NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) — Giving Always Matters. For the past eight years, there has been a 24-hour period each May when the community has rallied and showered area nonprofits with its generosity. The 24 hours of giving, known to many as The Big Payback, is a full day to celebrate the spirit of giving and collaboration, and ultimately, the extraordinary work that nonprofits do in Middle Tennessee every day. This year, The Big Payback will kick off at 6 pm on Wednesday, May 4, through 6 pm Thursday, May 5 as, once again, there will be 24 hours to…
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Virginia–Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced he has chosen Angela Sailor to be Virginia’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Governor Youngkin also issued Executive Order #10, designating Sailor as a member of his cabinet as the Commonwealth Chief Diversity, Opportunity & Inclusion Officer with a stronger and more focused role in promoting ideas, policies, and economic opportunities for disadvantaged Virginians, including Virginians living with disabilities and bringing Virginians of different faiths together. “The people of Virginia elected the most diverse leadership in the Commonwealth’s history. Virginia is big enough for the hopes and dreams of a diverse people. Angela Sailor’s…
What: The 3rd Annual Africa – America Women’s Economic Forum & Trade Expo (AAWEF), a collaboration involving Prosper Africa, a 17-inter-agency initiative of the federal government; the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.); the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College; the Access Bank (Lagos, Nigeria); and the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, seeks to build sustainable, innovation-focused economic relationships between Africa and America through networking and education for women entrepreneurs. With participants from Nigeria, Ghana, and other locations on the African continent, as well as from all over the United States, the…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) — Building new relationships and nurturing those relationships is a difference maker when it comes to starting and growing your business. This Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, the Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce will host a Leads Exchange event. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, 41 Peabody Street, Nashville, TN 37210. Our objectives are to: 1. Share referrals 2. Develop a clear pitch and ask for our businesses 3. Make introductions for each other relative to our businesses 4. Learn business insights that will help grow clientele and develop business…
The University of Houston-Downtown has never shied away from critical conversations. Through forums and debates, noted speakers routinely visit campus ready to tackle the tough issues affecting our world. The UHD President’s Distinguished Lecture Series on Justice, Equity & Inclusion is just one of the many platforms in which experts and activists share insights with community members. In February, this series welcomes acclaimed journalist and scholar Nikole Hannah-Jones for a virtual discussion that is free and open for all to experience. Hannah-Jones’ presentation “Inclusive Excellence, the Way Forward: Truth, History and The 1619 Project” begins at 4 p.m., Feb. 9. Participants can register online for this Zoom event. Audience members will have the opportunity…
NASHVILLE, TN (TN Tribune) – Jumpstart Health Investors, alongside leading limited partners, announce the launch of Jumpstart Nova, the first venture fund in America to invest exclusively in Black-founded and led companies at the forefront of healthcare innovation. Oversubscribing the initial $30 million goal, the $55M fund will invest exclusively in Black founder-led healthcare companies across health IT, digital health, tech-enabled services, diagnostic devices, biotech, medical device manufacturing and consumer health and wellness. Backed with the credibility of healthcare industry leaders, Jumpstart Nova investors and strategic healthcare partners include: Eli Lilly and Company, HCA Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Atrium Health, Henry Ford Health System, LHC Group, Meharry Medical…
President Joe Biden on Friday announced the nominations of three individuals to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, including Lisa D. Cook, a professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University. If confirmed, Cook would become the first African American woman to serve in that role. A Marshall Scholar from Spelman College who received a second B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, Cook earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She also served as a faculty member of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Deputy Director for Africa Research…
BY TYLER LARRABEE Memphis, TN (TN Tribune)–Del Lawrence has an infectious air of confidence. Many who hear him speak, or have the chance to talk to him, are left with a tremendous sensation of hope and purpose. Lawrence, also known in the hip-hop community as Mr. Del, credits the city of Memphis, Tennessee, for helping shape these characteristics. The 43-year-old hails from White Haven (just five minutes from Graceland) in an area surrounded by civil rights museums, Beale Street and a wealth of African-American culture. “Memphis has had an ongoing impact on my life,” Mr. Del told the Pulse. “Memphis feeds me…
Knoxville, TN (TN Tribune) – The Knoxville Museum of Art is pleased to present Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation January 28-April 24. Global Asias examines the cosmopolitan, playful, and subtly subversive characteristics of contemporary Asian and Asian American art. The exhibition highlights the work of sixteen artists of Asian heritage who draw on a rich array of motifs, techniques, and cultural motivations to construct diverse “Asias” in a modern global context. Artists represented in the exhibition include Kwang-Yun Chun, Dinq Q. Le, Jun Kaneko, Hung Liu, Takashi Murakami, Do Ho Suh, and Barbara…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – In 2018, Austin Peay State University’s Eriksson College of Education developed an innovative partnership with the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) to provide 20 recent high school graduates and 20 CMCSS teacher’s aides with an accelerated, free path to become full-time school system teachers in just three years. That initiative – the Grow Your Own Residency Program – proved so successful that it was eventually adopted by colleges of education and school districts across the state. On Jan. 13, Tennessee became the first state to be approved by the U.S. Department of Labor to establish…