Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) — After the last two years, it’s safe to say that we could all use a good laugh. Thankfully, one of our greatest art forms will soon take over one of our greatest cities. Featuring some of the biggest names in comedy, the Nashville Comedy Festival will return April 18-24, 2022 to Music City’s most iconic venues, and it’s a week you won’t want to miss. “The funniest week in Nashville” will kick off on April 18 with a Zanies Comedy Club staple–New Material Monday, where an incredible, surprise lineup of comedians from Nashville and beyond…
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Indianapolis – Obsequies for Rev. Dr. Melvin Bernard Girton, Sr. Services for REV. DR. MELVIN B. GIRTON, SR., 91, Indianapolis, entered Heaven’s Gates on Friday, October 29, 2021.Visitation will be Sunday, November 7, from 2-8 p.m. with Musical Celebration at 7p.m. with Life Celebration Monday, November 8, at 11 a.m. at Christ Missionary Baptist Church, 1001 Eugene Street, which he pastored from 1964-2015. Preceded in death by his wife of 71 years Lauradella (Laura) Frances Girton, he leaves his daughters and sons, Allyne Girton Garrett, Melvin Bernard Girton, Jr. of Los Angeles, CA, Walter Moore Edward Girton of Wichita, KS,…
TN Tribune–Voyage ATL Magazine recently featured attorney Shannon Davis. Read the article below. Today we’d like to introduce you to Shannon Davis. Hi Shannon, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?I started working with small businesses and nonprofits when I graduated from college in 2000. My role always involved helping the business develop or improve processes, programs, or funding. I realized that then that my passion is helping entrepreneurs start, grow, and protect their businesses. I started law school in 2009. While in law school, I spent…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On November 11, the HBCU National Center will hold a ribbon cutting blocks from the U.S. Capitol. The center has been established by Jacqueline “Jackie” Lewis, who is also the Founder of WISH, LLC, which provides housing to interns in Washington, DC. The ceremony will feature Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) who is Chair of the Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Caucus in Congress. Washington, D.C. is one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. to live in and has rents that can be north of $2,000 per month. Internships on Capitol Hill are…
Washington D.C. (TN Tribune) — The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) has recently been awarded the Women’s Business Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).In the summer of 2021, the SBA announced a grant opportunity for one nonprofit organization to start a new, community-based Women’s Business Center, specifically in Tulsa. The selected host is to provide outcome-oriented business services for women entrepreneurs in the city.“Tulsa represents one of the key historic epicenters of Black business in America, and Black women are the fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs,” says Ron Busby, Sr., President and CEO of USBC. “Not only is being awarded this opportunity by the SBA…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton. The Black Panther Party co-founder was feared and hated by many Americans, and party members were dismissed as racist, gun-toting militants — Black avengers who believed violence was as American as cherry pie. But the unthinkable has happened — in Oakland, the city of the party’s founding 55 years ago. In an unrelenting deluge on an October Sunday, Newton’s widow Fredrika and sculptor Dana King unveiled a bronze bust of Newton. It is true that aside from Oakland, where…
By Egberto Willies This evangelical preacher thinks Trump was sent by God. A sensible preacher points out that the Bible Belt is unbuckling. If one wants to understand why some live in a different reality, guys with authority over others like this are one of a few reasons. The Evangelical preacher sure knows how to twist themselves into a pretzel to cloak their racism and support and appeasement of fascism and anti-democracy into some scriptural relevance. Why do these charlatans support Donald Trump? The pastor of the Patriot Church outside of Knoxville Tennessee, Ken Peters, makes it clear. “I want Trump to come…
This Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will rebuild America’s roads, bridges and rails, expand access to clean drinking water, ensure every American has access to high-speed internet, tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, and invest in communities that have too often been left behind. The legislation will help ease inflationary pressures and strengthen supply chains by making long overdue improvements for our nation’s ports, airports, rail, and roads. It will drive the creation of good-paying union jobs and grow the economy sustainably and equitably so that everyone gets ahead for decades to come. Combined with the President’s Build Back Framework, it…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Nashville-based commercial and residential property management firms Clearbrook Realty and Browning-Gordon & Co. have merged. According to a release, the combined company will be home to 22 employees and operate as two divisions, both led by Ernest Johnson as president. The commercial division will continue to operate as Clearbrook Realty, with the residential division to do business as “Browning-Gordon, a Clearbrook company.”
Nashville TN – Born Again Church, in partnership with the Nashville General Hospital, Nashville Healthcare Center, Congregational Health and Education Network (CHEN), 92Q Nashville, and Walgreen’s Pharmacy has launched the “Love Thy Neighbor Campaign” to encourage underserved community residents and all residents in the Greater Nashville area and surrounding counties to empathize with their neighbors, stay safe, and get vaccinated. The Campaign also includes compassionate and factual education about the risks of remaining unvaccinated and the benefits of the vaccine. Heart-to-Heart Vaccine Education SessionHeart-to-Heart—a virtual town hall meeting—was held earlier in the month to provide data-informed information about the COVID-19…