Nashville–Kristy Sinkfield, M.Ed. Director, Strategy Development, Office of Strategy and Innovation is the recipient of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Five Pillar Leader Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize exceptional leaders who consistently model a balanced approach to leadership across the five pillars of excellence and the Credo. These leaders sustain a focus on people, service, quality, innovation, growth and finance that supports Vanderbilt University Medical Centers service and operational excellence. Sinkfield, first lady of Payne Chapel AME Church and St. James AME Church of Nashville, was awarded for her overwhelming and significant leadership prowess and ground-breaking accomplishments. The following is…
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Inspiritus, a non-profit organization with a location in Nashville, has resources available to help individuals in the community who have a hardship due to COVID-19. The organization recently received a CARES grant through the Department of Human Services to help Tennesseans whose incomes have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspiritus can assist with mortgage payments/rent/utilities, if there is a hardship due to the pandemic. In order to help the organization must obtain information that verifies hardship due to Covid-19. Examples of documents the organization may request are: Unemployment from the Department of Labor (specifically Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Verification Letter) Separation, furlough, or…
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman President Donald Trump said he feels “really good, really strong,” yet declined to clearly state whether he had tested negative for the coronavirus in a remote, televised “health assessment” performed on Fox News by Dr. Marc Siegel, a frequent Fox News contributor. The president said he’d been “medication-free” for the last eight hours in his appearance on host Tucker Carlson’s show at 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday night — his first on-screen interview since contracting the coronavirus. He later revised that claim to say he had taken “pretty much nothing” and had taken his “final doses of just…
Washington, D.C. – The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced Friday that the debate scheduled for next week will not proceed. The Oct. 22nd debate at Belmont University in Nashville is still scheduled to proceed. The CPD released the following statement on Friday, October 9th: On October 8, CPD announced that for the health and safety of all involved, the second presidential debate, scheduled for October 15 in Miami, would be conducted virtually. Subsequently, the campaigns of the two candidates who qualified for participation in the debate made a series of statements concerning their respective positions regarding their willingness to…
NASHVILLE, TN —Influential Higher Education Leader, Dr. Charles B. Fancher, Sr., age 99, was born October 19, 1920 and transitioned peacefully on Monday, October 5, 2020, two weeks before his 100th birthday. Dr. Fancher, a native of Brighton, Alabama, was deeply involved in his adopted city. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill and was ordained as a Deacon in 1987 and served on numerous church committees. Following a career in higher education that spanned nearly 30 years, Dr. Fancher retired in 1985 as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the Tennessee Board of Regents,…
Nashville, Tenn.—Meharry Medical College Investigator Dr. Paul Juarez will lead the Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities (CEAL) Team in Tennessee through a new research initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH recently announced a $12 million award for outreach and engagement efforts to racial and ethnic minorities, and other vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. States that received CEAL funding are Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The CEAL research teams will leverage established relationships between NIH-funded researchers and local community-engaged leaders in each state to help…
Nashville– Black Voters Matter (BVM) announced a national bus tour as part of its “WE GOT THE POWER” campaign to reach Black voters in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Starting September 26, “The Blackest Bus in America” will make stops in at least 12 states across the South and Midwest to canvass, distribute BVM merchandise, and engage Black voters on the issues impacting their communities. The bus tour will also make stops at community events organized by BVM, including a watch party for the upcoming Presidential debate and a tour of historically Black colleges and universities. The…
Nashville, Tenn. (October 7, 2020)—Davidson County Juvenile Court has announced that the Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College has been awarded a grant to support their CHILL program, an effort to curb youth violence in Metro Nashville. The grant, in excess of $76,500, is a part of the FY21 Community Partnership Fund provided through federal CARES Act funding and is managed by the Davidson County Juvenile Court. The CHILL Program (for “Choosing How I Lead Life”) was established by the Center for Health Policy as a collaborative public health approach to address youth violence. The program is designed…
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer The coronavirus pandemic has posed daunting challenges for houses of worship across the U.S., often entailing large financial losses and suspension of in-person services. It also has sparked moments of gratitude, wonder and inspiration. In the Chicago suburb of Cary, Lutheran pastor Sarah Wilson recorded a sermon aboard a small plane piloted by a congregation member. The video that went online showed a high-up view of idyllic landscapes. “It was very spiritual,” Wilson said. In New York, Episcopal priest Steven Paulikas heard from someone in France who watched a service via Facebook. “I loved…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville Soccer Club and Ingram Charities have formed a partnership with the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) to build a new soccer pitch for youth and families in the Nashville community. The soccer pitch will be the second for Nashville SC and part of TIRRC’s new community hub and headquarters in southeast Nashville. TIRRC’s new home, located on a former vacant lot at 1409 Antioch Pike, will bring critical resources and programs to the heart of the immigrant community. “Ingram has been active as a community partner in Southeast Nashville for years, and we are delighted…