By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) _ Before clicking the Instagram video, the sight intrigued most. Sarah Palafox, a Black woman, held an iPhone while standing in front of mariachis. When users turned on the volume, they heard a woman belting out a heartbreak interpretation of Jenni Rivera’s “Que Me Vas A Dar” in perfect Spanish of Mexico’s Zacatecas. Instagram users said the short clip made them cry. Others demanded more. But most wondered: Who was this woman with a voice like the late Tejano star Selena? And what’s her story? Palafox, an African American woman raised…
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LYNCHBURG, Tenn.– Art, Beats and Lyrics (AB+L), the national art and music tour presented by Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey and Cult Creative, kicks off its 16th year with a call for artists contest. Through October 6th, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey and Cult Creative invite visual artists across the country to submit original artwork for a chance to create an exclusive art wall to be featured in this year’s national showcase. “Jack Honey Art, Beats & Lyrics has presented an opportunity for us to celebrate renowned and emerging visual artists from across the country for 15 years now,” says Keenan Harris, Senior Multicultural…
(CNN) President Donald Trump’s physician, Navy Cmdr Dr. Sean Conley, held a second medical briefing that again raised more questions than answers about the President’s condition. In another jarring news conference on Sunday, Trump’s doctors said that even though the President has had at least two concerning drops in oxygen levels, they are hoping he could be discharged as early as tomorrow from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Conley failed to answer basic questions about the President’s condition and admitted that he had omitted those alarming drops in the President’s oxygen levels during a news conference Saturday because he…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — With federal funding, Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU’s) Center for Health and Human Services will tackle the opioid epidemic in rural Wilson County communities. The center will use a $200,000 planning grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Partners in the 18-month endeavor include Wilson County’s DrugFree WilCo, MTSU’s Department of Health and Human Performance and MTSU’s Data Science Institute, among others. “While so much emphasis has been on COVID-19, we cannot forget that there remains an epidemic in this country and within our own state and…
Nashville–On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (CST), Fisk University will hold its 2020 Jubilee Day Convocation and pilgrimage. This year’s convocation will be streamed via YouTube and Facebook. FiskJubileeDay.org is the link in order to “attend”. Serving as this year’s keynote speaker will be Fisk alumna Angeline Butler ‘61. Ms. Butler is an educator, a playwright, a director in theatre, a coordinator of cultural projects and a civil rights activist, who is currently an adjunct professor in Africana Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York City). She is also a graduate of Columbia University and…
By Yelena Dzhanova Business Insider Memphis—More than 1,500 alums of Rhodes College said in a letter that they’re “firmly and passionately opposed” to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, according to the Associated Press. Barrett, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1994. The letter argues that Barrett does not represent the liberal arts school’s values. “We believe both her record and the process that has produced her nomination are diametrically opposed to the values of truth, loyalty, and service that we learned…
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The story of how the First Unitarian Church of Louisville flung open its doors to protesters who marched for justice for Breonna Taylor began years before the helicopters swirled overhead, before police in riot gear began marching up the alley. It began with much quieter moments, in the hearts of congregants like Pam Middleton. She came to First Unitarian in 2012, at her darkest hour. Her husband had died, and she’d fallen into despair, and the First Unitarian community helped her begin again. She found joy; she joined a dance…
New York–Condé Nast has named Nashville native Yashica Olden as its first-ever global chief diversity and inclusion officer. Condé Nast is a global media company that produces some of the world’s leading print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired and Architectural Digest (AD), Condé Nast Traveler and La Cucina Italiana, among others. In her new role, Yashica will be responsible for developing and implementing diversity and inclusion strategies across the company’s global portfolio of brands and divisions. Olden most recently served as executive director of inclusion and diversity on WPP’s global…