{"id":20,"date":"2024-09-06T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:06:08","slug":"unity_luncheon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/unity_luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity\u00a0Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Unity Celebration is a tradition that has been around since 1996, where we honor our unsung heroes. The nominees must meet the following criteria: age 50 or older who have resided in the Middle Tennessee area for 20 years or more and who have made outstanding contributions to their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 29th Annual Unity Luncheon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong>&nbsp;Student Union Building, 2nd Floor Ballroom&nbsp;<br><strong>Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;February 6, 2025<br><strong>Time:<\/strong>&nbsp;11 a.m. &#8211; 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for our 29<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual Unity Luncheon. Established in 1996, the Unity Luncheon pays homage to \u201cunsung heroes\u201d in the community \u2014 persons 50 years of age or older who have lived in Middle Tennessee for 20 years or more and who have made outstanding contributions to their community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Honorees for 2025 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong>: Sherica Nelms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Service<\/strong>: Regina Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excellence in Sports<\/strong>: Thaya Morant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advocate of Civility<\/strong>: Vincent Windrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contribution to Black Arts<\/strong>: Darryl Chaney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To purchase tickets, please follow the links below associated with the type and number of tickets you are looking to purchase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an MTSU department looking to purchase a table or several seats, please complete a Journal Voucher (JV) and forward to <a href=\"mailto:Danielle.Rochelle@mtsu.edu\">Danielle.Rochelle@mtsu.edu<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:Emily.Mitchum@mtsu.edu\">Emily.Mitchum@mtsu.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-alert-box web_alert_group\"><div class=\"web_alert\"><h2 class=\"alert-title\">ALL UNITY LUNCHEON TICKETS ARE CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. <\/h2><p class=\"alert-text\">Unity Luncheon tickets for 2025 are currently sold out. Please contact Danielle Rochelle for questions regarding this event at <a href=\"mailto:Danielle.Rochelle@mtsu.edu\">Danielle.Rochelle@mtsu.edu<\/a>. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unity Celebration is a tradition that has been around since 1996, where we honor our unsung heroes. The nominees must meet the following criteria: age 50 or older who have resided in the Middle Tennessee area for 20 years or more and who have made outstanding contributions to their community. The 29th Annual Unity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}