{"id":40322,"date":"2022-02-10T23:15:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T04:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=40322"},"modified":"2022-02-20T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T01:52:01","slug":"sharing-the-flavors-the-citys-black-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/sharing-the-flavors-the-citys-black-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the flavors of the city&#8217;s Black community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1042\" height=\"1042\" data-attachment-id=\"40324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/taste\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1042,1042\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"taste\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-40324\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/taste-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/>What:<\/strong> Taste of Black Chattanooga<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 2-4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Lupton Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vendors scheduled to appear at Taste of Black Chattanooga include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cake By The Pound<\/li>\n<li>Carlito\u2019s Cabana<\/li>\n<li>Charleigh Mae\u2019s Grubhouse<\/li>\n<li>Chattanooga Bread Puddings<\/li>\n<li>Jigga Juice it Up<\/li>\n<li>Mac\u2019s Subs &amp; Fries<\/li>\n<li>Mama Red Cooks<\/li>\n<li>Neutral Ground Chattanooga<\/li>\n<li>Oh My Goodness Chef Chasty Seafood &amp; More<\/li>\n<li>Shey Natural Smoothies<\/li>\n<li>Soul\u2019Licious<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Kitchen Food &amp; Treats<\/li>\n<li>The Island Vibe<\/li>\n<li>TRowe Creative Kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Windy City Eatz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shortly after she arrived at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in February 2019, Crystal Edenfield had an opportunity to attend a Black History Month event where students presented a podcast series they had created called \u201cStories from the Big 9.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edenfield, director of Student Success Programs at UTC, was new to campus and new to Chattanooga. Listening to the presentation, she said, \u201copened my eyes to not only this area but to all the rich history that we have right near campus that no one really knows about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For much of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century until the early 1980s, East Ninth Street\u2014a short walk from UTC now known as Martin Luther King Boulevard\u2014was known as the Big 9, a street lined with Black-owned retail shops and entertainment venues. Local musicians such as Bessie Smith played its clubs, while legendary singers Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Muddy Waters and B.B. King were known to visit the street after performing at other Chattanooga locations.<\/p>\n<p>Working within walking distance from this historical stretch turned into a lightbulb moment for Edenfield. When an opportunity to connect the community to campus recently arose, she and her assistant director, Jason Harville, had a unique concept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJason and I are passionate about students and getting them involved in our communities,\u201d Edenfield said, \u201cand we try to bring diversity, equity and inclusion into everything that we do working with all of our student populations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the call came for a Black History Month program, we thought, \u2018We both love food. We both love local restaurants. Let\u2019s do Taste of Black Chattanooga.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Student Success Programs, the Division of Diversity and Engagement and Africana Studies, Taste of Black Chattanooga will bring members of the Black culinary community to UTC to share their wares on Feb. 24 from 2-4:30 p.m. in Lupton Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Edenfield said Diversity and Engagement played a key role with community connections, reaching out to restaurants, bakers and caterers, while the Africana Studies Program will be providing historical context to the Black History Month event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re hoping this will turn into a tradition that continues and becomes a signature experience,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have restaurants with storefronts, vendors who do markets and fairs and some with food trucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love that we\u2019re not only highlighting these vendors that have committed to coming to campus, but we\u2019re also highlighting restaurants that are right around the corner from campus that students can walk to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lupton Hall\u2019s first floor will be set up in expo-style booths. Students can walk from vendor to vendor, tasting samples and voting for their favorite foods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re having a banner made so it can be displayed at the restaurant or food truck or whoever the winner is as \u2018Mocs Choice, Taste of Black Chattanooga,\u2019\u201d Edenfield said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local food vendors offer a Taste of Black Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/sharing-the-flavors-the-citys-black-community\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":40324,"comment_status":"open","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":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,70230,12659,64,661],"tags":[83250,708,119210,119086,119211],"class_list":{"0":"post-40322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-engagement-and-access","9":"category-events-entertainment","10":"category-news","11":"category-students","12":"tag-africana-studies","13":"tag-black-history-month","14":"tag-division-diversity-and-engagement","15":"tag-student-success-programs","16":"tag-taste-of-black-chattanooga","17":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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