On this special edition of "Scenic Roots," listen to the student storytellers of Rising Rock from the Spring 2024 semester here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

We know far more about mental health now than we did seventy-five years ago this month - the first Mental Health Awareness Month in this country. On Saturday, the City of Chattanooga - and The ManKind Project - are hosting Men’s Mental Health Matters Chattanooga, in Miller Park from 10 AM to 2 PM.

Despite the latest turmoil in Haiti, the work of a Chattanooga area nonprofit in that country goes on. This Saturday, the Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti holds the Hope for Haiti Walk-A-Thon, starting at 9 AM in Coolidge Park in downtown Chattanooga.

How can neighborhoods in Chattanooga add more attainable housing? On Thursday, May 23rd, "zoning whisperer" Eric Kronberg will be the speaker at the next CIVIQ, presented by Chattanooga Design Studio, at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library.

Housing First: Part I with Eric Kronberg, coming to CIVIQ. Hope For Haiti, a Chattanooga walk-a-thon for CNP Haiti. Mental health matters for men and boys in Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

For this episode, we talk about financial stability with Jessica Pilcher, Director of United for Working Families - and Brittany Lockwood, Program Manager - both at United Way of Greater Chattanooga.

Here in Chattanooga, Keelah Jackson is known as “The Mastercreative.” At the heart of her latest work is a new self-help book: “I Am the Gospel of Me," filled with art therapy, anecdotes of encouragement and moral support.

Art, Life & Soul: Keelah Jackson’s “I Am The Gospel Of Me.” United for Working Families, Episode 10: Financial Stability. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Every year, students in a class here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - focus their senior thesis projects on a historic building. This year, the students in UTC’s Interior Architecture and Design program revisited The Jazzy Buildings - stretching from Market to Broad Streets.

Rising Rock is a multimedia storytelling class here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This Thursday on “Scenic Roots,” we’ll share the latest showcase of stories by Rising Rock students from this past semester.