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Casa Azafrán is a unique events venue for businesses, individuals and organizations looking to gather in a global oasis. Located at 2195 Nolensville Pike, the building sits just miles from downtown Nashville at the gateway to the area’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods.

This stunning space – established in 2012 by Conexión Américas as a nonprofit collaborative – offers a distinct ambience to strategize, socialize and relax. From the large-scale mosaic mural sitting atop five striking Moorish arches to the lobby and meeting rooms that boast vibrant colors and airy design, we are an international community center and more. Along with an outdoor courtyard, WiFi and Mesa Komal, our on-site commercial kitchen, Casa Azafrán is an ideal location for events ranging from film screenings and family celebrations to meetings and receptions.

For more information, please visit our website: www.casaazafran.org

Creating a healthy and resilient city demands that we create healthy and resilient neighborhoods. We need caretakers in every neighborhood striving to preserve and improve the place where they live. Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County needs a greater pool of citizens, reflecting the diversity of their communities, who are knowledgeable and skilled in neighborhood organizing.

Since 1997, Neighbor 2 Neighbor (N2N) has equipped residents and neighborhood organizations with the tools they need to create better neighborhoods. Founded and led by neighborhood leaders, N2N is laser-focused on helping to form and sustain neighborhood organizations in order for residents to create positive changes right where they live. We do this by providing the following three essential services:

NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING: We provide participants with the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to become more actively engaged citizens and effective neighborhood leaders and organizers. Residents are able to participate in a range of leadership development programs such as, The Emerging Neighborhood Leadership Academy, Disaster Preparedness and Response Training, and Policy and Zoning 101. Instructional programming includes a minimum of 6 courses (3-12 hours each), 24 workshops and panel discussions, and over 44 facilitated dialogues and presentations. The in-person and virtual training sessions represent more than two hundred classroom hours each year. 

NETWORKING EVENTS AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS: We bring together neighbors, partners, and other key stakeholders to build trust relationships and collaborative alliances. Participants are able to meet new people with similar neighborhood passions and interests, gain new perspectives, support one another, and work together on common issues. Some of our ongoing projects include the Davidson County Good Neighbor Day Festival, Neighborhood Passions Affinity Network, C4N Nashville, and the State of Metro Neighborhoods project.

CONSULTATION, FACILITATION, AND MEDIATION: We consult with neighborhood organizations on a wide range of issues including neighborhood safety; gentrification and affordable housing; diversity and inclusion; neighborhood preservation; disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; and, ensuring equity in government representation and services.  We assist residents in forming new, and restarting inactive, neighborhood organizations. We provide technical support for neighborhood organizations seeking to create association charters and bylaws, strategic plans, and neighborhood planning and development. 

Last year, we worked with residents in over 161 neighborhoods across Davidson County. Our program participants tell us we are making a difference in their work in neighborhoods across the metropolitan area. We provide them with first-hand knowledge and materials to assist them in neighborhood organizing and leadership. We inspire and rejuvenate participants seeking to create positive change in their own neighborhoods. We increase the capacity of participants to perform leadership roles at the local neighborhood level and even beyond. And, we connect participants with other neighborhood leaders and community partners.

We connect people, opportunities, and resources to enrich and enhance the multi-faceted LGBTQ+ community. 

Our work is focused around models of collective impact to create a more inclusive community in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Our initial programs will include: 

• Collective Impact Programming 
• Supportive and Wrap Around Services for 18-24 year old LGBTQ+ young adults
• Supportive Services for LGBTQ+ older adults 
• The development of comprehensive healthcare navigation tool with LGBTQ+ community members. 
• The development of a new LGBTQ+ community center. 

Learn more about our vision and work at inclusiontn.org. 

Organization leaders and members of our board are available for DEIB and JEDI training for businesses of all types. 

Teach For America's mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. We recruit, train, and support top college graduates from across the country who commit to teach in low-income public schools in Greater Nashville.
 

The Alzheimer’s Association is a nonprofit organization that serves 25,000 middle Tennesseans with Alzheimer’s dementia and related disorders, their family members, caregivers and healthcare professionals who turn to us for education programs, support services and resource information throughout the course of this progressive disease from early detection to end stage.

The mission of Communities In Schools of Tennessee is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. We are a part of the national Communities In Schools network, which is the leading dropout prevention organization in the country, and the only such organization that is proven to decrease the dropout rate and increase on-time graduation rates.

Poverty and the Arts (POVA) s a social enterprise nonprofit that exists to equip people impacted by homelessness with the creative resources, training, and marketplace to overcome barriers to employment and income by leveraging their creative talent, participating in developmental workshops, and establishing vital social networks and relationships.

The Lupus Foundation of America, Mid-South Chapter, serves lupus patients and families in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee, with education, advocacy and support.

Founded in 1821, the Nashville Academy of Medicine is Tennessee’s oldest medical society, and is widely recognized as the voice of organized medicine in Middle Tennessee. The Academy is dedicated to supporting physicians who provide the highest quality medical care and are pledged to uphold the highest standards of conduct.

The Scarlett Family Foundation advocates, invests, and works to ensure that all students in Middle Tennessee have access to a high-quality education.

The Foundation’s cornerstone initiative is the Scarlett Scholars program, providing need and merit based scholarships to Middle Tennessee students. As we work to provide students access to a high-quality education, we also award a limited number of grants to non-profit organizations in alignment with our four key initiatives: Career Readiness, Principal and Teacher Leadership, Literacy, and Advocacy.

Magnolia Golf Group partners with non-profit organizations and corporate groups to accomplish two goals regarding their golf tournaments: maximize fundraising and increase the experience level for everyone involved at your golf tournament. We do this by offering four independent products and services that will make your next golf tournament a success. We strive to fit your tournament needs and establish a relationship with your organization to ensure future years of golf tournament success.

We advocate and educate on behalf of our individual, corporate, & nonprofit members who share the values of promoting equality and diversity in business and society.

The Jewish Federation of Nashville is the central voluntary communal organization of the Jewish community. Through its fund-raising, planning and community relations efforts, either independently or in partnership with other Jewish organizations, the Federation works to promote the general welfare, viability and cohesiveness of the Jewish community of Nashville and Middle TN and to ensure the continuity of the Jewish people locally, in Israel and around the world.

At The Branch, we strive to build a community where everyone can thrive by nourishing, educating, and equipping our neighbors.