A message to our supporters:
For the last five years our Executive Director, Dr. Ameshica Linsey, has carried out the mission of East Nashville Hope Exchange. She has recently decided to shift her focus to adult education initiatives. Dr. Linsey's contributions and commitment to ENHE have been outstanding, and we wish her all the best in her new position. The ENHE Board is currently recruiting for our next Executive Director. Dr. Linsey has graciously agreed to provide support to ENHE through the Summer program.
If you know of an excellent leader in the nonprofit industry with a passion for literacy, please reach out to Annie Youngblood: annetracyjohnson@gmail.com. The job description and application details can be found here.
For the last five years our Executive Director, Dr. Ameshica Linsey, has carried out the mission of East Nashville Hope Exchange. She has recently decided to shift her focus to adult education initiatives. Dr. Linsey's contributions and commitment to ENHE have been outstanding, and we wish her all the best in her new position. The ENHE Board is currently recruiting for our next Executive Director. Dr. Linsey has graciously agreed to provide support to ENHE through the Summer program.
If you know of an excellent leader in the nonprofit industry with a passion for literacy, please reach out to Annie Youngblood: annetracyjohnson@gmail.com. The job description and application details can be found here.
East Nashville Hope Exchange (ENHE) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of strengthening literacy of at-risk children in East Nashville. ENHE provides a supportive, structured and safe environment where children can learn and have fun. We work with children from schools in the Stratford and Maplewood clusters.
East Nashville Hope Exchange is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and began as a community outreach program of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. In 2010, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.
East Nashville Hope Exchange is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and began as a community outreach program of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. In 2010, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.
OUR MISSION:
To strengthen literacy of at-risk children in East Nashville.
OUR VISION:
Reading for life.
OUR CORE VALUES:
We are passionately committed to:
To strengthen literacy of at-risk children in East Nashville.
OUR VISION:
Reading for life.
OUR CORE VALUES:
We are passionately committed to:
- Building relationships with children, caregivers, teachers and the community.
- Delivering high-quality programming.
- Championing a life of success for each child.
"I care about ENHE because it focuses on the whole family. It is supportive and inclusive no matter how great the need."
- Former ENHE Board Member Gracie Porter (former chair of Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education) on why she supports East Nashville Hope Exchange.
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While East Nashville Hope Exchange exists to serve families and students of all races, ethnicities, and countries of origin, 93% of the families and students that take part in our literacy program each year are Black.
We affirm wholeheartedly that Black lives matter, and that the work of literacy goes beyond teaching children to read and extends to teaching them to comprehend the world around them and empower them to make it better. This is why we have always had an organizational commitment to the truth that literacy is justice—that literacy is a justice issue that affects all other areas of life. Learn more about our position here.
We affirm wholeheartedly that Black lives matter, and that the work of literacy goes beyond teaching children to read and extends to teaching them to comprehend the world around them and empower them to make it better. This is why we have always had an organizational commitment to the truth that literacy is justice—that literacy is a justice issue that affects all other areas of life. Learn more about our position here.
