This year and years prior In Your Community, Tennessee has spoken to many wonderful non-profits and organizations that are striving to help Tennesseans. To end 2023, wow that's weird to say, I have compiled a list of 6 recent interviews if you need assistance, looking to join or volunteer to make a difference in your community. Operation Stand Down Tennessee focuses on engaging, equipping, and empowering military veterans and their families through their crisis, career, and connection services. Federal funding allows this organization to help Veterans with temporary financial assistance if they struggle with rent, utilities, and security deposits. Operation Stand Down also offers some services to surviving spouses, however, federal money cannot be used for that. CEO Eden Murrie says their biggest goal is to connect veterans with other veterans. Murrie says they hold events just for that, such as going to a brewery, a picnic, or gun range. She knows some vets want that connection, and some don't, but even if you do not want to meet up every day or at every event, occasionally talking about the past and going to events can be nice. Mundito Spanish is a language and culture learning organization for children. Founder and Lead Teacher Casey Cabbage says the program targets kids in grades K through five. The program consists of 90-minute sessions, in the first 35 to 40 minutes the kids will learn vocabulary, and numbers, and just work towards objectives, next during a break the children will have traditional Spanish food as a snack so that they can learn more about the culture. The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga helps people of color, women, and other disadvantaged persons achieve economic self-reliance, parody, power, and civil rights. According to Candy Johnson, President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, the organization has three empowerment centers they offer to residents. This includes the Center for Education, Workforce, and Family Empowerment; the Center for Economic and Black Business Success; and the Center for Equity and Inclusive Leadership. The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga also cares about the health of those in the community, they have created a pre-diabetes prevention program that uses the curriculum of the CDC. East Nashtivists began with the craving for community, togetherness, and advocacy. The group has since expanded, making its name known across Middle Tennessee. The group attends legislative sessions at the Capitol but has partnered with other organizations like Inclusion Tennessee and the Tennessee Equality Project to fight for LGBTQ+ rights. East Nashtivists meets the second Wednesday of every month at East Nashville Beer Works from 5 PM until 8 PM. Even if you are not in the East Nash area, you are encouraged to come and join and help make a difference in the community. ArtsBuild's mission is to build and encourage a stronger community through creativity and learning through the arts. Art conveys with children beginning at a young age, and the non-profit encourages their creativity through their "Imagine" program. Through this they provide a field trip in the arts for every child in Hamilton County Schools. According to ArtsBuild President James McKissic, they conducted 14 thousand field trips for 14 thousand students in 2022. Another way this organization supports dreams is through the Racial Equity Grants for Individual Artists (REGIA) program. This program renews grant-funded support for artists of color, building on ArtsBuild’s Equity in the Arts grant program. Emerge Tennessee is a premier training program for Democratic women in the state and part of a national organization called Emerge America. According to Executive Director Freda Player, they have trained around 5,000 women nationwide, and more than 1,000 were elected to office. In Tennessee, Emerge has trained nearly 150 women, and 40 have been elected or appointed to office. Through Emerge Tennessee's signature candidate training program, women will go through a six-month, 70-hour program that will teach them how to fundraise, spread their story, find their win number, use digital media, and more. Women will speak to a variety of campaign and election experts, along with other women who have been elected or appointed to office. All previous articles are linked, along with their websites if you would like more information. Happy Holidays!
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