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Q&A with Contributor Executive Director Will Connelly
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“We need this belief in people’s agency and dignity. That is what I remembered the spirit of The Contributor being.”
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Learn More About The Contributor Vendor Leadership Team
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For the past year, a group of Contributor vendors has regularly met to provide feedback and direction to staff on different issues
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Learn More About Making Homelessness Invisible
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Current policies do one thing, and they do that well: attempt to make homelessness invisible.
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Q&A with Jamie Berry
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Berry works at the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency as the Chief of Staff.
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Q&A with Howard Gentry
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Howard Gentry has served as the Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk since 2011.
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Learn More about “In My Place”
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In My Place airs live on This Is Nashville, and you can catch it most likely on the last Tuesday of each month on WPLN 90.3 FM.
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Q&A with Xyzeidria Ensley
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Dr. Xyzeidria Ensley has served as the Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 20 years.
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Learn More About Community Organizing
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Federal edicts and missiles over these past couple of weeks have created chaos among nonprofit organizations, state and local agencies and others who are focused on serving people who struggle to make ends meet. Among some of the confusion created by the White House was the threat of halting a large portion of federal grant funding that Congress has allocated for agencies serving some of the most vulnerable populations in our nation. It remains unclear what direction the federal government intends to take next. Add all the uncertainty from the federal level with the Tennessee’s legislature’s approach to target marginalized populations and those who offer support, no wonder that fears and tensions run high. The question becomes, what can we do after an election that reinstated representation we have at the state and the federal government?
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Q&A with Mike Hodge
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Mike Hodge is known as one of the foremost community organizers in Nashville.