By Lynette Monroe, Program Assistant, NNPA/ ESSA Media Campaign Dorothy Leavell, the newly-elected chairwoman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), said that she wants the NNPA to be the principal source of information for the Black community concerning the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The NNPA is a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned media companies in the United States that collectively reach more than 20 million readers in print and online every week. President Barack Obama signed ESSA into law in 2015. ESSA, which reauthorizes the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Ben R. Rechter, a prominent Nashville businessman and philanthropist will be honored on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the Hilton Nashville Downtown. This is a Celebration honoring Ben R. Rechter as Nashvillian of the Year by Easter Seals Tennessee. Ben R. Rechter, a prominent Nashville businessman and philanthropist is President of Rogers Group Investments, Inc. Born in Bloomington Indiana, Mr. Rechter moved around quite often until he settled in Music City in 1972 from East Tennessee. Since establishing himself here, his involvement and contributions to the benefit and progress of Nashville and its citizens have been extraordinary.…
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after the New York Times reported that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer connected to the Kremlin after being promised damaging information about his father’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, during his father’s 2016 presidential campaign: “I was not in the least bit surprised by yet another bombshell report from the New York Times, which in the absence of real bipartisan Congressional oversight, continues to serve as one of the last remaining checks on an Administration whose corruption and incompetence knows no end.…
Funeral arrangements for Martha Rivera Chavis, the devoted wife of civil rights leader and National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., have been announced. The Memorial Celebration of Life for Mrs. Martha Rivera Chavis will be held at Martin’s Home for Service Inc. Chapel, 48 Elm Street, Montclair, N.J. 07042 on July 11, 2017 at 6 p.m. Martha Rivera Chavis died in her home in Montclair, N.J. at 3 a.m. on Thursday, July 6. She was 53. In a statement released on Thursday, Dr. Chavis said: “As First Lady of the NNPA and as the…
Murfreesboro, Tennessee: This Wednesday, Murfreesboro-based L & L Contractors will step into the national spotlight on the HGTV show, Listed Sisters. Identical twins Lex LeBlanc and Alana Barnett (a.k.a. Listed Sisters) take on Nashville renovations with flair; and this season, the Nashville duo is bringing in L & L Contractors thanks to their previous project work together and what LeBlanc felt was a great fit for the show’s national audience. HGTV producers approached Rob Baughman, Project Manager for L & L Contractors, late last year to coordinate the renovation of two historic Nashville homes for the show’s second season which…
Martha Rivera Chavis, 53, the devoted wife of civil rights leader, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., died at home in Montclair, NJ at 3:00 AM this morning. As First Lady of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and as the former First Lady of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1993-1994, Martha R. Chavis was a loving mother and strong advocate for freedom, justice and equality in the United States, Africa and in the Dominican Republic. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the family. Messages of condolence should be sent to the NNPA national office…
According to the American Lung Association, the lung of an asthma patient loses springiness over time. Therefore, their lungs aren’t capable of returning to its original wide position, which causes air to get trapped in the lungs. As that stale air builds up, there’s less room for fresh oxygen to enter the lung. Thus, oxygen levels get lower and lower and lead to the wheezing and puffing associated with asthma. To make up for the lessened functionality of the lungs through asthma, the body uses other muscles for breathing – such as your neck, back and chest. This, however, doesn’t…
By Carol Kuruvilla Religion Reporter, Huffington Post Spiritual leaders from a wide spectrum of religious traditions staged a day-long prayer vigil in front of the U.S. Capitol last week to protest the GOP’s beleaguered health care bill. Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other interfaith activists gave speeches and participated in prayer and worship throughout the night. Together, they decried what they believe are inherently immoral cuts to Medicaid included in Republicans’ Better Care Reconciliation Act. “This attempt to roll back health care is immoral and this bill is an attempt to mainstream inhumanity,” Rev. J. William Barber II, a prominent…
MEMPHIS, TN — The University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced today that Jordan Ross, graduate student in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the College of Medicine, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health Fellowship. Ross will investigate the underlying mechanisms of sensory processing and plasticity, or changes, as they relate to fear learning in the olfactory bulb which is the first site of odor processing in the brain. Associative fear learning, a fundamental cause of disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), involves the pairing of a stimulus with a negative outcome. This combination causes…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Education Equal Opportunity Group (EEOG) launches their Third Annual Summer Enrichment and Technology Program. From July 10 to July 21, high school students will have the opportunity to learn about coding, video game design, financial literacy, conversational Spanish and character development. The program will be held at the American Baptist College Susie McClure Library located at 1800 Baptist World Center Drive in Nashville from Monday, July 10 – Friday July 21 at 8 am to 12:30 pm. The cost is $100 registration fee – used for a certificate of deposit for a 5-year term and the…