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Events are on the East Tennessee Enlightener Facebook page

Posted on March 30, 2022September 8, 2022 by TheLight

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….

Paid family leave, DCS overload, guns to minors, more book-banning

Posted on March 7, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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…

Knoxville Area Urban League to hire 20 community health navigators

Posted on February 24, 2022March 9, 2022 by TheLight

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…

Beauford Delaney, Internationally famed artist gaining hometown recognition

Posted on February 20, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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….

Austin-East educator awarded Nation’s Top Teacher and $50,000

Posted on February 17, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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…

Oppose TN gun bill, CA gun insurance, Alaska rank voting, Navajo and solar power

Posted on February 15, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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…

ChainFree Knoxville Free Dog Fences, Needs Your Support at City Council Workshop

Posted on February 14, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

​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…

UTK Africana Studies, Students in a Global World

Posted on February 14, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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…

KUB, TVA Community Care Grants for Non-profits Accepting Applications

Posted on February 12, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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…

AMAC Conducts Advocacy Workshop

Posted on February 10, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

  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…

History for Kids: Tennessee Slave Trade and Wessyngton Plantation

Posted on February 10, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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….

Stan Lee’s Marvel Comic Book Heroes inspired by Real Civil Rights and African History Icons

Posted on February 9, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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…

Blount schools director, New private schools voucher bill, TWRA efforts to clearcut protected sanctuary in Sparta, Tenn.

Posted on February 8, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

Please save the Date: February 10th, 6PM a Special Forum for BC Director of Schools Search is scheduled at the BC Schools Central Office at 831 Grandview Dr., Maryville. Anti-public school activists plan to…

HISTORIAN AUTHOR: BLACK ORIGINS TRACE BACK 200,000 YEARS

Posted on February 7, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

FIRST BOOK TO TRACE ORIGIN OF BLACK PEOPLE FROM 200,000 YEARS AGO ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR    Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Just in time for Black History Month comes the most definitive history of…

COMCAST to Support Area Minority, Woman-Owned Small Businesses

Posted on February 7, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2022) – Comcast RISE is seeking applications  diverse small business owners. Knoxville Women-Owned Small Business owners are encouraged to apply for two Comcast RISE (Representation, Investment, Strength,…

Tennessee Lawmakers File Bills Banning Educational Books in Schools

Posted on February 1, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

The Republican legislation aims to purge books and other materials deemed “obscene or harmful to minors” from school libraries.   Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee Jan 28, 5:58pm CST Earlier this month…

COK Seeks Public Feedback on Planned Spending of Federal Dollars

Posted on January 31, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

(January 31, 2022) – The City of Knoxville Housing and Neighborhood Development department needs public feedback on the City’s planned spending of federal dollars intended to support local projects and the revitalization…

InterFaith Health Clinic Opens New Dental Services Location

Posted on January 28, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) InterFaith Health Clinic has a new dental services clinic. A grand opening will be on Monday, January 31, at 2607 Kingston Pike, suite 185, Knoxville. InterFaith Health Clinic provides accessible,…

Knoxville Community Grant Funding Accepting Applications

Posted on January 27, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR CITY’S COMMUNITY AGENCY GRANT FUNDING The City of Knoxville is accepting applications from non-profit organizations interested in applying for Community Agency Grant (CAG) funding for the Fiscal Year 2022-23,…

KCDP Ask Senators Briggs, Duncan-Massey: Why Dissenfranchise Black Voters in Planned Redistricting

Posted on January 26, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (JANUARY, 22, 2022) – Senators Richard Briggs (R-Dist 7) and Becky Duncan-Massey (R-Dist. 6) have doubled down on intentionally gerrymandering districts to minimize the votes of Black and Brown voters….

US Cellular, Boys & Girls Club Black History Art Contest

Posted on January 22, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

UScellular and Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley Announce Seventh Annual Black History Month Art Contest Local UScellular associates will join the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley representatives…

Help USPS Mail Carriers to Safely Deliver Your Mail

Posted on January 19, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” — the United States Postal Service unofficial creed   TENNESSEE –…

Oak Ridge Civil Rights Pioneers Honored in Washington D.C.

Posted on January 18, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 1, 2021) –  The American Nuclear Society (ANS) honored eighty-five Black civil rights era students from Tennessee, known as the Scarboro-Oak Ridge, TN 85, and the U.S. Department of…

SEEED Recruiting Students, Instructors, and Employers for Career Readiness Program

Posted on January 16, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

Young People Earning, Learning, and Working: SEEED is recruiting students for enrollment, as well as professionals and employers to volunteer their expertise for the Spring 2022 Career Readiness Program. SEEED, it’s not…

Blount County Martin Luther King, Jr. 2022 Events

Posted on January 13, 2022March 16, 2022 by TheLight

MLK Community Conversation: Every Voice Heard, Every Vote Counted Friday, Jan. 14, 7 pm; Virtual panel discussion. Our Civil Rights and 1st Amendment Speech is in grave danger throughout the country, Tennessee…

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