Special to The Tennessee Tribune by the Nashville Voice NASHVILLE, TN — A city known for its world-famous honky-tonks, southern hospitality, rich tradition of historically black colleges and an inclusive progressive enclave in a red state—will now also be remembered as one MNPS School Board member wrote, “that racist city that forced the first ever Black Director of Metro Schools out of office.” It’s impossible to isolate the despicable acts of certain members of the MNPS school board from Nashville’s greater collective character. Last Friday, Joseph was barred from entering a school board retreat as members of the board…
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By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor David Briley announced a $750 million affordable housing initiative Tuesday, the largest such investment in the city’s history. Dozens of housing advocates, city officials, and dignitaries surrounded the mayor as he spoke in the sunny courtyard of the newly constructed Kirkpatrick Park MDHA townhouses in East Nashville. “Today we are making a $750 million-dollar commitment including $500 million of public money that will that will create more than 10,000 units of affordable housing here in the next ten years,” Briley said to loud applause. Actually, the Mayor’s numbers are off by quite a…
NASHVILLE, TN — Local fintech company Advance Financial recently ranked eighth on Indeed’s annual nationwide list of top-rated workplaces for compensation and benefits, ranking ahead of national powerhouses Apple, GEICO, Comcast, AT&T, Boeing, Starbucks and ALDI. Indeed, the world’s number one jobs site, compiled its list by analyzing more than 100 million employer reviews and ranking the companies based on their average rating and number of reviews within the last two years. This is the first year Advance Financial has been named to the list. “What an unbelievable honor to be ranked among some of the most successful companies in…
Dear Dr. Gentry; With minimal regret, I am resigning from the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education, effective April 12, 2019. This year’s mind-numbingly irrational conversations about the Director’s contract, evaluation, and the FY2019-20 budget have led me to conclude that the board, in its current configuration, is impossibly inept. From racially motivated attacks to the insistence on shifting the political onus for employee compensation to the Mayor and Metro Council — at a time when municipal revenue projections cannot remotely fund the size of the contemplated request — the board clearly is chronically ill in ways that will not…
NASHVILLE, TN — What a difference 25 years can make. A quarter-century ago, a small group of women along with two enlightened men founded The Women’s Fund initiative within The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to level the charitable playing field and to ensure there would always be money to support women and girls in Middle Tennessee who were in need. After all, we don’t love our sons more than our daughters. But at that time, the community did support the Boy Scouts at a whole different level than the Girl Scouts. And it supported the YMCA to a different…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — On Tuesday at noon members of the Minority Caucus of the City Council met outside their offices at City Hall to express their outrage at the latest hostilities directed towards Director of Schools Dr. Shawn Joseph. “I wish we were bringing you better tidings today but it seems that in Nashville we still do not want to address the achievement gaps in our schools,” said District 5 Councilman Scott Davis. Davis said the school board had put stumbling blocks in front of Joseph who is dedicated to improving the lives of Nashville schoolchildren…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Hendersonville Area (TN) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated will host the 8th annual Chew and Move festival, Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Hadley Park Community Center, located at 1037 28th Avenue North. Chew and Move is a free, high energy event complete with educational opportunities, health screenings, and a variety of children’s activities. Youth ages 9-12 are encouraged to participate in the free half-day festival which will feature nutrition and fun activities, along with free dental screenings courtesy of the Colgate Mobile Dental Van. Participants will have an opportunity to win…
NASHVILLE, TN — Franchata Goodrich-Bush was just elected as one of the newest members of Metro Nashville’s School Board – and she certainly brought along some baggage. Outside of her new school board role, Fran owns a children’s learning center, where she recently called a father a “pathetic parent” & shamed him for a late payment, then threatened to sue him, and even call the police. We found it odd that she would act in such a manner, considering she has been sued for over $50,000 in late or unpaid debts in recent years. She even stood up and walked…
NASHVILLE, TN — The South Central Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity holds its 74th South Central Province Council in Nashville. The fraternity’s region consists of chapters in Tennessee, Kentucky and Northern Mississippi. Over 500 people will be in attendance as the conference theme is: “Renewing Our Commitment To Brotherhood, Together We Shall Achieve”A public meeting will be held on Friday, March 29, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. Attending the Province Council will be Thomas L. Battles Jr., Grand Polemarch (International President) of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. His administration has focused on strengthening organizational…
NEW YORK, NY — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) 2019 national Educating America Tour will visit Nashville on Tuesday, April 23 with a free Alzheimer’s and caregiver educational conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame (225 5th Avenue S., Nashville) from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The conference, which is free and open to everyone, is designed to connect people with information about Alzheimer’s disease, brain health, and dementia caregiving. Participants have the opportunity to interact with Alzheimer’s experts, ask questions, network, and obtain a free memory screening. “More than 120,000 Tennesseans are living with Alzheimer’s disease; many…