Tag: The Youth Advocacy Coalition

Kena Vassar Appointed to Board of Directors for National Assessment Center Association

Written by Amber Carter

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Public Service

Kena Vassar, director of Community Initiatives for the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth and the Youth Advocacy Coalition at the University of Tennessee Health Center, has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Assessment Center Association, an organization that advocates for and provides training for assessment centers nationwide. Vassar has… Read More

UTHSC’s Altha Stewart Works to Help Youth in the Bluff City

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Public Service

In June, Altha Stewart, MD, stood on a Washington, D.C., stage to address a packed house at a black-tie benefit sponsored by actress Taraji P. Henson to raise money for the TV star’s foundation to build mental health awareness in the African American community. An associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health… Read More