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Learn More About Unseen Nashville Tours

By Judith Tackett | October 1, 2025

The Contributor launches tour led by street paper vendors to help folks see the city through a different lens

Learn More About The Importance of Earnest

By Judith Tackett | September 17, 2025

“The reason I am working in the homelessness sector has a name: Earnest R.”

Dr. Sanmi Areola is a veteran in public health, having served in leadership positions in Nashville, Johnson County, Kan., and in Prince George’s County, Md., before returning to Nashville in 2025 to lead the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD).

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Learn more about Human Relations Commissions

By Judith Tackett | September 3, 2025

The Metro Human Relations Commission (MHRC) is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

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Learn More About Trump’s Homelessness Executive Order

By Judith Tackett | August 20, 2025

The executive order moves away from a Housing First approach and encourages the institutionalization of people experiencing homelessness.

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Learn More About Forced Treatment

By Judith Tackett | August 6, 2025

I do not believe in forced treatment as a solution to homelessness, and see it as the usual Band-Aid approach.

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Learn More About Nashville’s Unified Housing Strategy

By Judith Tackett | July 23, 2025

Metro released a comprehensive Unified Housing Strategy (UHS) earlier this year, which outlines seven strategies, 43 action steps, and an accompanying implementation plan.

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Learn More About our Recent Interviews with National Experts

By Judith Tackett | July 9, 2025

In early June, we conducted conversations with Rosanne Haggerty, the CEO of Community Solutions, and Dr. Sam Tsemberis, the founder of the Housing First approach. You can read the interview with Haggerty on page 4 and the one with Tsemberis was printed in our last issue.The questions we asked were developed by several members of the Vendor Leadership Team. Shawn Lesley served as their representative and conducted the in-person interviews with assistance from Judy. After talking to both experts, we felt extremely energized. Since then several members of the Vendor Leadership Team asked us about our impressions, and we decided to share those with all our readers.