This year marked the organization’s fifth inclusive fashion show, featuring models of different sizes, gender identities, races and abilities.
At Nashville’s Most Inclusive Runway Show, Fashion Is For Every Body
Education Officials Propose Plan To Make Up For Years Of Underfunding At TSU
Tennessee lawmakers are now one step closer to making up for past funding issues with the state’s only public historically Black college, Tennessee State University. The state may have shorted the college upwards of $500 million.
Tennessee Mayors Want Lawmakers To Invest In Flood-Proof Infrastructure
A coalition of county mayors, homeowners and emergency managers is asking Tennessee legislators to make new investments to address the state’s flooding issues. Flood Ready Tennessee wants lawmakers to put money into flood-proof infrastructure for storm disasters. The state has had 2,825 floods in the past two decades. They happen most often in February.
A Muslim-Hosted, Interfaith Donation Drive In Nashville Brings Support For Afghan Refugees
Organizers say a donation drive this weekend for newly arriving Afghani refugees was more successful than expected. Imam Ossama Bahloul of the Islamic Center of Nashville says people of diverse faith backgrounds showed up in droves to drop off personal items Saturday. The drop-off location on 12th Avenue South was busy from start to finish, he […]
Are Tennessee School Districts Over-Quarantining? We Answer Lingering Questions About COVID Protocols.
Tennessee is roughly a month into the school year, give or take a few weeks for some school districts. But already, we’re seeing a record-breaking number of COVID cases in children. They’re being hospitalized at a rate that would’ve been unimaginable just a few months ago.
Middle Tennessee Community Organizers Pivot From Violence Prevention To Vaccine Promotion, Too
Community organizers in Middle Tennessee who normally focus on preventing violence are shifting their attention, at least partially, to promoting vaccines. Uptake on COVID shots still lags among many groups who’ve historically been underserved by the health care system.
Rutherford County Schools Enact Mask Mandate Amid Record-High Case Levels
Just days after Rutherford County Schools failed to vote on an updated pandemic policy, the school board has adopted a temporary mask mandate. The policy goes into effect on Monday.
9/11 Nearly Stopped An Organ Donation From Tennessee. Now The Recipient Is In College.
As the World Trade Center towers fell 20 years ago, smaller, more personal, crises played out all over the country. At children’s hospitals in Nashville and Houston, an out-of-state organ donation was put in doubt when the entire country’s airspace was closed to traffic.
Nashville Photography Exhibit Makes The Case For Bird Conservation
Nashville photographer Graham Gerdeman wants to raise awareness of declining bird populations with his latest photography exhibit, “Our Vanishing Birds,” which opens Friday at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center.
Long-Contested Whites Creek Development Proposal Defeated
A controversial proposal to build a 170-lot subdivision in a hilly, farm-adjacent area of Whites Creek was struck down by the Metro Planning Commission on Thursday — moving some residents, who have been fighting this development for years, to tears.
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