Your Tuesday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 70.
- What to know: The Chattanooga City Council is holding its first public input session on redistricting today.
- What’s interesting: Chattanooga’s Network Transport is shifting into higher gear with a new office and a bigger staff.
- What to eat: Here’s a recipe that adds Portuguese flavors to a pasta dish.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
Last week, Rod Underwood coached his first soccer game at the helm of the Chattanooga Football Club.
He is the first Black person to hold the position since the club started in 2009. And he hopes his years of experience and leadership will help connect more people to the sport.
“I’ve been doing this a long time, and it has to be about providing an example – we all know that,” he said. “If people can look out and see people that look like them, doing things that they think they have a chance [to do] – but if they can’t look out and see people, it might still make a change, but that chance is less.”
For him, it’s all about providing opportunity, connection and resources, he said.
“We need to make sure that people that have the opportunity to provide hope, they need to provide hope, and if you can provide hope, can you provide connection? You can provide connection, you can provide your time, and if you can provide your time, can you provide your resources? I think all of that is important.”
Now for some recent stories:
GETTING BACK ON THE HORSE: In Northwest Georgia, Stephanie Wilkins works to provide connections and build relationships between horses and their owners.
SHOW AND TELL: This vintage purse exhibit in Georgia is ‘like a grown-up show-and-tell’.
GALLERY: Last week, Lee University hosted “Refugee Week.” Check out these photos from the culminating party with students, community members and immigrants in the community.
-Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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