STARS Partners With Nobel Peace Laureate and Belmont

In an extraordinary joint initiative, Iranian-born Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi was announced the partner for Nashville’s first PeaceJam working with Students Taking A Right Stand (STARS) and Belmont University exploring issues of peace, violence, social justice and oppression with a community service component. The announcement of Ebadi, the first ever Iranian and first Muslim […]

Leaders of Today – by Tiara C., Operation TLC participant

Leaders of Today Don’t let anyone tell you that you won’t be anything in life. Prove them wrong and go out and be all that you can be.  Chase all of your dreams! Be a dream chaser not a dream killer. There is nothing you can’t achieve. A leader will step out and put all […]

Operation TLC – Lives Changed

Operation TLC was a tremendous success.  The two-week camp began in Nashville with over 20 students.  From touring the Belmont campus to our overnight camping trip to west Tennessee, these students came together and learned how to accept one another for their differences.   We traveled to New Orleans, LA, visited college campuses, facilitated community service projects in the 9th Ward, […]