NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- The Academy of Country Music issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * The Academy of Country Music's LEVel Up - Lift Every Voice Program Opens Applications and Nominations for 2025 Cohort Celebrated Professional Development Program Sets Monday, November 11 Deadline for Submissions * * * The Academy of Country Music's LEVel Up: Lift Every Voice professional development program, designed to elevate and drive the next generation of rising lead  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following commentary: * * * All communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, deserve equitable access to healthy environments, the authors argue. * * * Achieving Health Justice Through Environmental Justice By Anthony Nicome, MHS, Environmental Justice Research Fellow and Philip Alberti, PhD, Founding Director, AAMC Center for Health Justice On a rainy February day in 1968, two Black  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Knox County, Tennessee Sheriff's Office to allow the wearing of the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, in police photos. A Muslim woman is suing the Knox County Sheriff's Office in federal court over a booking photo of her taken without her hijab af  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 30 -- The Country Music Association issued the following news release: The Country Music Association, the premier trade association of the Country Music industry, has presented another of its 2024 CMA International Awards. On Saturday, Oct. 26, Wimpie van der Sandt (CEO, Bok Radio) was presented with the 2024 CMA International Country Broadcaster Award at the first ever CTC: Cape Town Country Music Festival in Cape Town, South Africa by headliner Kip Moore. This awar  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Read the Full Report Here Knoxville, Tennessee Today, Sierra Club released a new report and analysis highlighting the urgent need for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to pursue new transmission infrastructure as part of its resource planning to protect consumers and enhance the strength of the grid amid increasingly frequent extreme weather. The report urges TVA to upgrade its "Integrated Reso  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- People for the American Way issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: In the last days before the November 5 election, People For the American Way Foundation's nonpartisan Defend the Black Vote campaign is making its final push to reach 3.5. million Black men, via direct peer-to-peer text messages, for voter turnout in 21 states -- Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Mis  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Hazard, KY--Today, Teach For America Appalachia (TFA) was awarded $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for its new project, Strengthening the Talent Pipeline in Central Appalachia. The funding was made available through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) which drives large-scale economic transformation through multi-state collaboration. Teach For Ameri  more