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A Workers Dignity representative talks with a worker at a construction site in NashvillePhoto: Eric England
After the frantic first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee set out to reopen Tennessee businesses â a task he entrusted to a new economic recovery group.
The group included lawmakers and members of Leeâs administration, plus the heads of several industry lobbies representing companies around the state â the Tennessee Retail Association, the Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association, the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association and different chambers of commerce, among others.Â
Though itâs difficult to know for certain where people contracted COVID-19, Tennessee workers died from the disease after working in places experiencing extreme outbreaks of the coronavirus. Asked one year ago whether heâd thought to include any workers or worker representatives on the task force, Leeâs an
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Georgetown University
Date Published: January 19, 2021 Share
Georgetown honored Christopher Bradshaw, founder and executive director of Dreaming Out Loud – a food justice social enterprise, as Georgetown’s 2021 John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award recipient Jan. 18 during a virtual celebration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The university presents the Legacy of a Dream Award annually to an inspirational emerging leader in the DC community.
Responding to the Challenge
Dreaming Out Loud runs a two-acre farm and supports community gardens in Wards 6, 7 and 8 to feed low-income communities in Washington, DC. The food equity nonprofit creates economic opportunities through an entrepreneurship incubator while also advocating for food justice and equity policies leading to the development of healthy, equitable food systems.