Dear Police Chief Anderson, We are writing on behalf of Scarritt Bennett Center (SBC) regarding the Metro Nashville Police Department response to a recent incident involving SBC board member Rev. Keith Caldwell. SBC board members and staff were dismayed to hear that, over the weekend, a bullseye target was placed in Rev. Caldwell’s yard. We can only imagine the fear that our colleague, an African American male and president of the local NAACP branch, must have felt. We are grateful that he did not experience any physical harm, but we are mindful that the emotional trauma from such an act…
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The media mogul is looking to raise awareness of the dangers of the coronavirus to the African American community, which has been disproportionately affected Oprah Winfrey is speaking out on the impact of the coronavirus on the black community. Oprah Winfrey is sounding the alarm about the seriousness of the coronavirus and its disproportionate effect on the African American community. The television mogul explores the impact of the illness on the black community in the latest installment of her “Oprah Talks COVID-19” series, which is available for free on Apple TV+ starting Tuesday. She spoke with Hoda Kotb about the…
Dr. John W. Work IV, son of John W. Work III and Edith Carr McFall passed away from Parkinson’s on May 11, 2020 peacefully at home in Riverdale, New York in the loving arms of his wife, Lynn Navarra. Shortly after his birth in Charleston, South Carolina in 1932, his family quickly relocated back to their beloved Nashville, Tennessee. The Work family was prominent in the music world where John’s great grandfather directed the first Fisk Jubilee Singers that toured the United States and Europe. John’s father was the head of the music department at Fisk University. Growing up in…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers to watch out for scammers who pretend to offer financial relief from the coronavirus pandemic. “Scammers follow the headlines and what’s in the headlines right now is COVID-19.“ said Monica Vaca, FTC Associate Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection. Vaca said scammers are pitching coronavirus cures without any proof that they work. “Of course, this is illegal,” she said. “We’re seeing everything from miracle cures, screen offers and home test kits to scams that target people on Medicare,” she said. Vaca said fraudsters are following the money and…
Members of the Suruwaha tribe in Amazonas, Brazil. In an open letter to the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, figures including Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, David Hockney and Paul McCartney warned the pandemic meant indigenous communities in the Amazon faced “an extreme threat to their very survival”. Photograph by Sebastião Salgado. NASHVILLE, TN –A hunger specialist with Bread For the World (BFW) says 94 million people are not getting enough to eat because of the coronavirus pandemic and the number is increasing quickly. “The world has never seen the hunger crisis that is coming–265 million will face starvation in 2020,”…
Los Angeles, CA – The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation announced today the newest grant recipients of Oprah Winfrey’s $12 million COVID-19 Relief Fund. Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation The $12 million in grants support organizations in Oprah’s “home cities” of Nashville, Chicago, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Kosciusko, Mississippi that are helping underserved communities currently experiencing a disproportionate impact from the pandemic. Winfrey previously announced she was giving $10 million to help those affected by the pandemic and has committed an additional $2 million in support, bringing the total figure to date to $12 million. “I’m proud to be able to support the…
Online-Only Applications to be Accepted on a First-Come, First-Served Basis Beginning at Noon May 19, 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) will be accepting online-only applications for an elderly Project-Based Voucher (PBV) property on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at noon Tuesday, May 19. In order to qualify for elderly housing, the head of household or spouse must be at least 62 years old. Studio and one-bedroom apartments are now available at Trevecca Towers, two newly renovated elderly and disabled properties on Lester Avenue in Nashville. In order to qualify, applicants must be 62 or…
NASHVILLE, TN — As the novel Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the health of Americans, one of its toxic side – effects is also threatening the financial health of homeowners all over the country. At one of his daily press briefings, President Donald Trump proposed that a 90-day forbearance should be made available to those homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure because of an inability to make their monthly mortgage payments. While the president’s pronouncement initially offered hope to millions of struggling homeowners, that hope was quickly dimmed when borrowers were confronted with the possibility that they would be on…
MEMPHIS, TN — The University of Memphis is once again named the safest large campus in the State of Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s 2019 Crime on Campus Report. This marks the sixth time in eight years the UofM has been ranked the safest of the state’s 10 universities with a student population of more than 5,000. Over the last eight years, the UofM consistently has among the lowest reported crime rate among large public and private universities in Tennessee. Crime increased 3.6% across all Tennessee colleges and universities in 2019. Incidents at UofM campuses decreased 1.8% from 12.2…
By Marta W. Aldrich NASHVILLE, TN — A Nashville judge on Thursday blocked Tennessee from rolling out its school voucher program while appealing her ruling that overturned the state’s 2019 education savings account law. Davidson County Chancellor Anne C. Martin also scolded the state education department for “mixed messaging” for not alerting interested parents about the legal status of the program. Martin said the state could continue accepting applications through Thursday’s deadline from eligible families in Memphis and Nashville who want to use public funding to send their children to private schools. But she ordered the department to post a…