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"Perhaps then the most revolutionary thing we can do is to befriend one another, truly and fully. It's the antithesis of prejudice."

HOW ONE CAN SAVE THE OTHER by DAVID COOK | CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS

"But Franklin believed they were remaking the psychology of those who attended, person to person they were dulling the effects of a segregated society that continues to survive unquestioned."

THE PRIVILIGE & BURDEN OF FRANKLIN MCCALLIE by JOAN GARRETT MCCLAIN | Chattanooga TIMES FREE PRESS

"Start your own dessert evening. Be intentional about making new friends with people unlike you. Reach out. Enjoy the richness that awaits you beyond the squirrel cage called the "spirit of sameness."

Oehmig, wiley: Black and White in Chattanooga, Reaching Out, Going Forward | chattanooga Times Free Press

"Such evenings – which could be replicated in neighborhoods anywhere – will not end racism. But they are a thunderous part of the solution, as nothing is ever won without friendships, nothing ever understood without talking and listening, no beloved community ever created without black and white folks coming in from the cold to talk with one another."

this can be done on any street by david cook | CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS