Fernando Pa was bundled up in the hallway of his South Nashville apartment building on Jan. 31, 2026, to keep warm as volunteers checked on other residents of his complex. The complex was in its seventh day without power. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
As tens of thousands in Nashville woke up Saturday to a seventh straight day without power after a deadly ice storm, one group of bundled-up volunteers fanned out to knock on doors.
The effort to deliver hot meals, blankets, diapers — and to relocate families willing to move, most with children — was organized by the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition. The advocacy group has dispatched volunteers all week to check on residents living in largely immigrant South Nashville communities now heading into a second week without power as the city experiences unusually frigid temperatures…