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Community Voices
Fifteen Chattanoogans share their voices and their visions for our city. Help them spark a conversation by reading on.
Our Contributors
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It is the start of a good day for a middle-school age boy from Chattanooga’s urban community.
Guest Contributor on Civic Innovation,Youth
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That is the definition of success that is brighter than any red carpet, that is larger than the letters on the Hollywood sign, that is more permanent than any star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
Adera Causey on Arts
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Chattanoogans can take on a new challenge by moving beyond our tremendous downtown and apply the same creative and intellectual energies to the communities that surround it.
Guest Contributor on Civic Innovation,Health
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We can't just keep marching and rallying. What we need to not do is plant seeds and not come back and water them.
Guest Contributor on Social Justice
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He hopes to see a Chattanooga that blends the arts, has a less disjointed creative scene and more unified and diverse audiences ....
Adera Causey on Arts
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Every time a young person dies, from a war, from the streets, from the police, all of us should try to find the answers to prevent another senseless death.
Guest Contributor on Social Justice
