By Vivian Underwood Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — There were many reactions and gatherings in response to the gathering of the white supremacy and KKK groups who held a rally in Knoxville Tennessee on Saturday, August 26th. None was as large, or as peaceful and powerful as the citizens of Knoxville who gathered in Krutch Park in the downtown area of Knoxville Tennessee at an event called the KNOXVILLE KINDNESS RALLY. The site was chosen as a safe and supportive place to speak out against hate and violence. There were hundreds of people, all ages, from babies in strollers, to the…
Author: Vivian Underwood Shipe
By Vivian Underwood Shipe In sickness and in health are the words couples promise each other in their wedding vows. The words..”Sarcoidosis Uveitis” have not stopped Micheal Shadden, Knoxville developer and entrepreneur, and his children and grandchildren, from walking in those vows as his wife fights to keep her eyesight. An eye disease with a monthly cost of over 4500.00 is what the family is facing as their insurance has declined to pay for these eye injections which, without them she will go blind The family is fighting for Kendra by holding fund raisers in the community and have created…