NASHVILLE, TN — Bellshire Elementary School, led by Executive Principal Dr. Donald Black, kicked off its first Well Dressed Wednesday program, March 6. The program is designed to model, instruct and encourage young men to dress appropriately for various occasions and allowed students the opportunity to interact with local elected officials such as Assessor of Property Vivian Wilhoite and Juvenile Court Clerk Lonnell Matthews, Jr. School partners, community leaders and other MNPS district employees joined for a lecture-style presentation communicating that first impressions are important and attire matters. The program demonstrates that a person’s attire has the potential to positively…
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NASHVILLE, TN — The Meharry Chapter of the Association of Dental Students, in partnership with Remote Area Medical, provided free cleanings, extractions and fillings to help improve oral health across Middle Tennessee on March 9th. Members of the Nashville community were able to receive cleanings, extractions, oral hygiene and nutritional counseling and fillings. The event is organized annually by the Meharry Chapter of the Association of Dental Students (ASDA) in partnership with Remote Area Medical (RAM), a nonprofit provider of mobile medical clinics that delivers free dental, vision and medical care to those in need. “Many of our most vulnerable…
NASHVILLE, TN — Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center (MWCHC), Nashville’s oldest non-profit health center, has announced further details surrounding their Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr. Legacy Breakfast. The event will take place April 4 from 7:30 am to 9:30 am at The Cal Turner Family Center at Meharry Medical College (1011 21st Ave N). Admission is free, and donations are appreciated, with all proceeds benefiting MWCHC. Dr. Walker was one of the first African Americans voted into the Nashville Academy of Medicine and was on the Board of Hospital Commissioners of Nashville General Hospital. He founded Meharry Neighborhood Health Center in…
NASHVILLE, TN — Recently, Nashville’s all-female, singer-songwriter collective, Song Suffragettes, celebrated their milestone fifth anniversary with two rounds featuring 11 women singer-songwriters and a special presentation to Grammy, CMA and ACM award winning songwriter and publishing icon, Liz Rose. Rose accepted the inaugural “Yellow Rose of Inspiration Award” for her contributions to the songwriting community including writing and publishing many of the songs that have inspired the over 200 women who have performed on the Song Suffragettes stage through the years. Eleven of those women were featured recently in front of a sold-out crowd at The Listening Room, including Kalie…
NASHVILLE, TN March 5, 2019 — Leaders from Nashville’s health care, business, political and religious communities—The Indigent Care Stakeholder Work Team—unveiled their vision for a new, collaborative safety net system of health care for Nashville’s most vulnerable citizens. The report culminates a 14-month-long process during which key stakeholders in indigent care reimagined how the city of Nashville cares for its uninsured and underinsured residents and places the needs of patients at center. “This is a historic day for the city of Nashville, especially for the most vulnerable among us,” said Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, president and CEO of Meharry Medical…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — City Hall dodged a bullet in January when Chancellor Ellen Hobbes Lyle ruled against the flea market vendors and dismissed their lawsuit against Metro. Her decision did not settle matters at the Fairgrounds, however, because the vendors are preparing an appeal. Last week, the vendors asked Lyle to reopen the lawsuit. At an expedited hearing scheduled for March 21, Attorney Jim Roberts will argue that Chancellor Lyle rushed to judgment before the facts in the case had been established. In dismissing the case Lyle said that “as a matter of law”, Metro officials, including…
NASHVILLE, TN — An established and respected legislative liaison leaves state department to launch a consulting firm. Leah Dupree recently launched Dupree Consulting Group, a values-based consulting firm specializing in government relations, political consulting, and legal issues. Leah, a licensed attorney, has nearly a decade of experience working in the Tennessee General Assembly. “DCG offers a range of services across a broad spectrum of industry services, but each client receives the DCG treatment – a personalized, hands-on approach with an emphasis on honesty, integrity, and trust,” said founder Leah Dupree. Before founding Dupree Consulting Group, Leah served as Director of…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will celebrate 100 Years of African-American Activism Sunday, March 31st thru Saturday, April 6th. As a preamble to the activities, we will host a Wine Taste & Social Mixer Fundraiser on Friday, March 15th at the historic Nashville Branch Office on Jefferson St. Beginning March 31st, the weeklong celebration will include programming to engage different areas, subjects, and aspects of the Nashville Community: the inaugural Underground Trailblazer Gospel Tribute Celebration, the “How Far Have We Come?” Health and Education Forum, Community Voter’s Rally, “The…
NASHVILLE, TN — Last week Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was joined by members of the General Assembly, advocates for domestic violence victims and other stakeholders to announce the introduction of the Tennessee Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program. Tennessee now joins the more than 35 other states offering similar domestic violence safety programs. Safe at Home launches March 1 and aims to protect Tennessee victims of domestic violence, rape, human trafficking, stalking and other related crimes from their abusers by keeping their address concealed from public records. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), 18 of the…
KNOXVILLE, TN — Kerry Witcher, a longtime University of Tennessee administrator, has been selected as UT’s permanent vice president of development and alumni affairs and the president/CEO of the University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc. (UTFI). He has been serving in an interim role since January 2018. Witcher was one of four candidates vying for the position, which requires approval by the UT Board of Trustees. The search committee was chaired by Tim Cross, chancellor for the UT Institute of Agriculture. “I appreciate the tremendously hard work the search committee put forth in making this recommendation,” UT Interim President Randy Boyd…