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Knoxville HEART -- Healing EastTN Alternative Response Team

Our mission is to implement an alternative first response team in Knoxville to improve outcomes for people in crisis and reduce demand for police involvement.

10/02/2026

Hey Knoxville,

On October 10, a group of blatant white nationalists plan to hold a ‘forum’ in our city, along with the Mass Deportation Coalition.

Panelists at this hate summit include:

Ryan Neuhaus - Former Heritage Foundation Chief of Staff

Greg Bovino - Disgraced Former Border Patrol Commander

Jason Killmeyer - Former ICE Chief of Staff

C. Jay Engel - Christian Nationalist podcaster & part of a group trying to turn Gainesboro, TN into an all white, all Christian town

Monty Fritts - TN State Rep who recently called for banning Islam

Stacey Campfield - Former TN Senator known for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills

Knoxville District 9 Commissioner Andy Fox

Tell Andy how you feel about this: [email protected] or 865-525-8836

This group, Heritage Hubs, hopes to raise money to establish a racist home base in Knoxville, because they think we hate like they do. They’re wrong. Appalachia has a heritage of love, not hate. We take care of our neighbors here.

Join us Oct 9 @ 5pm in Market Square to let everyone know...

HATE HAS NO HOME IN KNOXVILLE.

We are a coalition that extends across and beyond Knoxville, and we refuse to allow a group founded on hatred of our neighbors to be established in our community. Heritage Hubs wants to build a network of properties around Knoxville to help spread their white supremacist ideology, and then replicate that network in other communities across Tennessee, Appalachia, and the rest of the US. We need to stop it here, in its infancy, before it can take root. The protest on 10/9 is the first step in that effort, but the work is still far from done. Like everything worth doing, preventing hatred from occupying our community will be a long-term project, and we need your help. Join us on 10/9 to learn how to get involved and make sure that Knoxville stays a community bound together by love, not divided by hatred.

Read more here:

https://compassknox.com/2026/09/22/far-right-group-seeks-knoxville-home/

https://www.confrontthehate.com/p/another-disturbing-peek-into-the

10/02/2026

We are a coalition that extends across and beyond Knoxville, and we refuse to allow a group founded on hatred of our neighbors to be established in our community. Heritage Hubs wants to build a network of properties around Knoxville to help spread their white supremacist ideology, and then replicate that network in other communities across Tennessee, Appalachia, and the rest of the US. We need to stop it here, in its infancy, before it can take root. The protest on 10/9 is the first step in that effort, but the work is still far from done. Like everything worth doing, preventing hatred from occupying our community will be a long-term project, and we need your help. Join us on 10/9 to learn how to get involved and make sure that Knoxville stays a community bound together by love, not divided by hatred.

Read more here:
https://compassknox.com/2026/09/22/far-right-group-seeks-knoxville-home/

https://www.confrontthehate.com/p/another-disturbing-peek-into-the

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Hey Knoxville,
On October 10, a group of blatant white nationalists plan to hold a ‘forum’ in our city, along with the Mass Deportation Coalition.

Panelists at this hate summit include:
Ryan Neuhaus - Former Heritage Foundation Chief of Staff
Greg Bovino - Disgraced Former Border Patrol Commander
Jason Killmeyer - Former ICE Chief of Staff
C. Jay Engel - Christian Nationalist podcaster & part of a group trying to turn Gainesboro, TN into an all white, all Christian town
Monty Fritts - TN State Rep who recently called for banning Islam
Stacey Campfield - Former TN Senator known for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills
Knoxville District 9 Commissioner Andy Fox
Tell Andy how you feel about this: [email protected] or 865-525-8836

This group, Heritage Hubs, hopes to raise money to establish a racist home base in Knoxville, because they think we hate like they do. They’re wrong. Appalachia has a heritage of love, not hate. We take care of our neighbors here.

Join us Oct 9 @ 5pm in Market Square to let everyone know...
HATE HAS NO HOME IN KNOXVILLE.

10/02/2026

If you have been the victim of a violent crime, researchers at the University of Tennessee would like to hear from you about your experience in the justice system and what healing has looked like for you. Scan the QR code or contact Hunter Bragg to participate.

09/03/2026

Mom of man who died in Knoxville police custody wants him remembered as 'a child of God' See link below ⬇️

📸 Saul Young/News Sentinel

09/01/2026

Hope to see everyone tonight at 5pm at the vigil for Patrick Allen and at 6pm for the city council meeting!

08/28/2026

As many of you know, Knoxville HEART carried out a research study over the past year and a half on the community’s experience with Knoxville and Knox County emergency services. We shared this graphic translation of our research findings at a dissemination event at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center in July. It seems especially timely and important to share here as well. Thank you to artist Vivian Swayne for so vividly depicting the experiences and perspectives of our focus group participants in graphic form!

08/27/2026

On point! Take note Compass Knoxville News Sentinel

08/24/2026

We are deeply saddened and enraged at the news of yet another murder at the hands of law enforcement officers in Knoxville.

We have waited to speak on Patrick Allen’s murder to give his family time to lay him to rest. In that same vain, we want to amplify his family’s remembrance of him: “Though Patrick’s time with us was far too short, his memory will live on through the laughter he shared, the love he gave, and the countless memories held close by those who knew him.”

We don’t have the appropriate words. This was preventable. People experiencing mental health crises are not criminals. They should be treated with patience and care, not tackled, choked, and put in handcuffs.

The Mayor champions the co-response model. Why weren’t they called? If these officers are CIT trained, why didn’t that training show up here? Don’t officers have a duty to intervene when training is not being followed? Where was that? We have so many questions about KPD’s policy around how they engage people with mental illness.

HEART has been before City Council many times calling for implementation of a community response program. Our latest resolution ended in a tie, and the Mayor refused to break the tie, so the resolution failed.

We need YOU to write your council members AND our greatest barrier, Mayor Kincannon, and let them know enough is enough!! Ask them about their role in the last 6 years of this being brought before council. Tell them why you support community response. Ask them what their next step is to move forward the discussion on community response.

To get involved in our ongoing advocacy, email [email protected]. We need you!

07/31/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for our community shareout event on July 18! It was great to engage with members of the community and our partners on the findings from our research study on emergency response services in Knox County. Thank you to the Beck Cultural Exchange Center for hosting us!

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