This Month’s Featured Artist – John Jackson John is a transplant from Chicago, IL. He came to Knoxville, Tenn. in 1986, to attend Knoxville College, HBCU where he earned a Bachelor’s in Applied Science and studied Music Ed….
Pastor Chris Battle resigned from a ‘brick and mortar church’ to minister from new venues, Battlefield Farm and Gardens; and from the Underground Collective, church reimagined. KNOXVILLE, TN (April 28, 2021) – Pastor Chris Battle…
Kickstand Community Bike Shop grand opening a second location at Macedonia United Methodist Church, 4630 Holston Drive in East Knoxville, on Saturday, May 15, 2021, from 11am to 3pm. The event is free and open to the public….
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 2021 Farmers Markets are open! Nourish Knoxville continues the Double Up Food Bucks in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Health and Amerigroup. For a complete list of markets and farm stores that participate in…
The Walton Foundation’s results from a nationwide poll of K-12 students amid the upheaval caused by COVID-19. Parents want updates to an outdated system and bureaucrats. NATIONWIDE (May 5, 2021) – Before COVID-19, much of the country believed…
Educate/Schools By Matt Barnum Chalkbeat News NATIONAL (April 26, 2021) – A few years ago, thousands of high school principals across the country received a variation of the same email from a parent asking for “any information you…
NATIONWIDE (May 4, 2021) – Every 10 years, population counts from the decennial census determine how many seats each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Census Bureau is hosting a live Twitter chat on May 7,…
Local agencies offer help for housing, emotional and financial support for young adults to seniors, victims of domestic violence, and others in need. Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) has secured 25 vouchers to assist young adults ages…
KINCANNON BUDGET: FUNDING COMMITTED TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, PROMOTE RESILIENCY KNOXVILLE, TN (April 30, 2021) – Mayor Indya Kincannon’s proposed budget reflects feedback from the Mayor’s Climate Council on the importance of transportation electrification. Mayor Kincannon’s proposed budget will…
News/State/Schools By Marta W. Aldrich TENNESSEE (Mar 23, 2021) – For years, one faction of Tennessee’s education community has argued that more money is the answer to improving schools, while another has championed giving families more choices through programs…
Selma, AL (March 2021) – Over a half-century and 10 days have passed since peaceful marchers were met with brutal police violence On March 7, 1965, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The nation then and…
A video produced by SEEED Knoxville ‘Telephone Pole Memorials’ speaks for itself. Please take the 7:38 minutes to watch it. Narrator and SEEED Community Engagement Speacialist Wando Stacey take viewers on a foreboding tour of a few telephone…
For many families, school is different this year than it has in previous years. Oak Ridge Schools are offering virtual learning and have new policies and practices in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during in-person learning….
This is one of those rare opportunities to learn of a historic event from someone who was there over 65 years ago! OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (April 25, 2021) – Ernestine Avery was just 14 years old when she…
Douglas Samuel McCray Sr., age 71, December 28, 1949 – March 21, 2021. Unity Mortuary, Knoxville Tonice Sherone Copeland Dec. 31, 1970 – March 26, 2021. Jarnigan & Son Mortuary, Knoxville Vernia Mitchell Bell, age 66, departed…
April is National Minority Health Month (NMHM), a time to raise awareness about health disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority populations and to encourage action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications. The…
“Today, we feel a sigh of relief. Still, it cannot take away the pain. A measure of justice isn’t the same as equal justice. This verdict brings us a step closer. And, the fact is, we still have…
Experts say police brutality is a reproductive health issue that can leave lasting imprints on a community’s health. Mothers of black children’s anguish -‘we can’t protect them!’ What it means to be the mother of a Black child…
Public Notice: On account of Governor Lee’s Executive Order # 78 expiring on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021; the Knoxville City Council will resume traditional in-person meetings. Below are dates of in-person meetings the City Council and Beer Board…
Enjoy this weekend at The Bottom Knoxville, a black-owned bookstore comprised of books for children, teens and adults by black authors. From the latest from poet Amanda Gourman to classic by James Baldwin can be found at The…
KNOXVILLE, TN (April 20, 2021) – The East Tennessee Enlightener has joined a local media coalition in a motion for the release of the KPD bodycam footage of the officer-involved shooting death of a student at Austin-East High…
SEEED (Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development) will have a groundbreaking for its first completely solar-powered home of the future that will be in the Lonsdale community. Knoxville, Tenn April 20, 2021, – On Earth Day, Thursday, April…
Five Austin-East High school students have been murdered this year (from January through April 2021). All of them happened while students were headed home at the end of their day, with one inside of the school. The community…
Janan Nikki Allen passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Janan Nikki Allen was a resident of Tennessee at the time of passing. Dockery Funeral Home Inc., 117 E 3rd South St, Morristown, TN
MORRISTOWN, TN – William Cain passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Arrangements are forthcoming by Dockery Funeral Home Inc