Scarritt Bennett Center hosted the Nashville African American Wind Symphony (NAAWS) for a Christmas Concert and Salvation Army Toy Drive for the third year in a row on Sunday, December 8, 2024. It was standing room only for the over 300 guests that enjoyed an evening...
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Tuesday December 3rd is Giving Tuesday. A time to thoughtfully consider the power of our dollar in a time when our communities need healing and hope. Scarritt Bennett Center is a place that values Racial Justice, Women’s Empowerment, Spiritual Formation and Transformative Education. Throughout each year we: · Offer...
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Thanksgiving is a time to take a pause from the hustle and bustle in our lives to consider the blessings in our lives. Remember those who have walked with you and be thankful. Remember times you have walked with others and be thankful. For it is in...
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November is Native American Heritage Month, a time when people across the country remember the many contributions Native American peoples have made to our society and grieve the desecration of Native American cultures, slaughter, and marginalization of its peoples by European Americans to acquire...
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On April 2, 2024, Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke at Wightman Chapel, 67 years after her father This week, we had the incredible honor of hosting Dr. Bernice A. King for a transformative conversation...
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Document below: This is a letter from the Sexuality Workshop that occurred on the campus of Scarritt College. The host had asked one of his friends to explain her experience with her sexuality, so others might be able to understand and learn: ...
Read More"Belle Harris Bennett, born to a wealthy Kentucky family in 1852, had a strong sense of egalitarianism and social justice; she was passionate about anti-racism work and full inclusion for women in the church. Through sheer tenacity, Bennett founded the Scarritt Bible and Training School...
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“When the angel came to her, he said, “Rejoice, favored one! The Lord is with you!” Luke 1:28 The nature of faith in response to new or unfamiliar asks of us is contrary to our instincts. When someone makes a claim on our time and...
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Thanks to the Tennessee Arts Commission for supporting Soul Work and to the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) for supporting Racial Justice Ministries! We are so grateful for your generous grants and for allowing our mission of eradicating racism, empowering women, transformative education, and...
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