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Mike Hodge is the Programs Manager of the Neighborhoods Resource Center. Mike has been active in neighborhood organizing since 1977. He has worked with neighborhoods in developing leadership, finding common interests, finding solutions to neighborhood problems, and creating affordable housing for low-income families.
He also works with Geographic Information Systems, developing computer maps and other information around neighborhood concerns. Mike has a Master's Degree in Church and Community Ministry from Scarritt College here in Nashville.
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Blaine Ray graduated from the University of Kansas with a Master's Degree in Geography in 2001.
Blaine is NRC's Information Specialist. Among other things, Blaine actively maintains NRC's catalog of geographic data. He also produces maps, charts, and reports to summarize what's going on in Nashville neighborhoods.
If you have a question about the number of crimes in your neighborhood, or want to find out who owns the lot with the run-down house next door, talk to Blaine.
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Carol McCullough joined the Neighborhoods Resource Center staff as a Neighborhood Organizer in January 2003.
Carol first encountered the power of organizing in 1998 when she organized a union at her workplace in Portland, Oregon. In 2000, she moved to Chicago and worked as a labor organizer providing assistance to healthcare workers interested in forming a union. She went on to work as an Education Organizer for the National Training and Information Center, where she provided training and technical assistance to parents, youth and community organizers interested in education issues.
Carol is a native of Tennessee and graduated from Reed College in 1996 with a degree in Political Science.
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| John Stern, Executive Director of the Neighborhoods Resource Center, is an entrepreneur whose extensive involvement in neighborhood engagement has led him to be an acknowledged expert on Nashville's Neighborhood organizations. As a founding member and past president of Nashville Neighborhood Alliance, Inc., founding member and past Chairman of the annual Nashville's Night Out Against Crime, co-founder of the Neighborhood Crime and Safety Council, among many other activities, he has impressive credentials in marshalling local and citywide citizen based initiatives. |
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Additionally, John has been a leader in a variety of local advisory committees, including the Arson Prevention Task Force; Metropolitan Planning Department -- Executive Director Search Committee, Retired Seniors Volunteer Program; Brownfields Advisory Committee; CityNet Consortium Board; Community Mediation Roundtable; Healthy Nashville 2000+ Leadership Team; HN 2000+ Violence Task Group; Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Task Force; David Lipscomb Advisory Committee; Animal Control Advisory Committee; and the Zoning Advisory Committee. He is also on the board of Cumberland Region Tomorrow and Senior Citizens, Inc.
He is a former chair of the Nashville Violence Prevention Coalition and is a graduate of Leadership Nashville. Other activities and organizations that he is or has been involved with include the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities; Green Neighbors Project; Hermitage Environmental Leadership Project; Low Income Housing Forum; Nashville Healthcare Partnership; Nashville Sponsoring Committee; Partners for a Healthy Nashville; Recycle! Nashville; and the United Way.
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