Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Leaders from Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce were among those in attendance at the August 4 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the highly anticipated New Salem Surgery Center. The ambulatory surgical center spans 13,000 square feet on 3 acres at the southwest corner of New Salem Highway and St. Andrews Drive in Murfreesboro. In addition to general surgery, key specialties represented inside the ambulatory surgical center will include urology, ENT, and gastroenterology. The facility will also house an Ascension Medical Group specialty clinic for urogynecology and GI. New…
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INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Joe Hogsett has announced a $115 million dollar commitment to the city’s gun violence intervention (GVI) program, the nation’s most effective strategy to stop gun violence, a set of alternatives to incarceration long advocated for by Faith in Indiana, a Faith in Action federation. The funding will be spread out over three years and will come from Indianapolis-Marion County’s allotment of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). A breakdown of the funding is below: $37 million for GVI & expansion to 50 Peacemakers for next 3 years $45 million for anti-violence community grants $30 million for mental health programming $3 million to…
NASHVILLE, TN –Republicans worry about “the border crisis”. They say waves of migrants are flooding into the country and the unprecedented arrests show what an unmitigated disaster Biden has created along the border between U.S. and Mexico. President Biden took 155 immigration actions in his first six months in office. “He is going three times the rate as Trump who was considered an immigration presidency on steroids,” said Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). MPI is a nonpartisan think tank dealing with migration and immigration issues. “Of the 155 actions, half of them have been…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – As the U.S. Census Bureau finalizes data from the 2020 Census, the Metro Nashville Planning Department is preparing to re-establish boundaries for Metro Council and Metro School Board districts. Today, the Metro Planning Department launched a new redistricting website aimed at educating and engaging the community in this important process. The website, redistrict.nashville.gov, includes a Redistricting Interest and Community Mapping survey, a timeline of the process, frequently asked questions, and a map of how council and school board districts have changed as Nashville has continued to grow. Metro Planning is beginning community engagement before receiving updated population…
While the U.S. is one of the most educated countries in the world, it doesn’t provide the same quality elementary school or secondary school education to all students. In many states, more affluent school districts receive a greater amount of funding per student than poorer districts. Discrepancies between the rich and poor have been exacerbated even more this year by the COVID-19 pandemic. Low-income students have suffered the greatest “learning loss” due to partial or total remote learning. One contributing factor is that people in low-income districts are less likely to have the technological resources they need. States that provide equitable funding to…
By Ben Jealous It’s been six months since the Biden-Harris administration began, ushering in an era of hope after four bitter and disheartening years. We have much to celebrate. At the same time, there are ways in which our future is wavering on a knife’s edge: will we fulfill the promise of a more inclusive democracy, or be dragged backwards by the same forces that tried to reverse the presidential election on January 6? Will our federal government step up to protect voting rights, or will more and more states suppress them? Can we protect and expand health care? I…
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Trevecca Nazarene University has hired Lawrence E. Hall, Jr., as engagement officer for donor and business partnerships, school officials announced. Hall is returning to his alma mater with 28 years of experience in Nashville government, education and community engagement. In the newly established position at Trevecca, he will help establish university partnerships with donors and area businesses. “We are excited to have Lawrence back at Trevecca to serve in this important role,” said Vice President for University Engagement Peggy Cooning. “His connections to our alumni and the Nashville community are broad and deep, and his work in community…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–A new, recently published book inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots author Alex Haley is promoting unity and hope at a critical time in America. Finding the Good: Two Men – One Old, One Young – Forever Changed by the Transforming Power of Forgiveness and Love (Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins) presents a powerful story of a black man in the brutal South who rose to the rank of mayor and the young reporter whose life he touched as he learned and then taught the transforming power of forgiveness and love. Haley had planned to write a book about…
Nashville, Tenn. – The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) will open the affordable housing waiting list for Sudekum Apartments on a first-come, first-served basis from noon Aug. 11, 2021, to 3 p.m. Aug. 13, 2021. Anyone currently on the waiting list for Sudekum Apartments will need to reapply. Sudekum Apartments features two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom apartments. Applications will be accepted online only and can be submitted 24 hours a day during the open application period at www.nashville-mdha.org (click on the button that says Apply for Housing). The application is simple and takes less than 10 minutes to complete.…
National–An organization is stepping in to make sure young black women who have a desire to spread joy to their communities are off to a swift start. Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium asks applicants to describe their ideas for spreading joy with their friends, families, and communities and they will be granted an award of $400 to make it happen. This opportunity, #BlackGirlJoyChallenge, is available in the 12 states SBGWC serves, including: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. Applications for this opportunity open August 1-August 15, 2021 for girls…