MURFREESBORO, TN — When Sierra Cruz attended a medical conference in Louisville, Kentucky, years ago, she never expected it to change her life. “I had never seen an all-Black panel of medical professionals,” Cruz said. Cruz grew up in Wisconsin and was one of only four minority students in a class of 2,000. “Hearing from Black women (in Louisville) who were already physicians was the biggest motivator in the world to me,” she said. “They were ‘real’ with us. They told us their stories, and they said, ‘This is where I came from, but this is not…
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Dear Middle Tennessee Residents, The past 18 months have been difficult on all of us. There has been a great deal of sacrifice, loss, anguish, and broken hearts surrounding COVID-19. We are all ready to put the pandemic behind us, but unfortunately, we are unable to move forward. Rather than COVID-19 rates dropping as the vaccine became more readily available, we are moving in the opposite direction. A year ago, we didn’t have a solution to end the pandemic. Now the key is readily available, within our hands, but we need everyone’s help to resolve this. The answer is through…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tobin Entertainment is pleased to announce Country music superstar, actress, author and television personality, Trisha Yearwood as moderator for the one-night only engagement with political leader, voting rights activist, entrepreneur, and NYTimes bestselling author, Stacey Abrams for A Conversation with Stacey Abrams on November 16, 2021 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Designed around worldwide and national events, as well as questions from the audience and community, this conversation with Stacey Abrams will inform and empower. “People tend to remember the first time they heard Stacey Abrams speak, and it’s easy to see why.” – TIME Magazine Tickets…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Mayor John Cooper today announced Robert Fisher will resign as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for Education to join Results for America, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to data-driven policymaking. “It’s just hard to keep talented people in government when the private and philanthropic sectors need them just as much as we do and have more resources,” Mayor Cooper said. “A national organization spotted an outstanding young leader and offered him a great opportunity. We’re sad to lose Robert, but we are happy for him.” Fisher joined the Cooper team in June 2020…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A dozen historically Black colleges and universities will join Tennessee State University’s national coding hub as community centers, the school said. The centers will be part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State’s program to expand technology and creative experiences at the other schools and communities. The new schools are Alabama State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters College, Elizabeth City State University, Florida A&M University, Harris-Stowe State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Lincoln University in Missouri, Simmons College of Kentucky, Virginia State University and Texas Southern. The schools will join nearly three dozen universities…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Hundreds of students across Tennessee have been forced to quarantine or isolate due to the COVID-19 outbreak, forcing some schools to close their classrooms while others temporarily switch to virtual learning. In Nashville, nearly 600 students have tested positive for COVID-19 while nearly 4,000 are in quarantine as of Monday. In Shelby County, the state’s most populous region, 857 student cases and 123 staff cases have been reported since the school year kicked off earlier this month. The district has seen a steady uptick in reported student cases: from roughly 130 during the first week of…
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper It has come to our attention that a number of organizations have received contracts and grants to serve intended communities, often without verification of communities intended to be served. Some of this happens without ever providing notice that contracts or grants are available. For the benefit of both grantors and grantees, it should be stated as a reminder that public policy requires a notice of the availability of such funds and the right for those interested or affected parties to have an opportunity to apply for such funds.…
Shame on Tennessee. Here Are The States Where Covid-19 Vaccine Refusal Is Still The Highest, Poll Finds—Including Ones Where Cases Have Surged Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–The poll, conducted July 24 – August 23 among an average of 3,334 adults per state, found the state with the highest share of residents who say they won’t get the vaccine is South Dakota, with 33% of residents refusing the vaccine, followed by Idaho (32%) and Alaska (29%). Rounding out the top 10 most vaccine-resistant states are Oklahoma (29%), Mississippi (26%), West Virginia (26%), Alabama (26%), Montana (25%), Missouri (25%) and Tennessee (25%). Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Missouri all showed high rates of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton announced the members selected to serve on the House’s redistricting committee. According to a news release, Sexton’s office on Thursday said the committee will include eight Republicans and four Democrats. Deputy Speaker Curtis Johnson, a Republican from Clarksville, will chair the committee, and Speaker Pro Tempore Pat Marsh, a Republican from Shelbyville, will be the committee’s vice chair. “The makeup of this panel is representative of the distinctive voices of Tennesseans from across all three grand divisions of our state,” Sexton, a Republican from Crossville, said in a statement. Lawmakers will…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ With muddy shoes and rain falling, a group of Orange Mound historians and community members unveiled a marker engraved with the names of 30 enslaved Africans on the site of the plantation where they toiled. “For every raindrop, those were tears of joy of our ancestors _ just crying in ecstasy because they knew this day was coming,” said Orange Mound historian Mary Mitchell as she stood on the land where enslaved people are thought to be buried. The group of about 40 gathered the morning of Aug. 20 at the Deaderick Family Cemetery, off Park…