Tennessee Disability Coalition
Oct 17, 2023
Mission Statement
We bring together organizations and individuals across the state who care about the Disability Community to work in coalition. Our collective mission is to create a society that values, includes and supports people with disabilities.
Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance
Oct 17, 2023
Mission Statement
TECA’s mission is to amplify the voice, presence, and support for educators of color while remaining student-centered and solutions-oriented. We believe that in order to ensure strong accountability systems that promote equitable outcomes and excellence in education, more educators of color need a shared elevated voice and stronger presence. Additionally, ALL students, especially students of color, deserve racially and ethnically diverse teachers in their classroom.
Tennessee Environmental Council
Oct 17, 2023
Mission Statement
TEC’s Mission: Helping People and Communities Improve Our Environment
Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC) is working toward thriving habitats, a circular economy and climate balance in Tennessee. Our core programs encourage individuals, businesses and communities to Give Back to Nature in small ways like dedicating a piece of yard to native habitat, planting native trees, composting and recycling responsibly. Our theory of change is that simple choices and actions we make at home are the key to solving the greatest environmental challenges of our time. TEC’s programs encourage sustainable practices at home, at work and within the community.
Community Recycling Roundup – TEC is hosting a series of 10 events from now to the end of 2023 across Tennessee where residents may drop off certain household items to be recycled free of charge.
Tennessee Tree Program encourages residents to plant native trees in their own yards.
Generate Some Buzz engages participants in planting pollinator habitat (flower gardens and native bushes and trees that support butterflies, bees and other pollinators) in their yards and communities.
Come, Post Your Compost engages individuals in backyard composting to keep food scraps out of Tennessee landfills and to enrich backyard gardens and native habitats.
Recycle Tennessee has reached hundreds of thousands of Tennessee residents with up-to-date information on the importance of recycling and how to do it correctly.
Sustainable Tennessee brings together stakeholders from across Tennessee to develop and implement game-plans for improving sustainability across all sectors of our economy and daily life.
Watershed Support Center engages local communities and volunteers in improving the water quality in their backyard streams.
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Fund Inc
Oct 17, 2023
Mission Statement
The TFLI Fund, Inc. was established in January 1995 as a means of support for the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute (TFLI), an agency of the State of Tennessee established in 1986, now known as the Tennessee Language Center (TLC). The TFLI Fund supports the activities and initiatives of TLC with funding and guidance as TLC strives to provide quality language instruction, translation and interpretation services, professional development for interpreters, translators and language instructors, and cultural awareness programs, all of which are designed to meet the needs of the state government and its employees, the business community, foreign language educators and the public at large.