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March and April, 2023
Leaders in Chattanooga were inspired to bring Share Our America to their community to rebuild trust across socioeconomic, racial, and gender-based divides. Over several months, these leaders learned how to facilitate dialogue, recruit participants, and host a series of gatherings that offered the space to level set—and forge meaningful, lasting relationships.
Three community organizations across Chattanooga gathered 100+ people to share personal stories, listen to others, and discuss and define community safety and economic differences. Their discovery? A desire to solve local concerns — together.
Local leaders, business owners, community advocates, and faith-based organizations opened their doors to discuss LGBTQ+ safety, economic disparity and identity in ways that opened the door to discovery, solidarity, and trust. These leaders included Will Lauderback, First-Centenary UMC, Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church; Danielle Quesenberry, Engagement Director; Ryan Perry, Bridge City Community Pastor; and Oliver Richmond, Kingdom Partners.
Participants shared phone numbers and commitments to meet again, while additionally reporting increased empathy and understanding of others.
These conversations open up the door for relationships that can reach across communities and neighborhoods in Chattanooga that never would have happened without Share Our America.
— Will Lauderback, First-Centenary UMC and Share Our America Gathering Organizer, 2023
What we see are surface problems, but underneath that iceberg is huge. We have to be in it for the long haul, willing to learn ourselves that we don't know all the answers, but together, we can come up with an answer.
— Dr. Joyce Hardaway, Share Our America participant, 2023
I now believe we want change for a more just, equitable world in Chattanooga.
— Danielle Quesenberry, Engagement Director and Share Our America Gathering Organizer, 2023
These conversations open up the door for relationships that can reach across communities and neighborhoods in Chattanooga that never would have happened without Share Our America.
— Will Lauderback, First-Centenary UMC and Share Our America Gathering Organizer, 2023
What we see are surface problems, but underneath that iceberg is huge. We have to be in it for the long haul, willing to learn ourselves that we don't know all the answers, but together, we can come up with an answer.
— Dr. Joyce Hardaway, Share Our America participant, 2023
