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Of the money, $450,000 will come from the American Rescue Plan Act, and $200,000 will come from the Main Street Preservation Trust.

Postal worker Jeff McKissack used mosaic tiles, found objects and other items to create The Orange Show, an ode to his favorite fruit.

Sen. Dawn White, Sen. Shane Reeves, Rep. Mike Sparks and Secretary of State Tre Hargett supported the La Vergne Public Library with a $15,174 Technology Grant to purchase new desktop computers and monitors.   "The La Vergne Public Library is important to the community," said Sen. White. "It brings citizens together and provides access to information through books and digital means. I am glad they are receiving this grant to help the library continue to be a usefu...

The library, located at Broadway and Pacific Avenue, had been open for to-go service only since Sept. 23 due to security concerns from staff members—specifically, from a recent rise in volatile incidents involving people with mental health challenges, according to library officials. 

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Roughly six million adults in the U.S. identify as Afro-Latino, which means they are people who are of African descent with roots in Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean -- and the U.S. by extension.

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On Wednesday, November 16th, at 7:00 p.m. central, the LaSalle Public Library will join libraries across the state in virtually hosting mortician and bestselling author, Caitlin Doughty, for a discussion on reform of Western funeral industry practices. <br/><br/>Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, advocate, and bête noire of the traditional funeral industry. Her educational web series "Ask a Mortician" has been viewed almost 250 million times and her three books were New York...

The American Alliance of Musuems will incorporate DEAI into its standards for its member institutions beginning in 2025.

The organization is kicking off a three-year process to come up with new diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion standards for its 35,000 members.