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Have you seen the new pink billboards around Chattanooga? The provocative messages on them are as bold as the color. The billboards - which will be up for eight weeks - are part of a new public awareness campaign against antisemitism, just launched by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga.

For the problem of homelessness here in Chattanooga, there is no one quick fix - but there are targeted efforts to help break the cycle. One of those efforts is Connect for Good, a holiday giving campaign to benefit a homeless-to-housing initiative known as the Flexible Housing Fund.

On Friday, starting at 2 PM, the Winter Break Spectacular comes to Chattanooga’s Miller Park. Marcus Ellsworth is programs manager for River City Company.

Live here on WUTC, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly joined us for our monthly conversation.

From our campus to your screen, the Arts-Based Collaborative here at UTC - abc@utc - works with teaching artists in the Chattanooga area to create educational content for children. One example is “Raise Your Hand” - the flagship program of the EDUCATE channel from our public media partner WTCI PBS.

Baron King, CEO of the recently-renamed CHATT Foundation. The Neediest Cases Fund. The Grateful Gobbler 5K Walk / Run. Reindeer on the Riverfront and the Lighted Boat Parade. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

This fall, the Chattanooga Community Kitchen changed its name to the Chatt Foundation. For more than forty years, the nonprofit has served three meals a day to those in need - but its mission today goes beyond that in many ways. Baron King is CEO of the Chatt Foundation.

A car repair. A month’s rent. A utility bill. These are a few of the expenses covered by the Neediest Cases Fund here in Chattanooga, which gives one-time assistance to people in difficult circumstances to cover their expenses.

On Thanksgiving Day, the Grateful Gobbler 5K Walk / Run begins at 8 AM in Chattanooga’s Coolidge Park. The event benefits the Maclellan Shelter for Families.

It’s a four-decade tradition on the Friday after Thanksgiving: reindeer and lighted boats in downtown Chattanooga. This Friday, from 4 PM to 8 PM, Reindeer on the Riverfront returns to Ross’ Landing - and on the Tennessee River, the Lighted Boat Parade from “The Southern Belle” and Erwin Marine Sales.