BLOUNT COUNTY (July 13, 2021) – “Embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” will be focus of the Second Annual Race Relations Symposium sponsored by the Alcoa-Blount County NAACP and Blount County United (BCU)….
NON-PROFITS SERVING AT-RISK YOUTH GET FUNDS
COUNCIL APPROVES CITY FUNDS TO SERVE AT-RISK YOUTH KNOXVILLE, TN (June 2021) – City Council approved $199,979.47 in grant funding to provide summer programs and job opportunities to young people who are…
KC Chiefs Trey Smith, United Health care gave new shoes to BBBS-TN youth
KNOXVILLE, TN (June 2021) – Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Lineman and former Tennessee Vol star Trey Smith teamed with UnitedHealthcare to…
Camo Brian to be at Street Dreams Car & Bike Show
KNOXVILLE, TN (July 13, 2021) – There is still time for car and bike enthusiasts to pre-register for the 14th Annual Street Dreams Car and Bike Show. It will be on Saturday,…
PRAISE ON THE LAWN June 5, 2021 Saturday 6p.m. “Sponsored by Spurgeon Chapel AME Zion Singles Ministry” Location: Spurgeon Chapel AMEZ Church, 100 Benedict Avenue Performances by area choirs, soloist, and praise…
May Theater, Live music, Events & Activities
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…
Outside activities for family and seniors
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…
Telephone Pole Memorials: A mourning of black lives taken too soon
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…
Resources for Education in Oak Ridge / Recursos Para la Educación en Oak Ridge
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…
The Bottom Knox Black bookstore celebrates Indie Bookstore Day
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…
Lonsdale to have Solar Powered Home
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,…
Beck Racial Justice Town Hall with Men from Austin-East
Beck Cultural Exchange Center presents the 10th virtual Racial Justice Town Hall featuring “Men of Austin-East.” In pursuit of Racial Justice. Knoxville’s black communities are in peril, our youth have always been…
Randy Boyd, City and County Mayors building 10 Dog Parks, while planning baseball park
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (September 14, 2020) — The Knox County Parks and Recreation Department plans to build 10 new dog parks within the next couple of years thanks to a grant program initiated…
Highlander Center Annual Report 2019-2020 and what you helped to make possible
Highlander Center Annual Report for the years 2018-2020. Your support through these trying times has helped to make it all possible and is much appreciated. New Market, Tenn. (April 3, 2021) –…
Easter Bunny visits KCDC Western Heights’ residents with fun and prizes
KNOXVILLE, TN (March 26, 2021) – Residents of the Western Heights Knoxville Community Development Corporation (KCDC) community were treated to an Easter egg hunt, food, fun, prizes, and a visit from the…
Greenway planned from Harriet Tubman Park to the Knoxville Botanical Gardens
Knoxville, Tenn. (March 26, 2021) – Design work has been underway, since 2019, on a new 2-mile greenway in East Knoxville that will connect Harriet Tubman Park with the Knoxville Botanical Garden…
Go Fish, in the Super Fish Bowl
“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” -Chinese proverb MYNARK Tribe is hosting a free, fun…
Spring Break Activities & Drive-In Movies at Chilhowee Park Midway
Knox Education Foundation’s Leaders for Readers program is providing books to participants just in time for Spring Break reading. More than 200 Knox County first-, second-, and third-grade elementary school students will…
Mayor Jacobs embracing social media with Docuseries: Knox Narratives
In recognition of Black History Month, the first installment of Mayor Jacobs’ docuseries, ‘Knox Narratives’ features Robert J. (Bob) Booker, a Knoxville native who was a key actor in shaping and preserving…
Knoxville’s 211 Online Chatbot has Spanish option
The City’s 311 Center for Service Innovation now has a Spanish-language option for its online chatbot. KNOXVILLE, TN (Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021) – When users initiate a chat, they will be…
Children with parents in prison paired with Amachi mentors.
Amachi Knoxville celebrated National Mentoring Month by pairing 20 children, who have an incarcerated parent, with mentors. AMACHI [a-ma-chee] is a Nigerian word that means “who knows but what God has brought us…
Oak Ridge Black History Art and Poetry Competition accepting entries
In celebration of Black History Month, an Art and Poetry Competition for Anderson County students is accepting submissions through February 19, 2021. All grade levels of the Oak Ridge school system are…
Recent Tiger Sighting Validated by Local Businessman
In an exclusive statement to the ETEnlightener.com, Beal Bourne submitted a picture as proof that his granddaughter Jayla Bourne found the tiger. KNOXVILLE, TN – In September of this year, an off-duty…
Affordable Housing Complex Under Construction in East Knoxville
Burlington Commons at 4530 Holston Drive planned to be ready for occupants in the fall of 2021. It is income-based affordable housing with two, three-story buildings with a total of 50 units….