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Andrea Blackman, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the City of Nashville
Andrea Blackman, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the City of Nashville

Wed, Jan 22

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ZOOM

Andrea Blackman, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the City of Nashville

A Litany for Survival

Time & Location

Jan 22, 2025, 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

ZOOM

About the event

ANDREA BLACKMAN

CHIEF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICER

CITY OF NASHVILLE


Andrea currently serves as the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the City of Nashville.

She is also a podcaster, professor, historian, and cultural content creative who is recognized for her

professional leadership, advocacy for cultural inclusivity and equity, and innovative methods in

teaching historic harms. She has held the post of professor at both Lipscomb University and

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. In 2015, the midst of a social awakening stemming from

interactions between law enforcement and BIPOC communities, she developed an international

cultural and anti-racist education curriculum rooted in historic and contemporary movements. She

was an adult leader with the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, and is an active member of Alpha

Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She’s served on the Board of Directors for the Maddox

Foundation, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), the Ivy Center

Foundation of Nashville, the National Council on Public History (NCPH), as well as on the Tennessee

Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB). Her ongoing research includes education disparity and

self-representations in children’s literature. She is a lover and scholar of hip hop, and a Zora Neale

Hurston enthusiast. She enjoys deep conversations and pushing the envelope, all the features of her

podcast Truth B Told. Andrea can be followed on her podcast @truthbtoldpod and on other

platforms at @adblackman7.


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