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…
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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…
NASHVILLE, TN — Renewal House and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have launched an alliance that will expedite treatment and expand the community’s capacity to treat moms and children most acutely affected by opioid addiction in the mid-state. Renewal House operates Nashville’s first long-term and most comprehensive residential recovery program for addicted women and their children at its campus in North Nashville. With the Vanderbilt alliance, labeled Recover Together, the 20-year-old nonprofit has opened an outpatient location adjacent to Vanderbilt Center for Women’s Health at One Hundred Oaks in Nashville. At the One Hundred Oaks site, Renewal House will deliver…
CHATTANOGA, TN — The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators’ series of town hall meetings across the state is coming to Chattanooga in July. TBCSL Vice-Chair, Representative JoAnne Favors of Chattanooga, says the lawmakers will provide an update on the legislative package passed by the Caucus earlier this year, as well as funding the Black Caucus secured in Governor Bill Haslam’s budget. Additionally, Caucus members are hoping to hear from the general public about what type of legislation they would like to see the Caucus propose next year. The Chattanooga meeting will be held July 10th, 2017 at the Bessie…
BOSTON, MA — NEA bestows upon Wendy Marcec, a retired Tennessee educator, its prestigious 2017 Reg Weaver Human and Civil Rights Award for her unbending work to alleviate the effects of poverty in Appalachian Kentucky. Since 1967, NEA has recognized and honored those who have fought — and continue to fight — for human and civil rights. This year, NEA honored the outstanding work of 12 American social justice heroes at its annual Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner on Saturday, July 1, in Boston. The theme of the awards dinner is, “Living the Legacy: After 50 Years, Still We…