiative, which began in 2018. The current hospital lease held by Meharry will expire in 2027 and renovating the current space to meet…
Last year, the MNPS budget had many firsts. First budget to ever exceed $1 billion. And for the first time ever, MNPS teachers became the best paid in the state. This year, the mayor added an additional $91 million to MNPS budget. However, this summer’s conversation by the state about things like “BEP” and “TISA” created a lot of confusion and anxiety about the MNPS FY23 budget. The questions are: What is TISA? What is BEP? And how do both of these affect this year’s budget? Now that our teachers are the highest paid in the state, can we say…
I believe America, as a nation, is at an inflection point. If we do not soon find a way to identify a set of unifying principles that that will heal our great divisions, America, as we know it, will no longer exist. Below, I have delineated why I believe this: Fear of the “other,” of others who don’t look like we do or have our same livedexperience.Lack of accepted truth. Truth is left up to one’s interpretation/predilection. Acceptanceof so called “alternative facts.”Our leaders’ fear of being attacked on social media, which mutes them from telling thereal truth.Tribalism: If you don’t…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–HealthWorks is a federally funded training cohort designed to help black and brown owned businesses in Georgia & Tennessee strengthen their resilience to COVID-19, while preparing for future public health challenges. More information is available here. Black and brown owned firms (MBEs) that complete the cohort may be eligible to receive up to $2,000 in incentive payments. If you are a certified MBE located in Georgia or Tennessee, you can sign up here to get more information about HealthWorks. You may also contact the Ashlin Management Group at amg@ashlininc.com or by calling 404-417-9154.
National—Since 2009, Walker’s Legacy has been at the forefront of inspiring, engaging, and equipping multicultural women professionals and entrepreneurs. Walker’s Legacy is a global platform for professional and entrepreneurial women of color, which provides thought-provoking content, educational programming, and a global community. Walker’s Legacy Foundation’s signature business development program, Women Who Enterprise (WWE), in multiple U.S. cities. This 3-month accelerator targets early-stage women of color entrepreneurs and address the unique challenges and barriers faced by women of color entrepreneurs. Alabama MBDA Business Center, operated by Walker’s Legacy, is part of a national network of US Department of Commerce programs sponsored…
By Tracy E. Hopkins On Thursday, June 17, 2021, President Biden signed a bill into law certifying the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day became one in 1983. Juneteenth (short for June 19) commemorates the date slavery was abolished in Texas and marks the official end of slavery in the U.S. Although President Abraham Lincoln declared in his Emancipation Proclamation that as of January 1, 1863, all enslaved people living in Confederate states were free, somehow that news did not reach Texas until June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston.Last year, federal employees were notified…
Westmont alumnus Ramon Gupta ’94, a corporate attorney with an active practice in Santa Barbara, has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees. A partner with Mullen & Henzell LLP, Business & Real Estate Group since 1999, Gupta has taught business law at his alma mater since 2014. He will begin a three-year term at his first meeting in October. “Westmont provided me with an excellent education that enabled me to apply, and grow in, my faith,” he says. “I was blessed with engaged and caring professors, similarly minded fellow students seeking to understand God’s desires for their lives, and unbelievable…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)— The Nashville Foundation for Women of Color, Inc. (NFWOC) will present Women of Color Trailblazing to Leadership, a virtual panel discussion, on Thursday, June 16, from noon until 1:00 p.m. Sponsored by Meharry Medical College, the dialogue will help upwardly mobile professional women and aspiring professional women of color to understand what they can achieve through ability, opportunity, luck, mentorship, and education. Panel speakers for the event include: Allison Green Johnson, senior vice president and chief diversity officer, Lincoln Financial Group; Monica Fawknotson, executive director, Metropolitan Nashville Sports Authority; and Sharon Roberson, Esq. president/CEO, YWCA Nashville…