# Event Details - **Event Name**: GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join the University of Tennessee Appalachian Justice Research Center for GRITS, a gallery-style showcase of the past year's research.About this EventAt the Appalachian Justice Research Center, we have what it takes to answer the call from our communities to help solve the most pressing issues in our region: We've got GRIT. The students, scholars, and community members who work with the AJRC dare to tackle problems others have deemed 'intractable' and are producing accessible research, rooted in what Appalachians tell us they need: a legal resource guide, data to inform policy decisions, a tool for violence intervention, or an archive for stories that might otherwise be lost. The AJRC is proud to share our research from the past year at our second annual GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship, a unique gallery-style showcase of research conducted with and for Appalachian communities. GRITS isn't a traditional research presentation: Our goal is to create a fun, accessible way to engage with the transformative research being produced by the AJRC's transdisciplinary teams. At GRITS, visit 'research stations' to meet the teams behind the work and get a hands-on look at projects about the land, our health and safety, and the stability of Appalachian communities. Join us on Friday, April 24th, 2026, anytime between 6:00-8:00PM, and enjoy light appetizers as you peruse the projects at your own pace. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/knoxville/grits-generating-research-ideas-and-transformative-scholarship/100001982443761657 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Knoxville - **state**: TN - **country**: United States - **location**: Frieson Black Cultural Center - **lat**: 35.9535783 - **long**: -83.9321428 - **full address**: Frieson Black Cultural Center, 1800 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=GRITS%3A+Generating+Research%2C+Ideas%2C+and+Transformative+Scholarship&date=Fri%2C+24+Apr%2C+2026+at+06%3A00+pm&bg=3 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship being held? - **A:** GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship takes place on Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Frieson Black Cultural Center, 1800 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship? - **A:** GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship is organized by UT Appalachian Justice Research Center. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** GRITS: Generating Research, Ideas, and Transformative Scholarship is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Knoxville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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The Center is dedicated to advancing community visions for a more just and equitable Appalachia and the Mountain South.In keeping with the university’s land grant mission, we leverage university resources to address urgent, protracted, and historically under-addressed issues in the expansive region. Combining policy development and advocacy, the AJRC works towards producing tangible solutions to seemingly intractable problems in rural and urban Appalachian communities. Our work includes the creation of community archives, oral histories, curricula, and media platforms – as well as standard research outputs such as research white papers, articles, and books. We use a community-driven, non-extractive research model: aka, we’re focused on research with and for communities, not research about communities. AJRC projects are centered around community priorities and legacies of resilience, specifically those communities most impacted by histories of poverty and violence." } ] } ] ```