by Cory Woodroof | Mar 7, 2013 | News Slider
On Wednesday night, Lipscomb became a part of the Metro@50 celebration by holding a panel discussion entitled “A Look at Nashville’s Neighborhood Associations…Then & Now” that took a look at the history of neighborhood associations in Music City. The celebration marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Metro Charter that featured the citizens of Davidson County teaming up with the City of Nashville to create the nation’s first unified government. The historic charter was passed in 1962. The event, hosted by the Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership, drew a large crowd and featured esteemed panelists from across the city, including former Mayor Bill Purcell, Ben Freeland of Freeland Chevrolet and current Davidson County Clerk Brenda Wynn. Mayor Karl Dean offered the evening’s closing thoughts. Chairman emeritus of The Tennessean and founder of the First Amendment Center John Seigenthaler served as the evening’s moderator. The first panel discussed the history of Nashville’s neighborhood associations. Reverend William Barnes, founding pastor of the Edgehill United Methodist Church, interim director of the Transportation Licensing Commission for Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Billy Fields, former Metro councilwoman Betty Nixon, former Mayor Purcell and Mrs. Wynn all gave their insight into the history of neighborhood associations over the past 50 years and their individual work to help pioneer the way for Nashville to have the strong neighborhood system. “These were the pioneers that made this community,” Seigenthaler said about those involved in neighborhood development in Nashville. Former Mayor Purcell actually created the first Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods in 1999. Wynn held the title of the office’s first director. The second panel took a look...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 12, 2012 | News Slider
Soulforce members are trained to face hate and discrimination when they arrive on a Christian campus. However, they were met with optimism and gratefulness during their three sessions with the Lipscomb community on Monday. Soulforce is a “national non-profit that works nonviolently to end the religious and political oppression of LGBTQ people.” Since 2006, Soulforce has used their Equality Ride to initiate conversations and promote dialogue on Christian college campuses that “discriminate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer individuals and their allies.” On Saturday, the Equality Ride bus rolled into Nashville. Since then, members of Soulforce have met with students, faculty and administration from Lipscomb as well as other faith-based universities in Nashville such as Trevecca and Belmont. Soulforce said the university has been very hospitable to its group. This is not always the case for the LGBTQ organization when they approach a campus asking for dialogue and discussion. Last week in Atlanta, the group encountered resistance from Carver Bible College when trying to establish a dialogue on their campus. On its blog, the group says they were forced to stay on the sidewalk outside the gate. Because of the decision to lock them out, their communication with students was limited to singing and holding up signs that could be seen through the windows of Carver’s chapel. Attending Monday’s event at Lipscomb came with strict guidelines. All attendees were told to arrive at least 10 minutes early and to have their Lipscomb IDs in hand. The doors closed on the hour, every hour, to prevent any sort of interruption during the session. Students and faculty who arrived late...
