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Elmahaba Center

What’s going on at Metro Arts?

Mary Mancini

May 29, 2024

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The controversy surrounding the Metro Arts Commission has been going on for close to three years now, and there seems to be no end in sight.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Daniel Singh, Elmahaba Center, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville Shakespeare Festival

For Nashvillians who don’t speak English or Spanish, severe weather alerts come with a language barrier

Alexis Marshall

December 11, 2023

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During severe weather, like the tornadoes that tore through Middle Tennessee on Dec. 9, everybody needs timely information about where the storm is and when to take shelter. But in Nashville, where dozens of languages are spoken, access to that information isn’t guaranteed.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Elmahaba Center, metro office of emergency management, Nashville Noticias, National Weather Service, sever weather, tornado

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

How Nashville’s wild housing market is causing a ‘second displacement’ for some immigrants

Alexis Marshall

May 3, 2022

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As Nashville wrestles with a lack of affordable housing, many families have found themselves moving outside of the city for options. This affordability crisis also affects immigrants, pushing them farther away from the services and community they rely on.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: American Muslim Advisory Council, Elmahaba Center, Housing, immigrants, Neighborhood Health, Sumner County

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