RISE & SHINE IN THE PRESS

  • Children's choir sings at TN Capitol ahead of special session

    The gathering, organized by the nonprofits Together Collective and Rise and Shine Tennessee, was meant to send a message to lawmakers.

    The Tennessean

  • Tennessee legislature opens contentious special session

    Tennessee lawmakers returned to the state capitol this week for a special legislative session in response to the Covenant School shooting.

    PBS NEWS HOUR

  • I Put My Money On The Weeping Mothers at the Tennessee Capitol

    Nashville-based writer Margaret Renkl pens a moving opinion piece on parents sending a message to Tennessee lawmakers.

    The New York Times

  • Maryam Abolfazli on Going From Posts to Protests

    “I always ask myself, ‘Is this [post] forwarding us toward change?’” says Abolfazli. “‘And what change in particular?’

    Nashville Scene

  • Tennessee Orgs Release Joint Statement

    Groups all across the state of Tennessee are aligned in their condemnation of the acts of the Supermajority Legislature during the special session.

    TN Tribune

  • TN House spends day on bills the Senate already killed

    The state house spent a day debating dozens of bills unlikely to pass after the Senate closed its final committees, having passed only three new laws.

    TN Lookout

Listen & Watch

Rise & Shine board member Alexis Paulson and executive committee member Rachelle Lefevre talk to Nick Laparra about Tennessee Legislative Special Session in 2023 and the start of Rise on his podcast Let’s Give a Damn.