New York, 16 September, 2021 — Today, UN Women has published a feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and previous crises: “Beyond COVID-19: A Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social Justice.” As the world faces the choice between doubling down on the mistakes of the past or seizing the opportunity to do things differently, in the first UN plan of its kind, the new flagship report draws on the latest data, analysis, and input from more than 100 global experts to provide a vision and concrete pathways for putting gender equality, environmental sustainability, and…
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – (TN Tribune) -The Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (NAHCC) announced the official beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month this morning from the steps of Nashville’s historic Metro Courthouse. The ceremony lead by the organization’s President and CEO, Yuri Cunza, featured members of the NAHCC Board of Directors and NAHCC Foundation members, as well as participants from its first seven (7) week Digital Empowerment and Acceleration for the Latin@ Entrepreneur (DEALE) program co-hort. Special guest speakers joined for the official kick-off event that began with the national anthem performed by Hispanic-American youth singer Elena Jimenez, followed by NAHCC…
NASHVILLE, TN — Respected banking executive Kevin Lavender has been named chairman of the board at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, leading a board of directors representing sectors from both within and outside the hospitality industry to guide its rebound as a key economic generator for the city and state. Lavender, who is Head of Commercial Banking at Fifth Third Bank, will serve on the NCVC Executive Committee for FY 2022, along with Maneet Chauhan, Executive Chef and Partner at Morph Hospitality, as Chair Elect; Dr. Robert Fisher, Past President at Belmont University, as Immediate Past Chair; Marcus Whitney,…
By NNPA newswire On the 58th anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-led March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the march for voting rights took center stage in Washington, D.C. About 50 miles to the north of Washington in the unincorporated community of Owings Mills, Maryland, another kind of history took place as the latest march proceeded. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan met with a contingent from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), including President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (Dr. Chavis served as youth coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and on the advance…
WASHINGTON, DC — The National Bankers Association (NBA) today announces a new initiative to close the racial wealth gap in America. The National Bankers Community Alliance (Alliance) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of the NBA that will provide programs and services to support Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) and the communities they serve. “With America’s attention focused on equity and inclusion, we want to drive long-term systemic change and impact policy,” says Nicole Elam, president and CEO of the NBA. “We want to work with corporations and policymakers to capitalize, modernize and strengthen minority banks.” To support its member banks with…
NASHVILLE, TN — Neighborhood Health has partnered with Pruitt’s Discount Pharmacy to open a full-service pharmacy at its Cayce Clinic, 617 S. 8th Street, near downtown Nashville. A ribbon cutting will mark the grand opening on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Due to COVID precautions, the general public is not invited to attend the event. “Residents of the Cayce community have trouble accessing convenient and affordable pharmacy services. Thanks to the support of a generous donor, Neighborhood Health and Pruitt’s Pharmacy are partnering to bring pharmacy and pharmacy-based vaccination services to the Cayce Clinic to address this community need,” said Brian…
NASHVILLE, TN — Two games into the 2021 season the Tennessee State Tigers are seeking big improvements across the board. Last Saturday’s 38-16 loss to Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic reaffirmed that the problems which initially surfaced in the season-opening defeat by Grambling have not been corrected to date. While the Tigers stayed in the game through the first half, Jackson State broke it open over the final two quarters. It was the first Southern Heritage Classic since 2019. Jackson State’s head coach Deion Sanders saw his son Shedeur Sanders shred the Tigers’ secondary for nearly 400 yards…
By David Leonhardt/NYT In the run-up to Tuesday’s recall election in California, both Gov. Gavin Newsom and his critics framed it as a judgment on his handling of the pandemic. Newsom embraced his enactment of aggressive mask and vaccine mandates. His leading Republican opponent, Larry Elder, promised to cancel those mandates before drinking his first cup of tea on his first day in office. The recall, as my colleague Jennifer Medina wrote, became a “referendum on pandemic management.” Now Newsom has won that referendum in a landslide. According to the latest results, California voters rejected removing him from office by…
TN Tribune—The founder of Legacy Home Loans, a Black-owned mortgage banking firm headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, has recently opened three branch offices in Black and minority communities. As Legacy Home Loans continues to make good on its commitment to empowering Black and minority communities throughout the United States, “we are focused on building sustainable wealth through homeownership and family legacies,” said Ben Slayton, the president and CEO of the company.The Maryland branch office in Baltimore, is managed by Stephen Trye who has over 13 years of experience in the mortgage banking and real estate industry.The North Carolina branch Office in Charlotte, is managed by Netfa Wray, who has over 20 years of mortgage experience including underwriting…
BY ANTHONY FAUCI SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 An extraordinary physician-scientist, Barney Graham has made major contributions to vaccinology for decades. He helped pioneer the field of structure-based vaccine design, which relies on understanding the mechanics of how viruses and human cells bind and interact—thus enabling transformative advances against important viral diseases, including COVID-19. Dr. Graham’s major technological breakthrough enabled scientists to take viral proteins that provoke a potent immune response—such as the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, a structure essential for the virus to infect cells—and hold it in the exact shape the protein assumes before fusing with a human cell. T he resulting form…