Members of a community once known for violence and crime want it to be known as a God-fearing neighborhood that provides for its children and protects its residents.
“We’re making a positive change,” said Anita Pickett, executive secretary of the Harriet Tubman Resident Association. “We will educate our children. We will live together. We will empower one another.”
Pickett is one of six women who have resurrected the Harriet Tubman Resident Association, which covers the Chattanooga Housing Authority complex. After being defunct for at least six years, the group will mark its first anniversary today with a back-to-school carnival and a vision to radically change the site.
“We’re the new Harriet Tubman Resident Association,” Pickett said. “We will feed a child. We will not let you go hungry.”
Most of the 261 school-aged children living at the site are expected to get new uniforms at today’s carnival.