As the White House launches a federal task force on school safety, Tennessee has one of its own. David Greene talks to Dr. Altha Stewart, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, who is on the newly formed working… Read More
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced his school safety committee members on Monday, but the 16-member group is lacking a Democrat. The group includes Dr. Altha Stewart, University of Tennessee, incoming president of American Psychiatric Association.
MEMPHIS, TENN (localmemphis.com) – Of the 55 homicides so far this year, about 65% involved African American victims, according to the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission. This evening LeMoyne-Owen College sponsored a forum to examine the causes of black on black crime and ways to decrease it. The discussion was officially titled “Black-on-Black Crime Forum Program.”… Read More
Dr. Altha Stewart, the first African-American named president-elect of the 37,000-member American Psychiatric Association, will be among the panelists featured during an upcoming discussion at The LeMoyne-Owen College about “black-on-black” crime. The Black on Black Crime in Memphis Forum is set for 6 p.m. on April 6. It will be held in the Little Theatre… Read More
