About the Coalition Candidate
National Associations
Rueben Dockery (Independent)
'24 Candidate for Tennessee House District 53
Personal
Reverend Rueben Y. Dockery, Sr., is a thirty-six-year resident of Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee. He has been happily married for twenty-eight years. Together he and his wife have two adult children, a daughter, and a son. Their children are shining products of the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System as well as the private school community of Nashville.
Education
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Ph.D.- K-12 Educational Leadership
(Walden University)
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Master of Education, Leadership/Supervision
(Trevecca Nazarene University)
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Bachelor of Arts - History
(Fisk University)
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Associates of Divinity Studies
(National College)
Occupational Background
For the last twenty–seven years Rueben Dockery has been a pastor (Beythel Family Church and previously at Mount Sinai Cumberland Presbyterian Church). He is the founder of BUILDING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES (BFC) MISSIONS INCORPORATED, a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization. DOCKERY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, private Christian school and THE DOCKERY AGENCY, LLC, an independent insurance agency. Over the years he has served in various capacities:
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Special Education teacher in the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System,
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Treatment Counselor in a dual diagnosis psychiatric center (First Hospital Corporation),
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Institutional Designee at a youth detention center (Tennessee Department of Children Services),
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Producer and radio talk show host (1470AM WVOL), resident panel member of a local radio talk show (“Straight Talk” – 760AM) for ten years
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Executive Producer of a cable television show (The Building Family & Community Show, cable channel 19 NECAT).
Civic Involvement​
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2024 - Founder of The Tennessee Coalition of Independent Voters (PAC)
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2024 - Candidate, Tennessee House District 54 November 5 General Election
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2022 - Candidate, Tennessee Senate District 21 General Election
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2015 - Identified service provider with the Davidson County Juvenile Court and “211” of Nashville
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2012 - Boy Scouts of America-Middle Tennessee Council (former Executive Representative/former assistant Pack Leader, 231)
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2008 - Appointed Member of an Educational Task Force by the Honorable, Mayor Karl F. Dean of Nashville-Davidson County
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2003 - Educational Reform Advocate (Author of a Charter School Application)
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2003 - Educational Reform Advocate (Author of a Charter School Applica