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API Middle Tennessee

Curious Nashville follow-up: No progress on adding more languages for Tennessee’s drivers tests, but pressure is growing

Alexis Marshall

December 30, 2022

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In addition to Arabic, a coalition is also asking the state to add Somali, Mandarin, Cantonese and Amharic options to their drivers tests.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: American Muslim Advisory Council, API Middle Tennessee, Curious Nashville, Elmahaba Center, English Language Learners, Ethiopian Community Association of Nashville, Never Again TN, Somali Community Center of Middle Tennessee

Local book drive will deliver hundreds of Asian-themed novels to Nashville schools

Damon Mitchell

May 31, 2022

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The book drive is part of a growing push to make Tennessee more inclusive of Asian Americans.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: AAPI, API Middle Tennessee, Asian, Asian American, Greater Nashville Chinese Association, Metro Schools, Nashville Chinese School, Pacific Islanders, Williamson County Schools

Out of shared pain, joy and loneliness, Asian Americans in Nashville are determined to come together

Juliana Kim

February 7, 2022

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The pandemic has shown Nashville’s small Asian population that it is stronger together, banding groups like the Greater Nashville Chinese Association, India Association of Nashville, API Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals together.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: AAPI, API Middle Tennessee, Asian, Asian American, Greater Nashville Chinese Association, India Association of Nashville, National Association of Asian American Professionals, Pacific Islanders, Sticky Rice Collective

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