ASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bill Brock, a former Tennessee senator and Republican chairman who rebuilt the party after the Watergate scandal, has died at age 90. Family friend Tom Griscom says Brock died on Thursday morning. Brock was an official with his family’s Brock Candy Co. before he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1962. In 1970, he was elected to the Senate. After failing in his bid for a second term, he became GOP national chairman. His work to improve fundraising and broaden membership helped Ronald Reagan beat President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Brock then served in…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Mayor John Cooper has tapped an expert violence interrupter for a $3 million community safety pilot initiative that will span the city and bring experts from neighborhoods, local business, philanthropy and government together. The mayor today announced that longtime youth mentor and coalition builder Ron Johnson will serve as Metro’s Community Safety Coordinator – a first for Nashville. Johnson will support nonprofits, faith leaders and neighborhood groups as they participate in the mayor’s new Community Safety Partnership and Innovation Fund. The mayor proposed the fund last week, calling for at least $1.5 million in grants to bolster…
Is there anything more seductive or ultimately disappointing than a fairy tale? It’s been nearly two weeks since the interview of the decade, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s post-Buckingham Palace emancipation sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, and the repercussions just keep coming. The queen is appointing a diversity czar for the palace. The royals are orchestrating a bumbling publicity blitz, and a new poll found that more than half the people of Canada, which is part of the British commonwealth, think the British monarchy is obsolete. Then there are the small-scale conversations Black women are having amongst each other about how the most famous…
San Francisco, CA – You probably know someone who doesn’t want to get vaccinated. Dr. Kim Rhoads says the right approach can change peoples’ minds. Rhoads is an associate professor in Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UC San Francisco’s School of Medicine. These days she’s more of a community organizer than a medical researcher. “I wanted to share about our efforts in engaging the African American community around COVID-19 awareness, participation in testing, and now moving into vaccination efforts using a community-based participatory model,” Rhoads said. Umoja Health is a collaboration of about 25 Black-serving organizations that came together under the…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – duGard Communications (dGC) announced today the strategic communications firm has been awarded a small business grant from the Fifth Third Foundation through the Innovation Meets Main Street: Boosting Black, Woman-owned Businesses program. dGC was one of four small businesses, in Nashville, to receive the award and one of sixty-three, across the nation, who received grants from the $1.2 million program. “We are honored to receive a small business grant designed to help African American, women-owned small businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Perri duGard Owens, founder and CEO of duGard Communications. “Many of the clients…
Long Island, New York–The headmaster of a Long Island Catholic school who forced an 11-year-old Black student to kneel while apologizing to a teacher has resigned, the Daily News learned Wednesday. Officials from the St. Martin de Porres Marianist school in Uniondale, where John Holian worked, said in a letter Wednesday to parents that the administration had “accepted the resignation of our former headmaster.” Holian’s punishment of the sixth-grade boy — which the headmaster later said he’d learned from a Nigerian father who told him it was an “African way” to apologize — sparked outrage and accusations of racism from…
Summer Intern (PAID) Network for Sustainable Solutions Apply Job Summary Network for Sustainable Solutions (NSS) is a Nonprofit Startup working to create a mutual aid network centered around sustainability solutions within Middle Tennessee. Since NSS is a startup, many of the public facing functions (e.g. Website) are currently under development. Working with NSS means building organizational infrastructure and programs alongside our passionate team. This is an exciting place to be! The Intern will be responsible for a variety of administrative and operational tasks in support of this mission. Job Responsibilities Responsibilities during the internship will include, but not be limited…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)—Born and raised in Munich, Germany, violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport was born into the musical family of American soprano Africa Yarbo-Davenport and the late Austrian conductor Hans Peter Jillich. Anyango regularly performs in such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Royal Festival Hall London, Teatro Mayor Bogotá, Mozarteum Saal Salzburg, and Teatro Colon and can be heard on radio and TV in the US, South America, and Europe. Ms. Yarbo-Davenport is the winner of numerous awards, including the prestigious Theodore Presser Scholar Award, International Competition for Romantic Music, IBLA World Competition Italy, Jugend Musiziert Germany, Alpen-Adria…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune)– Seven in ten Tennessee voters (72%) are concerned about the high rate of Tennesseans with debt in collections, and a majority support reforms that would reduce government penalties on those in financial distress, according to a new online survey of 504 Tennessee voters conducted by Hart Research Associates from February 3 to 11, 2021. ThinkTennessee commissioned the poll to better understand how delinquent debt and its associated penalties are affecting social and economic mobility in the state. “The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to light just how many Tennessee families lack economic security,” said ThinkTennessee…