Tag: Tennessee

  • Nation & World

    Change is collective

    Sarah Lockridge-Steckel is co-founder and CEO of The Collective, a nonprofit organization that provides pathways to opportunities for young adults through partnerships with education institutions and employers in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

    3 minutes
    Sarah and a Collective member laughing at a table
  • Nation & World

    Tennessee tracking police deaths, killings

    The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health examines how the state of Tennessee is taking action to more accurately track police deaths and police killings — and explore how that could lead to changes in how police forces operate.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Former Nashville Mayor Purcell named director of IOP

    Bill Purcell, the former mayor of Nashville, Tenn., has been named director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Purcell will assume the post Sept. 1. Purcell has spent more than 30 years in public service, law, and higher education. During his eight-year tenure as mayor of Nashville (1999-2007), the city…

    4 minutes