Nashville, TN — Citizens Savings Bank & Trust has appointed Healthcare Executive and Attorney Richard Manson as Chairman of the Board following the retirement of esteemed Chairman Dr. T.B. Boyd III. The Chairman of the Board provides leadership for the effective governance of the bank and provides guidance for the accountability to shareholders, regulators and other stakeholders. Attorney Manson has an abundance of international experience, and a wealth of knowledge in understanding the markets and cultures throughout North America, Asia and Africa. “I have been a member of this board for a number years and I’m honored to have been selected to serve as…
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NASHVILLE, TN — James Neely Church, known professionally as Jimmy Church, was honored by the Pearl High School Heritage Classes Foundation, Inc. as the 2018 Living Legend. The “Living Legends” program is an initiative of the Foundation to recognize the alumni of the school who have attained outstanding success in their fields locally, nationally, and internationally, and their contributions to the community. More than two hundred friends, relatives, and business associates of Jimmy gathered in the Crown Room at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel on Friday, February 9th. Musical entertainment during the reception was Provided by Thomas Cain. Jimmy was…
NASHVILLE, TN — Braxton Simpson says she came to Tennessee State University because she saw an opportunity to grow and to “push my limits.” She has not been disappointed. “After a full semester, I can proudly say that TSU has exceeded my expectations,” says the freshman agricultural sciences major. Simpson comes to TSU as part of a millennial generation of high achieving students that the university continues to strategically recruit in its effort to improve retention and graduation rates. In 2016, President Glenda Glover announced sweeping changes that raised admission standards to attract the best and brightest. Minimum requirement for…
NASHVILLE, TN — After months of dealing with unresolved maintenance issues ranging from backed up drains and appliances not working to significant mold and broken A/C units, Latina tenants at Union on Thompson apartments came together to write a letter to their management company, Elmington Properties. In addition to maintenance issues, we had not been given access to our leases in Spanish, meaning that many of us were obligated to sign contracts that we could not read In July of 2017, we held a meeting with Elmington Management outlining our concerns and requesting maintenance improvements, better security and access to…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The city council approved a referendum on Mayor Megan Barry’s $9 billion transit plan. They also voted to create a special committee to look into the Mayor’s affair with her former bodyguard to make sure there was no misuse of city funds. It passed 30-7-0. And that wasn’t even the good news. The council also passed an ordinance that will keep Nashville General Hospital open until June of 2019 and another one that will pay Meharry Medical College $4.4 million the city owes and give Nashville General Hospital $13.2 million to keep it operating…
NASHVILLE, TN — In celebration of February as Black History Month, American Baptist College, in partnership with Regions Bank and the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School, will host an event on Friday, February 23, 2018, beginning at 4 p.m. Keynote speaker will be The Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, PhD, senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. Ebenezer was the spiritual home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Warnock will speak on the event theme, Where Do We Go from Here: Community? Or Chaos? The theme re-examines the question of how much progress has been made…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nissan North America recently partnered with six chapters of 100 Black Men of America to host their fifth annual resume challenge and summit. Held in Nashville Feb. 8 and 9, over 50 high school juniors and seniors from six cities networked with Nissan leadership and participated in workshops to help them prepare for future success. Students came from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Jackson, TN, Nashville and Washington D.C. The students taking part in the summit first participated in a resume and interview challenge with representatives from their local chapter of 100 Black Men of America. Those students with strong resume and…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Last September Nancy Pelosi was shouted down at a news conference in San Francisco for urging a vote on the Dream Act. Immigrant activists wanted a bill to protect Dreamers and their parents. In any case, Trump’s border wall was too high a price to pay. What seemed possible just a few months ago seems like Camelot now. Four Senate immigration bills failed in Washington last week and the fate of the Dreamers is still up in the air. ”At this moments things are very dire and that’s why I think it’s so important…
(CNN)Evangelist Billy Graham — a confidant to presidents, a guiding light to generations of American evangelicals and a globe-trotting preacher who converted millions to Christianity — died Wednesday at the age of 99, his spokesman confirmed to CNN. Graham passed away at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, spokesman Jeremy Blume said. The skinny preacher with the booming voice evangelized to nearly 215 million people over six decades and prayed with US presidents from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. Several presidents, including Lyndon B. Johnson, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, relied closely on his spiritual counsel. Graham was tall and handsome, with…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — DeeAnne Miree loves to come to work in the morning. She is principal of the Cambridge Early Learning Center in Antioch. It was built with a $33 million Department of Education grant and is one of two preschools in the country using Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) practices to study implicit bias in early childhood education. The other preschool is in New Jersey. The SEL model is a pyramid. The base is a trained workforce that uses best practices to nurture relationships with all students. The next level is creating high quality supportive environments.…