11:00 am ~ Gifts of the Crow
According to John Marzluff and Tony Angell, authors of Gifts of the Crow, these often maligned birds have huge brains that enable them “to think, plan, and reconsider their actions.” They are funny, awe-inspiring and have the ability to act like humans, sharing some of our traits and behaviors such as “language, delinquency, frolic, passion, wrath, risk-taking, and awareness.”
Speaker: our minister Cathy Harrington
9:30 Forum (downstairs) ~ Community Organizing for a Cause
Highland Park is one of the more socio-economically diverse neighborhoods in Chattanooga. The crime rate is a little higher, the zoned schools are among the worst in Hamilton County, there is a 20% vacancy rate and families often struggle to survive. It is a unique neighborhood.
Presenter: Khristy Wilkinson is an active civic volunteer and stay at home mom. She lives in Highland Park with her husband and two young boys. She has a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Wayne State University and has worked in Higher Education for over a decade. In 2015 she graduated from Neighborhood University, a program aimed at strengthening Chattanooga’s neighborhood leaders. She now serves as vice-president of the Highland Park Neighborhood Association.