By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — The Next Door Recovery is a self-described “Safe Treatment Facility forWomen,” dedicated to helping women struggling with addition and empowering them for lifetime recovery. The Next Door Recovery celebrates its 20th anniversary and is continuing its mission of providing expert care for substance abuse and other disorders in a faith-based setting. The organization offers a variety of programs and services designed to meet each woman’s unique set of needs. “A prayer group of women from National First Baptist were trying to figure out what to do with this vacant space in downtown,” said Molly…
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By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Millicent Y. Black discussed the re-release of her book “Empowering Women Who Suffer from Domestic Abuse” with the powerful tagline “From Victim to Voice.” The book, according to Amazon, “Seeks to affirm those who suffer in silence from domestic abuse/terrorism and can serve as a model to train church and community leaders to become vehicles of empowerment, recovery, and restoration for victims/survivors of domestic abuse.” “The purpose is two-fold, to validate the plight of battered women from a Christian perspective. The second reason is to provide the church with a manual for starting…
NASHVILLE, TN — I recently had the pleasure of getting to know author, podcaster, and divorce coach specialist Kate Anthony about the release of her book “The D Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage.” If the antedote for sadness in the world is a sense of belonging, that other people are going through the same things we are (no matter how unique they feel in the moment), Kate Anthony is fully tapped into comforting lonely, isolated feeling women who are in need of help when it comes to all things divorce related. With a tab on her website…
By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Thursday, April 4, 2024 was the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The day serves as a solemn reminder of his achievements, what could have been, and the continuing racial injustices that plague us today. On that fateful day, King had planned for a “Poor People’s March” to Washington. However, King decided last minute to visit Memphis, Tennessee to support a city sanitation workers strike. In an eerie coincidence, the night before his death, King recalled in a speech in the Mason Temple Church in Memphis, “I may…
By Charlotte Fontaine This Women’s History Month, we will reflect on the impressive career and life of Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown, who is the epitome of turning “no’s” into “yes’s.” Brown was born January 7, 1914 in Philadelphia, PA. She was raised in an orphanage until the age of 12 after being put there by her mother at 5 months old, who reclaimed her when she turned 13. However, given the volatile nature of their relationship, Brown preffered being at the orphanage and frequently ran away from her mother. Determined to make a life of her own separate from what…
By V.S. Santoni Leah Zuercher, a force hailing from the heartland of Celina, has defied conventions and forged her path in the welding industry, challenging stereotypes and breaking barriers along the way. Zuercher’s journey into welding commenced in 8th grade when she meticulously explored post-secondary options, ultimately electing welding as her career path. Throughout her junior and senior years, she showcased her talents in Metal Sculpture competitions through Skills USA, clinching impressive 8th and 5th place finishes statewide. Post-graduation, after a brief stint in youth ministry, Zuercher wasted no time in enrolling at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. Accustomed…
By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Cornelia Fort Airpark is a fairly popular spot for picnics, walks, biking, and relaxing on a pretty spring or summer day. Located towards East Nashville, the sprawling former runways work nicely as exercise paths creating a friendly environment where one is bound to circle around the same few faces on their rounds. With it being Women’s History Month, today we’ll look deeper into the park’s namesake, pilot Cornelia Fort. Cornelia Clark Fort was born February 5, 1919 to a distinguished family in Nashville, Tennessee with a deep familial history in Robertson County. She was…
By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Being a woman is simultaneously difficult and easy as smooth, hot honey running down a sore throat. Beyond the production of physical and mental upkeep, balancing a job, familial and romantic relationships, and keeping an eye on the oil in our cars, being a woman can be beautiful, fulfilling, and downright entertaining depending on the day and season of life. March is Women’s History Month, so I wanted to speak to women of different ages, races, and experiences who wanted to share their stories of feminine beauty and rage. Voice-over actress Marlie Rodriguez, 28,…
By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — A couple hundred people gathered in a sea of red drapes, lively jazz music, and a menu of land and sea foods at City Winery last Friday night to enjoy a Valentine’s Day themed installment of “Soul Food Poetry Cafe, Love Letters Vol 2.” Their first event took place back on February 2nd of 2007 on historical Jefferson Street. The showcase’s bio fittingly states that they are “Nashville’s longest-running Live Music and Spoken Word Event founded by Imani Rhema.” The evening was filled with energetic live music that was covered in a layer of…
By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Thundermoon Collective is more than an eclectic shop nestled in between Van Gogh’s Wine Bar and Five Points Alley Shops in East Nashville. For owner Nina Brito, the store is a lifestyle and extension of who she is. Featuring home goods, one-of-a-kind jewelry, vintage glassware, a men and women’s clothing section, foreign cookware and books, handmade vases and so many more trinkets, walking around Thundermoon is like tearing off pieces of cotton candy that swirl between beautiful pinks and blues, and one doesn’t want to reach the bottom of the tub. “I decided to…