Generational poverty to generational wealth | One Knoxville non-profit trying to flip the script for Black communities across the city wbir.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbir.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
From a garden trying to reduce food insecurity to a sports group working to teach kids teamwork, Knoxville organizations are aiming to counter violence with opportunities.
This summer, 13 community groups will employ young people ages 12 to 21 who have been identified as being at high risk of suffering from or perpetrating violent crime. The groups will receive money from the city to make it happen.
The city is launching the pilot program in response to a prolonged spike in fatal shootings that has claimed the lives of five Black teenagers in Knoxville this year.
Similar summer jobs programs have run for years in cities such as Chicago, New York City and Boston. Studies have found that these programs can reduce violent crime arrests and lead to benefits like increased school attendance.
Can climate change resiliency and green jobs transform the low-income communities in East and South Knoxville? Prior to the pandemic, the city unemployment rate was already 3.5 times higher than the Knox County rate, and the black poverty rate of 42% was highest of all Southern cities with 100,000+ populations.
Such dire baseline conditions, combined with disproportionately higher COVID hospitalization and death rates, are proving catastrophic for our most impoverished and vulnerable neighborhoods.
Stanley Johnson is a native of Black River, Jamaica. His family emigrated to the United States when he was very young, and they seasonally traveled from Florida to New York picking fruit. Stan earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1995 from historically black Knoxville College.
Photo: Rinat Nazmetdinov
On April 22, the Tatarstan International Forum on Energy Efficiency and Ecology officially opened at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre. Within its framework, the 21st specialised exhibition Energy. Resource Saving started its work. One of its participants Kazanorgsintez PJSC presented a project for the modernisation of three flares, its implementation significantly reduced the impact on the environment. The project was awarded the Grand Prix in the category Energy Efficient Developments .
Forum gathered more than 540 participants
“We have a good tradition to hold such event. I would like to thank all the partners who have come here, and the foreign companies that cooperate with us. I wish you a good job, take care of yourself!”
KPD data shows minimum of around two teens arrested for gun-related charges every month wbir.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbir.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.