MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The long-term impact that plagiarism accusations have on faculty and students will be the topic of the next MTSU Women’s and Gender Studies Research lecture. “Feminism and Radical Trust: Stories of Plagiarism and Its People” is slated for 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Room 100C of the James Union Building. The presenter will be Kate Pantelides, director of general education English and an associate professor in the Department of English. Pantelides said she will demonstrate “how the discourses associated with language use in the classroom are broken and the institutional obsessions with plagiarism and its many…
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NASHVILLE, TN – The 2001 settlement of a class action lawsuit, Brian A. vs. Donald Sunquist, did not mark the end of a wrong righted. It was just the beginning of much-need reform of the Tennessee child welfare system. It began with 15 plaintiffs who sued Tennessee for its systematic failure to protect them. Brian A. was nine and lived in a homeless shelter for seven months with 20 other boys because DCS didn’t find a place for him to live. He was taken into custody because his parents were drug-addicts. Tracy B. was 13 and was placed in 15 different…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – (November 1, 2021) – The Tennessee Tribune, the state’s largest minority newspaper, will recognize its 30-year milestone this year with a special celebratory event Sunday, Dec. 5, 2-6 p.m. at Lighthouse on the Lake, located at 133 Sanders Ferry Road in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The afternoon will feature guest speaker Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and former president of the NAACP. Gospel music legend, Dr. Bobby Jones will emcee the affair. The newspaper is building on the theme, “Pressing On: Celebrating 30 Years of Elevating Our Journey, Our Stories, Our Voices.” The Tennessee…
Nashville, Tenn., (TN Tribune) – The Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership (J.U.M.P.) announced today the retirement of long-time leader, president and CEO Sharon Hurt. Hurt retires after 22+ years of service with the organization with her official last day being September 30, 2021. As part of its full transition plan, the organization has selected Nashville arts professional Lauren Fitzgerald to lead the future of the organization. Fitzgerald will begin her new role as executive director on December 1.“It has been an amazing journey,” shared Sharon Hurt. “I have grown with the North Nashville community and learned so much along the…
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint A number of actions taking place in our courts today are confirming what we as Black people have always known and experienced, namely, a dual system of justice in America. One for Black and people of color, and one for White people. Consider the following current events as supportive proof of this statement. For those who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in what we now know was an “insurrection” with intent to kill, we have seen those people identified and charged get light sentences. Consider the…
(New York, NY) — On November 11th, during the trial of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, William “Roddie” Bryan’s lawyer Kevin Gough spoke to the judge and voiced his objections to the presence of civil rights leaders like Reverend Al Sharpton in the courtroom as “intimidation”. Reverend Sharpton attended the trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021, and conduct a prayer vigil with his parents outside of the courthouse. Following these claims of intimidation, Reverend Al Sharpton released the following statement: “The arrogant insensitivity of attorney Kevin Gough in asking a judge to bar me or…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Regions Bank is proud to announce it has been once again designated a Military Friendly® Employer by Military Friendly, an organization that measures the commitment of companies to create professional opportunities that leverage military experience. “We are striving to ensure Regions is an employer of choice for members of the U.S. Military and their families, both during their service and after they transition to full-time civilian life,” said Clara Green, head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Regions Bank. “This recognition from Military Friendly is a great honor and is further proof of Regions’ commitment.” Regions placed…
NASHVILLE, TN — The National Academies of Sciences..Engineering..Medicine’s Transportation Research Board has appointed Nashville’s Peter C. Woolfolk, Founder of Communications Strategies, to its Airport Cooperative Research Program Project. Woolfolk attends his first panel meeting at the Academies headquarters in Washington, DC on November 18-19, 2021. In 2005, the Airport Cooperate Research Program was established by the Federal Aviation Administration to solve common problems, learn about new technologies, and assess innovations in service and operations. Therefore, airports need unbiased and reliable research. Additional research includes how airports help support the communities in which they cooperate. In his initial response to the…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville Bar Association (NBA) is proud to announce Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle as the recipient of the 2021 Liberty Bell Award for her outstanding and notable career, in which she has consistently stood up for and applied the rule of law. Throughout her career, she has worked diligently to understand the details and facts of a case and implement them in her decisions, with as little partiality as possible, regardless of political repercussions. The Tennessean quotes Nashville attorney Aubrey Harwell as saying, “We need judges across the country and across Tennessee that have the temperament, the…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Links, Incorporated’s Hendersonville Area (TN) Chapter will kick off its new service initiative, “Linking Together for Wellness,” a series of webinars designed to address women’s health issues. The first webinar will be held Nov. 16, 7 p.m. and will feature Dr. Tiwalade Awosanya, division chief of endocrinology, diabetes, lipid and bone metabolism at Meharry Medical College and Nashville General Hospital. The month of November is designated as National Diabetes Month. The observance brings attention to diabetes, a disease in which about 16 million Americans are affected. African Americans experience higher rates of at least three of…