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Juneteenth at the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts & Ideas. Here at UTC, lift every voice and sing on this Juneteenth. Looking back on Title IX in Chattanooga. Get Outside With Pride. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

For this Juneteenth weekend, the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas will bring the music - and more. Ric Morris is the festival’s founder and CEO. Keelah Jackson, Kofi Mawuko and Rick Rushing are among the artists who will perform on stage at Miller Park on Saturday night - starting at 8 PM - free and open to the public.

On Sunday evening, our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - will host the Juneteenth Commemoration Ceremony and Concert, free and open to the public, on Chamberlain Field. Access to the field begins at 5 PM - and the ceremony and concert start at 7 PM.

This weekend, you’ll find a Chattanooga celebration of Pride Month in the outdoors - and on the water. On Saturday, Soft Animal and Outshine Adventures are hosting “Get Outside With Pride” - a picnic and paddle boarding experience at Greenway Farms.

This week, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce hosts its Diversify Virtual Summit. This year’s guest speaker: Amy Liu of The Brookings Institution - who will discuss how inclusive business cultures can spur regional economic growth.

Richard Winham shares a session by Jaron Utt - singer, singer and multi-instrumentalist from the mountains of North Carolina and now living in Chattanooga - recorded live in The Woodshop in Chattanooga’s St. Elmo neighborhood.

La Shawn Pagán is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press. She covers crime and the courts - and that beat includes the recent mass shootings here in Chattanooga and their aftermath.

Weston Wamp is the Republican candidate for Hamilton County Mayor. The general election is August 4th. On Monday, he sat down with us for this one-on-one conversation.

Richard Winham shares a session by singer-songwriter Louis Rubino of Columbia, South Carolina - who makes music as Bear Ley - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

This year’s DIVERSIFY Virtual Summit here in Chattanooga. Poet Christian J. Collier at Chattanooga’s Hunter Museum. In The Woodshop: Singer-songwriter Jaron Utt. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”