If you go
When: Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.Where: South Chattanooga Youth and Family Development Center,1151 W. 40th St.
A local coalition is hoping to unite the public around solving Chattanooga’s rising inequality problems.
Organizers of the grassroots organization say they want to be a consensus builder, meeting in the middle on economic issues that now polarize the left and the right.
On Saturday, the organization called Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality and Benevolence, or CALEB, is hosting its first educational summit to discuss how to address the city’s rising housing and energy costs and inequality in education, while promoting best practices from within the community.
“This organization isn’t going to focus on radical activism,” said Steve Main, the organization’s board chairman and an organizer for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. “We want to make a space where we can talk about adult things without worrying about what your end of the spectrum thinks.”