By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director Part III of a III Part Series VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE — -It is easy to see why Victoria Falls is one of the seven wonders of the world. It is breathtaking and incredibly beautiful. Having the Falls included in the two-week tour was one of the reasons for selecting this trip from Gate1 Travel Agency. We spent our last two nights of the tour in the luxurious Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, about 20 minutes away. We spent one night watching the sun set while cruising on the Zambezi River. The weather was ideal.…
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By Sandra Long Weaver NASHVILLE, TN — An historical marker honoring Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr. for keeping people healthy was unveiled on May 10 on the Jefferson Street side of the community center he founded more than 50 years ago Metro Councilman Freddie O’Connell, who represents the 19th district, worked with the Historical Commission for over a year for the funding to have marker placed at the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center at 14th Avenue and Jefferson Street. “This will honor in perpetuity the legacy of Dr. Walker,” O’Connell told the gathering of family and friends of Dr. Walker and…
By Sandra Long Weaver ROBBEN ISLAND, SOUTH AFRICA —Touring the infamous Robben Island prison on Feb. 11, the 29th anniversary of Nelson Mandela walking the long road to freedom after his 27-year imprisonment was chilling. We didn’t plan to be there on that day but it certainly made our two-week trip very special. My husband and I were hoping there would be a special celebration during our tour on the island but the celebrations took place at Victor Verster Prison where Mandela spent the last few years before he was finally freed. He spent 18 years at Robben Island, followed…
By Sandra Long Weaver NASHVILLE, TN — Becoming a scientist was always something that she wanted to do, astronaut, entrepreneur and physician Mae Jemison said April 30 during Vanderbilt University’s Chancellor’s lecture series on charting the future of STEM education. “I was always fascinated by the stars,” said Jemison, the first African American woman to fly in space. “I was excited about the world around us. I wanted to be involved in a lot of things.” Jemison, who was an astronaut on the Endeavor in 1992, and Rush Holt, a former New Jersey congressman and physicist and CEO of the…
By Sandra Long Weaver NASHVILLE, TN — Matthew Walker Sr., M.D. and Millie E. Hale and John Henry Hale, M.D. were among seven people inducted on Oct. 16 into the 2018 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame at Belmont University. The event, now in its fifth year, was created by The McWhorter Society and Belmont University with support from the Nashville Health Care Council. All three were inducted posthumously with the awards accepted by their descendants. And all three saw the need for medical services to be made available to African Americans. Dr. John Henry Hale graduated from Meharry Medical…
By Sandra Long Weaver NASHVILLE, TN — NAACP President Derrick Johnson on June 29 wasn’t expecting to address a “red army” of women ready to take action on social justice issues at the 46th annual Southern Regional Conference of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. in Nashville. But when he looked out at the audience of over 4,500 women dressed in red, some with berets, as well at the sorority’s Social Action Luncheon, he said it was “time to stop talking and do social action; do social justice.” He pointed out that the Supreme Court had just handed down a decision…
Recently engaged to be married? This week author Neysa Taylor discusses her new book “Congrats on Your Engagement: Letters to Tiffany” on Take 10 with The Tennessee Tribune. Taylor talks with Editorial Director Sandra Long Weaver about what she learned after getting married and working through the trials and enjoying the good times of being married.
By Sandra Long Weaver NASHVILLE, TN — The message went out over the weekend. #BlackWomenforTN showed up in emails, texts, on Facebook and Twitter. Phone calls were made. Black women in Middle Tennessee dressed in black needed to gather on the steps behind the Capitol facing Bicentennial Park for a Unity photo on June 6. And over 300 women answered the call from Charlane Oliver, one of the founders of Equity Alliance. They were Generation X-ers, Generation Z-ers, Millenials and Baby Boomers. They dressed in business or evening attire and sometimes athletic gear. Some were using walkers or canes and…
Editorial Director Sandra Long Weaver sits down with Reverend Dr. Emilie Townes of the Vanderbilt Divinity School.
On this episode of Take Ten we interview Aurdie Amoo Asante the Manager of the Center of Women’s Health Research, located at Meharry University. You can learn more by visiting: https://www.mmc.edu/research/centers/research-centers/womens-center/index.html