NASHVILLE – The new Hillsboro Transit Center marked its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting Thursday, March 31. Remarks were given by Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Dr. Adrienne Battle, WeGo CEO Steve Bland, MNPS School Board Member Gini Pupo-Walker, Council Member Russ Pulley, Nashville MTA Board Chair Gail Carr Williams, Schuler Pelhan, Principal at Hillsboro High School, and MNPS student Xandria Bowen. “We celebrate the grand opening of the Hillsboro Transit Center and thank all of our partners and key stakeholders for their support,” Carr Williams said. “The center will provide riders with a safe,…
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Memphis, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Tim Barton, director of Research and Safety Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received the Patriot Award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). The award is given to supervisors and bosses for providing direct support to an employee who serves in the military. Barton was nominated by Charlie Hutton, health and safety specialist at UTHSC, for support in meeting Hutton’s commitments to the Army National Guard. Any employee serving in the National Guard or Reserve may nominate their supervisor for…
Annually, alumni, family, students, staff, faculty, and friends of Georgetown University travel to a different city to celebrate the university and the leaders it creates. The event is called the John Carroll Weekend. The weekend includes social, cultural, and intellectual events that allow participants to engage with the university faculty and leaders. There are tours, excursions, lectures, and receptions. There are also awards. The John Carroll Award recognizes alumni whose achievements and record of service exemplify the ideals of Georgetown University and its founder. This year’s recipient of the award is J. Jacques Carter, class of 1979 from the Georgetown…
LA VERGNE, TN — Charles R. Frazier is newly certified as an Estate Planning Law Specialist (EPLS) by the Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc., an organization accredited by the American Bar Association and affiliated with the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. Frazier, one of only 30 estate planning law specialists in Tennessee, is currently the only African American with the distinction. With offices in La Vergne, TN, and Brentwood, TN, Frazier is a former IRS Revenue Agent and tax attorney who holds two advanced tax degrees; a Master of Taxation from The Florida Atlantic University and a Master…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Children’s Theatre (NCT), the nation’s oldest professional theatre for young audiences, launched the Teaching Artists of Color Training Program earlier this month. After losing many of its teaching artists due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colin Peterson, NCT’s Education Director, knew he was going to have to pivot his approach to onboarding and training teaching staff. “It’s been a goal of mine to increase equity and diversity at NCT through our education programs, and now is the time,” said Peterson. Thus far, NCT has taken steps to improve equity by increasing teaching artists’ weekly pay, providing free…
WASHINGTON, DC — Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper joined a Day of Action in Washington DC to show support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee began. If confirmed, Brown Jackson would become the first African-American woman on the country’s highest court. The National Organization of Black Elected Legislative-Women (NOBEL Women) joined a coalition of organizations rallying in Washington recently in support of Judge Brown Jackson’s confirmation. Leader Camper is the immediate past-president of NOBEL Women. In partnership with the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL)…
NASHVILLE, TN — The kick-off of the recognition of the two women who integrated Scarritt College for Christian Women, DeLaris Johnson Risher and Lelia Robinson Dabbs house, is the beginning of a year-long campaign to bring to light their quiet, yet radical movement. The first recognition will be the official naming of The Johnson Robinson House on the Scarritt Bennett Center campus. Themed “It’s Always a Time for Radical Change,” the event takes place Saturday, April 2, 2022, at 12 noon, on the campus of the Scarritt Bennett Center at 1003 18th Avenue South, Nashville, TN. The official ribbon cutting…
By Ciara Walker Williams NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — When Dr. Lakisha L. Simmons graduated from Tennessee State University with a B.B.A. in Business Information Systems twenty years ago, she set out to live what she thought was the “American Dream” – until it wasn’t. After earning her bachelor’s, Simmons worked in corporate America at Caterpillar Financial while pursuing her MBA and later receiving her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems. After earning her doctorate in 2011, she transitioned into higher education and worked as a professor at Indiana State University and later Belmont University until she FIRE’d herself in…
KNOXVILLE, TN — Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) has announced the recipients of its first “Empower Makers” Global Impact Challenge, and the Knoxville Area Urban League earned $27,000 for its efforts to empower East Tennesseans with opportunities to earn. Initiated in 2021, the Global Impact Challenge grant program will award up to $25 million in grant funding over the next five years to nonprofits that are supporting trade workforce development initiatives in the construction and manufacturing sectors. “This timely and impactful grant from Stanley Black & Decker will help us establish our new Level UP Skills Pre-Apprenticeship Program,”…
NASHVILLE, TN — The unveiling of a historical marker in Centennial Park in Nashville took place on March 23, 2022 The historical marker names the history of the former swimming pool facility that was closed during the civil rights movement and desegregation efforts of the 1960s. The marker honors the work of the late Kwame Leo Lillard and Matthew Walker Jr. A ceremony took place on the grounds of Centennial Art Center. Speakers included Evelyn Lillard, Kwame’s wife, Dr. Phyllis Hildreth, Dr. Learotha Williams, and Candace Koney (niece of Matthew Walker Jr. reading a statement from M. Nicole Walker, Matthew’s…