There is much to do and many activities for center-city residents who live in the pockets of like-minded disconnected East Tennesseans in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Maryville, and the Johnson City, Morristown areas. All are within an hours drive…
TENNESSEE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TN State Rep. Gloria Johnson Constituent Update The Tennessee Legislature will vote on these Bills the week of March 7, 2022 Take action to be heard by representatives! An action can be in…
Knoxville Area Urban League to hire 20 community health navigators with national funding to bolster vaccination rates KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – (February 23, 2022) – The Knoxville Area Urban League will be able to hire 20 community health navigators after…
By Josh Flory KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 2022) – Beauford Delaney grew up in Knoxville and went on to achieve international acclaim as one of the great modernist painters of the 20th Century. In many ways, his achievements were…
A Knox County educator was in the spotlight after earning a national award, a $50,000 prize and an appearance on a daytime talk show! SAN DIEGO—Feb. 15, 2022— In recognition of inspirational teachers nationwide, Melody Hawkins has been…
Ruth Holloway, Maryville Huddle Women’s March Coalition of East TN ETEnlightener/politics/local/state Actions for Week of February 13, 2022 Oppose TN Gun Bill – HB1735 Seeks to lower the age requirement to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun carry…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2022) – The Knoxville Animal Welfare Alliance (KAWA) and ChainFree Knoxville have teamed up to advocate for changes to the City of Knoxville animal welfare codes in order to ban the unsupervised tethering of…
University of Tennessee-Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman recently announced the addition of the Department of Africana Studies. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new strategic vision that included the creation of the Department of…
Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) is partnering with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to double the amount of funding available to local nonprofit organizations through TVA’s Community Care Fund. TVA’s Community Care Fund has $200,000 available for Knoxville-area…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 10, 2022) – The American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) in partnership with Voter Education Fund will offer Advocacy Training on the importance of civic participation in the Muslim community. The session will be this…
This Tennessee History for Kids lesson is the second virtual in-service in the last three weeks to focus on African-American history. A virtual presentation, Thursday, Feb. 10, 4:45 to 6:45 Eastern Time. All virtual events are FREE. Attending…
A breakdown of hidden politics. Many of Stan Lee’s heroes created for Marvel Comic books, were real with connections to Civil Rights, African history and activists. Stan Lee of Marvel Comics often used his characters and stories…