by LWVN Web Admin | Mar 11, 2026 | Hot Topics, Meetings
Our February Hot Topic was a conversation with Deborah Fisher, Executive Director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government (TCOG). She also serves as part-time Director of the John Siegenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
by LWVN Web Admin | Feb 2, 2026 | Action Alerts, Hot Topics, Meetings, Newsletters, Press Releases, Uncategorized
This month’s Hot Topic highlights two innovative housing programs: Nesterly and Our Place Nashville. Join us for a hopeful conversation about creative housing solutions for aging adults, adults with IDD, caregivers, students, and anyone seeking affordable options.
Jordan Collins and Gavin Dillenger, the Executive Director and Associate Executive Director of Our Place Nashville, along with Kay Bowers, Community Liaison for Nesterly, will be our guest speakers.
by LWVN Web Admin | Feb 2, 2026 | Action Alerts, Hot Topics, Meetings, Newsletters, Press Releases, Uncategorized
This month’s conversation focused on the transit updates that have been made since the Choose How You Move referendum passed last November. Dr. Kendra Abkowitz, Acting Director for Choose How You Move, will be our featured speaker.
Dr. Abkowitz, the senior director of sustainability for the Mayor’s Office, has served as the acting program director for the Choose How You Move Plan since it was approved by voters last November.
by LWVN Web Admin | Feb 2, 2026 | Action Alerts, Hot Topics, Meetings, Newsletters, Press Releases, Uncategorized
SDOH refers to the Social Determinants of Health or Social Drivers of Health.
In order to foster the change needed to promote health for all, we need to move upstream for the greatest impact.
Our discussion will be led by Jane Dimnwaobi, Equal Justice Works Fellow with the Tennessee Justice Center, and Dr. John Vick, Director of the Office of Primary Prevention, Tennessee Department of
Health.
by Susan Mattson | Dec 15, 2023 | Hot Topics
Speaker: Doug Adair, Nashville Diaper Connection
Diapers cannot be purchased using food stamps or other governmental programs. The Diaper Connection has been providing cover for Middle Tennessee “butts” for ten years.
by Susan Mattson | Nov 15, 2023 | Hot Topics
Speaker Linda McFadyen-Ketchum, Co-Lead for Legislative Work for “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America/Tennessee” shared with attendees facts and data gathered by the grassroots movement fighting for public safety measures that respect the Second Amendment and protect people from gun violence. Paige Pfleger, a WPLN reporter, also joined the session to share some of her research from a two-year project underway and sponsored by ProPublica on domestic violence and the Tennessee gun dispossession law.
To learn more about gun legislation and public safety, visit:
TN-DHS Handgun Carry Permits
Tennessee Under the Gun
Secure Gun Storage
Consider adding the Domestic Violence Hotline to your contacts: 800-799-7233
You may also choose to join Moms Demand Action by texting the word Ready to 64433.
by Susan Mattson | Oct 15, 2023 | Hot Topics
Speaker: Reverend Stacy Rector, Executive Director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, shared the TADP mission and disheartening data on the current TN Death Row situation. TADP works to honor life through education and citizen advocacy efforts that empower surviving families of murder victims, families of those incarcerated with death sentences, death row exonerees, and others by partnering with the racial justice and faith communities and other citizen groups.
by Susan Mattson | Sep 9, 2023 | Hot Topics
As Judge Hedrick discussed, probate court is an incredibly busy court. In a typical month,150-200 new cases are filed in the probate court. Each case requires at least one hearing to be conducted by Judge Hedrick or Special Master Lojek. Some cases are uncontested and involve only one hearing. Other cases are complex and/or contested and require multiple (sometimes lengthy) hearings and trials. The administration of an estate, conservatorship or guardianship is an ongoing process that can last many years. The process can involve a fiduciary bond and filing of an inventory, property management plan, periodic accountings and status reports.
Judge Hedrick provided an engaging and informative presentation of her court and the cases. There were numerous questions, and Judge Hedrick also provided an informational background packet on the court.
by Susan Mattson | Jun 1, 2023 | Hot Topics
Speakers: Joseph Woodson, Board member and Advocacy Chair of the Tennessee Pride Chamber and Chris Sanders of the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP).
Speaker Sanders pointed out, progress is not always linear. “It advances, retreats, twists. and turns and this is why groups such as TEP and the Pride Chamber exist.”
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