{"id":2240,"date":"2021-01-20T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:15:13","slug":"department-of-history-partnership-with-rise-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2021\/01\/20\/department-of-history-partnership-with-rise-chattanooga\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of History Partnership with RISE Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Preserving Chattanooga\u2019s African American culture past and present<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">This story, authored by Chuck Wasserstrom, originally appeared as a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/preserving-chattanoogas-african-american-culture-past-and-present\/\">UTC News Release<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A collaboration involving the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of History and RISE Chattanooga, a community-based nonprofit organization, aims to preserve past and present African American culture in the Chattanooga area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com\/f00000000184993\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/image0011-300x236.png?x81748\" \/>The partnership with RISE, which stands for Responsive Initiatives for Social Empowerment, will combine the history department\u2019s mission and RISE\u2019s pillar of cultural preservation to gather and share the stories of the Chattanooga neighborhoods. Initial plans for the partnership include a revamped walking-tour series, a spring speaker series and continuing research on Chattanooga\u2019s historic neighborhoods and churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThe faculty, students and staff of the UTC Department of History are thrilled to formalize and expand our collaboration with RISE Chattanooga, a vibrant community partner with shared values and goals,\u201d said Michael Thompson, department head and UC Foundation associate professor. \u00a0\u201cThis community partnership with RISE is a major history department initiative that has been months in the making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThrough the mutually beneficial lending of resources, opportunities and expertise, this agreement promises to benefit all members of the UTC and Chattanooga communities and foster a greater appreciation for our city\u2019s rich artistic legacies and Black history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">RISE Chattanooga, an independent minority-led organization focused on community education, performance, and arts and cultural preservation, was initially created in 2011 as Jazzanooga\u2014a day-long festival honoring Jazz History Month. RISE serves thousands of individuals annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cRISE has always prioritized the voices and the needs of our neighbors as we seek to preserve the rich culture of Chattanooga,\u201d said Woodson Carpenter, RISE\u2019s community arts strategist. \u201cWe are excited to have the scholarly expertise of the UTC history department come alongside us as we continue to listen to and tell the stories of Chattanooga.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">For further information about RISE Chattanooga, please visit<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.risecha.org\/\">risecha.org<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collaboration involving the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of History and RISE Chattanooga, a community-based nonprofit organization, aims to preserve past and present African American culture in the Chattanooga area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2021\/01\/20\/department-of-history-partnership-with-rise-chattanooga\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":2242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[35426,35702],"class_list":{"0":"post-2240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-department-news","8":"tag-department-news","9":"tag-why-history-matters","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Department of History Partnership with RISE Chattanooga - History Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2021\/01\/20\/department-of-history-partnership-with-rise-chattanooga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Department of History Partnership with RISE Chattanooga - History Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A collaboration involving the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of History and RISE Chattanooga, a community-based nonprofit organization, aims to preserve past and present African American culture in the Chattanooga area.  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