Author: Tn Tribune
On July 5, writer and teacher Clint Smith tweeted a video of his father dancing with his sister at her wedding reception. The video went viral, garnering nearly 90,000 likes, more than 20,000 retweets, and coverage from major media outlets throughout the nation. You see, this father-daughter dance wasn’t only significant for Clint’s family – it also resonated deeply with the more than 118,000 people on the organ and tissue transplant waiting list, their friends and family. Just a few years ago, Clint’s father’s kidneys failed. He was on the edge of death. It was a kidney donor who saved…
Mount Zion Baptist Church and Brentwood Baptist Church to host “We’re Better Together” Back-to-School and Healthcare Outreach Event at historic Hadley Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; will give away more than 2,500 fully-stocked backpacks and hold free health screenings Nashville, Tenn. – Two of Nashville’s largest megachurches, Mount Zion Baptist Church and Brentwood Baptist Church, are joining forces to host the “We’re Better Together” Back-to-School and Healthcare Outreach Event on Saturday, August 5 at Hadley Park, inviting families from every background and community to start the school year off right with free backpacks and health screenings – and get to know and enjoy one another in…
Struggling to grow long, luscious locks? Bogged down by breakage, split ends or sudden hair loss? When it comes to hair growth, there are three cycles: regeneration, degeneration and the rest cycle. Unfortunately, at times, these cycles can be disrupted by conditions that both slow or cease growth altogether. While many are self-inflicted (too much heat, ladies) others are entirely internal. As with most health woes, several factors can contribute to stopping hair growth as well as hair loss. Here are four common medical conditions that could be the culprit. Alopecia: Described as the thinning or loss of hair, there…
Women ministers are making dramatic strides in achieving equal pay with male clergy. The gender pay gap shrunk from women clergy making 60 cents on the dollar compared to men in 1976 to 93 cents on the dollar in 2016, substantially less than the 22-cent gender disadvantage in the general population, a new study finds. That is not to say women clergy still do not face significant obstacles to equal pay, researchers noted. Married female clergy, and women ministers with children, on average earn less than single women. And study authors said there is still evidence of a stained-glass ceiling…
NASHVILLE, TN — We invite professional, amateur, and emerging artists to submit an original, JAZZ INSPIRED, small 2D or 3D art work (no larger than 10” x 10”) for exhibition in the SMALL WORKS ART EXHIBIT & AUCTION to benefit the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Entry deadline is August 23, 2017. The Small Works exhibition features original small art (up to 10” x 10”) made and donated by professional and emerging artists. It’s Small Art for a Big Cause! The Small Works Art pieces will be seen via an on-line auction until the night of theNashville Jazz Workshop’s Jazzmania party, which takes place Saturday,…
NASHVILLE, TN — William Bell represents just one of the nearly 9,000 students whose lives have been changed by this Opportunity Vanderbilt, a financial aid initiative. As a child of a military family, William Bell has a different relationship to home than most. He was born in Germany. Then his family moved to Tennessee. Then Louisiana. Georgia. Back to Tennessee, Germany and Georgia. All in all, his family did not stay in one place long. “By the time I graduate, the four years that I will have spent at Vanderbilt will be the longest I’ve lived anywhere,” said Bell. “Which…
NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Megan Barry announces the return of Open Streets Nashville on 12th Avenue South (from Kirkwood Street to 11th Avenue at McGavock Street in The Gulch.) on September 17, 2017 from 2 pm to 6 pm and will be hosted in partnership with Walk/Bike Nashville. Open Streets events –a popular, community-driven concept both nationally and internationally– temporarily close streets to motorized traffic so that citizens of all ages, incomes, and abilities can use the space to walk, bike, exercise, shop, and get to know their neighbors. 12th Avenue South was selected to host Open Streets Nashville for…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville-based financial services company Advance Financial was named a 2017 winner for Company of the Year in the 15th Annual American Business Awards. The company received the bronze award for large companies (more than 250 employees and more than $50 million in revenue) in the Financial Services category. The American Business Awards, also known as The Stevie Awards, is the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the United States are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. “It is a great honor for our company to be…
NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Megan Barry released the following statement asking the Metro Parks Board to defer, by one month, consideration of a proposal to transfer operations of the Northwest Family YMCA to the Metro Parks Department: “My goal in partnering with the YMCA is to ensure that the Bordeaux community continues to have access to a great fitness and recreation facility. When the YMCA leadership approached my administration with this proposal, I believed it was important for Metro to step up and commit to maintaining operations as the most viable option for long-term sustainability of this facility. It also…